Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for January 23, 2014

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enjoy this vintage 1993 classic tom the dancing bug every thursday panels from the annals of the tom the dancing bug archive check back every friday for a fresh, brand new tom the dancing bug! tom the dancing bug 1993 ruben bolling chapter iv sussex county, new jersey. charley, a living specimen of australopithecus afarensis (an extinct species of apeas that evolved into humanity) has escaped! lazarus and dr. faucet must find and return him to... pliocene park faucet: there he is! lazarus: incredible! faucet: he's eating ants! lazarus: yech. charley: what! they're not bad! want some? lazarus: come on back to pliocene park, charley. the storm's let up -- the cable's probably on... charley: back off! i... am... not an animal! well, o.k., technically i am, but i'm not going back!! i've had it with your park! it's tacky and depressing! so long! faucet: you know, charley isn't so different from us. maybe we don't have to go back 3 1/2 million years to find our animalistic side! faucet: we are animals -- social animals, with the same capacity for savagery and for kindness as our forebears! charley: guys! wait up! could i get a lift into town? i heard some creepy sounds in the woods back there... lazarus: faucet, you wouldn't be interested in buying some land in new jersey, would you? plio pa home of the ferocious ralopith