Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for May 26, 2009
Transcript:
Alice: Petey, can we see the History of Mankind shoebox dioramas? Petey: OK. They're under the bed. Alice: Wow! What's this one? Petey: Sylvester Graham inventing the graham cracker. Alice: Ooh! Petey: I got a C-minus on that one. My teacher called it "very, very detailed, yet unavoidably trivial." Bah!
OnePhoenician over 15 years ago
Petey sounds like my kind of kid d:
margueritem over 15 years ago
I second that “Bah”, Petey.
wndrwrthg over 15 years ago
I want to see the one where Della Reese creates Reeses Pieces.
greeneyedtxn over 15 years ago
That teacher must never of had smores.
bald over 15 years ago
and all this time i thought my grandmother invented the Gram cracker
farren over 15 years ago
I like this Petey kid - he’s reading Little Nemo.
jestrfyl over 15 years ago
I have to wonder if Petey has also done a diorama of the day the Busy Signal was invented.
COWBOY7 over 15 years ago
And we all thought Petey was gonna lose it when his sister invited her friends.
lazygrazer over 15 years ago
You’re right, Terry. ~Maybe Petey will make another box to capture this memorable moment in history.
pibfan868 over 15 years ago
I hope he’s reading the Windsor Newton Little Nemo! That is such a cool book!
Iphelia over 15 years ago
Hee hee!
kirbey over 15 years ago
I am surprised, didn’t see that coming… love the way Petey doesn’t skip a beat and keeps on reading !
lelhawks over 15 years ago
this eerily reminds me of my childhood - not really the shoebox dioramas- but of the countless times my sister came in to bug me and i’d just keep on reading - ignoring as much as possible
i think sylvester graham might be my new hero!!
snarkm over 15 years ago
Well would you look at that, who would have thought…Petey really DOES love it when people go up to his room and mess with his stuff.
fritzoid Premium Member over 15 years ago
I think it has been estableshed that Petey’s comic is called “Little Neuro”, not “Little Nemo”. Same basic premise, but more neurotic.
linwoodbragg over 15 years ago
Sylvester Graham was one of the first nutritionists. I still love his cracker.
comics4brown over 15 years ago
As a lover of graham crackers I feel that Petey is correct in paying him the proper respect for this wonderful invention!
jestrfyl over 15 years ago
pibfan, Far be it for me to correct another fan of Cul de Sac - but the artist of Nemo fame was Windsor McKay. However, I do think your choice of Windsor Netwon (the ink and watercolor company) is indeed clever! (intentional or not)
Little Nemo is still one of the most magnificent strips yet.
DonVanni over 14 years ago
Jestfryl, Likewise, far be it for me to correct other Cul De Sac fans as well - but WINSOR McKay was the creator of Little Nemo (also Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend and many others). It a common error.