Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for March 09, 2010

Broomie, you’re too old to get fooled by that.

I gotta try that at my place.

I’ll bet that Calvin would push this button!

A magazine subscription would be a lot cheaper than a new house. Broomie you’re gulable.

“we shoot every fourth salesman, the third one just left.”

Why, oh why, is our heroine reduced to peddling magazine subscriptions door-to-door? Oh, cruel world!

I thought it was Halloween there for a moment.

ZAP it pronto…

That would have the reverse effect on me – I’d want to see what gets detonated!

I don’t think Broomie is reduced to selling magazines - since she’s with the kid, I figured they were selling them for school.

But it feels like something got cut in editing. Who’s she saying “Magazine subscriptions” to?

Look like something they would do in “Close To Home”.

Or Lio, but with a much different ending.

Heheh, I might try that.

Broomie isn’t saying “Magazine Subscriptions”. She’s wearing a bag so labeled, and what looks like the pointer on a speech balloon is actually a shoulder strap.

Don’t worry, this is nothing compared to the confusions that can arise while looking at Birdbrains or The Legend of Bill. :))

The implication is that the explosive charge is meant to take the salesperson out. Maybe Mr. Myers (and/or the old man) has heard too much about anti-personnel mines from the news. (sigh)

Or, as an alternative sign, “Pull to Activate Trapdoor”

NICE!

BOOM Hilda.

(Maybe this strip will put the kibosh on the “Broomie doesn’t have a job!” comments for a while, but I’m not optimistic.)

How about a sign that says “I have a bad temper and a gun”?

Excuse me, but what does Broomie need a job for? Especially since she does have a ZAP finger?

Well, I suppose she could use the threat of a ZAP to get free gas for her car, ice cream, balloons, internet access, and all of the other conveniences of modern life that we see her enjoy from time to time. But there’s no indication (as far as I can recall) that her magic powers include the ability to manifest material objects out of thin air. Not all witches can do what Samantha could do…

Peddlers will be shot on sight… Survivors will be shot again…

Here I thought she would have pushed it for fun.