Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 23, 2014

The second opinion would to see if he drowns when underwater, If he does he’s not a witch…His health insurance covers this kind of thing, right?

I’ve always had a fear of projectile vomiting.

What does this catapult test, anyway? A witch’s ability to throw themselves at the ground and miss?

Three Steps, interesting question….Just for the fun of it I guess…..Like all executions….

You spoze this is where he pops back up into heaven? I don’t think so…But where the hell is Duncan? And the babe?

Oh, no, a wolf dog, a hot babe, OMG don’t tell me this is turning into another vapid vampire/werewolf story.. Because I’m more of a zombie man myself…..Those vampires and werewolves are kind of snooty….zombies are kinda like the working class monsters…They know they’re not gonna get very far, but they keep trompin’ forward…Gotta give ‘em that….And it looks like they’re fun to blow away…..

I thought Speranza and Spietato were Italian liqueurs.

SPLATT I like the sound of that… MUSH is also good

How much have things really changed? We now have a Supreme Court justice and tens of millions of voters who believe the devil is real and not a metaphor, not to mention that Adam and Eve were real people and that Lot’s wife really turned into a pillar of salt and all those other silly stories. How much have things really changed from the times when “witches” were burnt at the stake? The chain of ignorance remains unbroken. Yes? No?

Next time ask before you agree to something.

This Sunday story-line being long isn’t the problem I see…it just seems endlessly repetitive and pointless to me. With this line of story, I check in here to read the comments, not the comic. The rest of the week the comic is great!

Thanks! I’ll look into them!

Well, that rules out the “float” test.

You know, he’s WAY too trusting of people who keep slaves.

Is this almost over … soon…please

I love this stuff. Keep up the great drawing and ignore the critics (I don’t see them picking up a pencil and submitting sketches for our consideration).

The more things change…was law ever rational? Or has it always been a bunch of idiots pulling things out of their rears? No, wait, don’t answer that. I have a feeling I already know…

VILLAGER #1: We have found a witch. May we burn her?CROWD: Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her!BEDEVERE: How do you know she is a witch?VILLAGER #2: She looks like one.CROWD: Right! Yeah! Yeah!BEDEVERE: Bring her forward.WITCH: I’m not a witch. I’m not a witch.BEDEVERE: Uh, but you are dressed as one.WITCH: They dressed me up like this.CROWD: Augh, we didn’t! We didn’t…WITCH: And this isn’t my nose. It’s a false one.BEDEVERE: Well?VILLAGER #1: Well, we did do the nose.BEDEVERE: The nose?VILLAGER #1: And the hat, but she is a witch!VILLAGER #2: Yeah!CROWD: We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!BEDEVERE: Did you dress her up like this?VILLAGERS: No! No No!VILLAGERS: Yes. Yeah, a bit. A bit, A bitVILLAGER #1: She has got a wart.BEDEVERE: What makes you think she is a witch?VILLAGER #3: Well, she turned me into a newt.BEDEVERE: A newt?VILLAGER #3: I got better.VILLAGER #2: Burn her anyway!CROWD: Burn her! Burn! Burn her!…BEDEVERE: Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.VILLAGERS #1: Are there? What are they?CROWD: Tell us! Tell us!…Do they hurt?BEDEVERE: Tell me. What do you do with witches?CROWD: Burn! Burn them up! Burn!…BEDEVERE: And what do you burn apart from witches?VILLAGER #1: More witches!VILLAGER #3: Shh!VILLAGER #2: Wood!BEDEVERE: So, why do witches burn? VILLAGER #3: Be… ‘cause…. they’re made of… wood?BEDEVERE: Good! Heh heh.CROWD: Oh, yeah. Oh.BEDEVERE: So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?VILLAGER #1: Build a bridge out of her.BEDEVERE: Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?VILLAGER #1: Oh, yeah.RANDOM: Oh, yeah. True. Uhh…BEDEVERE: Does wood sink in water?VILLAGERS: No. No. No, it floats! It floats!VILLAGER #1: Throw her into the pond!BEDEVERE: What also floats in water?VILLAGER #1: Bread!VILLAGER #2: Apples!VILLAGER #3: Uh, very small rocks!VILLAGER #1: Cider!VILLAGER #2: Uh, gra— gravy!VILLAGER #1: Cherries!VILLAGER #2: Mud!VILLAGER #3: Uh, churches! Churches!VILLAGER #2: Lead! Lead!

ARTHUR: A duck!

CROWD: Oooh.BEDEVERE: Exactly. So, logically…VILLAGER #1: If… she… weighs… the same as a duck,… she’s made of wood.BEDEVERE: And therefore?VILLAGER #2: Ummm……… A witch!

I enjoy the long form of storytelling. And I still miss Pogo.The artwork here is GREAT!

Have all those people who think this lasting too long, ever read a book? Have they ever got beyond the 1st chapter?

Glad to see someone mention Pogo .The best EVER !!Bloom County also very goodA couple of others that"retired" way too soon.

JPuzzleWhiz said:

“@Puddlesplatt McLearnSPLATT I like the sound of that… MUSH is also good

I dunno, I’m a SPLORTCH man, myself…=o)”

Gimmie a nice, wet SPLUT! anytime…

I like this Homer arc.

I’m 56, and I like this arc ferociously.

I like Homer’s exploits. It’s like an Odyssee through time. Keep up the good work.