Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for June 08, 2010

Quick the cake is melting

Gaylord got it right!

Have you got a fire permit for that?

Call the fire brigade!

Well, yes; but it might have been safer to let Broomie enjoy her fantasy!

“Quick! put that fire out before you start a forest fire.”

4th of July would be about right

@Llewellenbruce: Yeah, do you want to have Smokey Bear breathing down your necks?!

Always have a fire extinguisher handy at Broomie’s birthday party.

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Everybody who counted the candles, hands up!

I counted. Even in my ‘fantasy world’ (which includes comics) I hate being short-changed.

15 centuries old and a full Millennium high. (Phil Ochs memorial)

You two better get out of the way when Broomie blows out the candles.

Imagine Broomie as a hormonal teenager. OK, don’t.

Just counted the candles (in the right panel). Two of them are so close together that they can hardly be distinguished, but if one counts the tips there are 15 of them.

I’m not going to bother counting the candles in the left panel. I’m trying to finish some real-life work over here.

Fifteen candles make a lovely light But not as bright as her Zap tonight

So all this time we’ve been saying Broomie’s 1500 years old she was really only 1499? Gosh, I hope we haven’t been insulting her (she might ZAP us).

She looks like she’s got a massive acne problem, so she must be a teenager.

She might have preferred a party-length hoagie with 1500 candles on it.