Mutt & Jeff by Bud Fisher for December 17, 2013

“And if you still want to shoot someone, the manager’s office is down the hall.”

I am always amazed at all the detail in these comics. But you can tell it’s an older bank. Closed in windows, not open concept like today.

It’s not so open: My bank tellers’ windows are enclosed with plexiglass.

Jeff s well versed in robbers’ etiquette, a sort of latter day Castigloni, with an appropriate sprezzatura; The ideal courtier is someone who “conceals art, and presents what is done and said as if it was done without effort and virtually without thought.” jeff not only can’t turn a hair but wouldn’t if ge had any…

A lot of the money on the counter disappeared in the last frame. Who got it?

You heard him, Mister.

Now SHIFT!

xxx

Substantial penalty for early withdrawal…in this case, about 10 years when caught…

A little sloppy with all the greenbacks on the floor !

Making the money green (and remember, it’s only green on one side!) would have helped. I like how the characters change professions seamlessly, as well as details like whom they sleep with.

Quartermain reporting for duty.