Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for April 23, 2010

Where’s his toy boat? Where’s his rubber ducky? Where’s his ‘Wash Me’ Barbie?

Hello Sailor.

Yes. If he didn’t have his sailor’s hat on he would’ve felt unfullfilled………………..I hate when that happens.

MY GAWD!!! MORE BUBBLES!! HURRY, PLEASE!

What is the slick in the bathwater from?

MMMMMMM, wash me Barbie!

Look at all the bubbles. Wonder how he made them?

He’s watching TV… “South Pacific”, “Gilligan’s Island”, “Lost”, “McHale’s Navy”, “Midway”…

Ahoy there, sailor. No, don’t get up!

How did Stel Bel ever slip this one past Nighthawks?

Today’s movie poster gave me a good laugh to begin with.

I’d call it “Stelbel’s Revenge”…

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy&uc_full_date=20200423

Cover your ears as soon as Nighthawks sees it…

I love it! StelBel is having fun pulling Nighthawks’ chain.

Niles needs his battleship to complete the experience.

Hello Cleo family…

Here I am, at last….

and here we have another lovely poster from Stel…

in the April 23rd  2020 “CLEO and COMPANY”

on Sherpa… the link to bookmark, if you haven’t already, is

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

Oooh… a movie I loved, adapted from a book I loved….

Ally Walkie’s “The Color Purplie.”

(I don’t think it’s really “The Color PuЯplie”)

Wow… the purplie curtains really make it…. and the lace, and even the cute little sign painter…. could that be our Cleo, in a cameo?

Watch your tail, Celie!   Rocking chairs are so hard on tails.

It’s a beautiful story… to me, it’s about even more than biscuits and kibble….

but I guess I’m still looking at it from a human perspective. Dogs have slightly different priorities.

I believe it was Whoopie Pie Goldbasset’s first film… and she did a beautiful job.

None of the tail-wagging, mugging or mannerisms she later adopted.

And the poster doesn’t mention that it was also a first film appearance by Ol’Pal Windfree.

The humans copied it… of course…. and I see they didn’t get it about “purplie”…. so they didn’t even have a sign painter…

They also used a more “human-centric” agenda in the tagline.

Even if that would appeal to me… it’s just not as heartwarming or sympathetic, is it… without all those big brown basset eyes.

https://fontmeme.com/images/The-Color-Purple-Poster.jpg

That’s the best you can do?! I’d hate to see your worst!

All we need now are purplie people eaters.

Just matching the eye shadow..

GOOD MORNING BALLARDEERS! Quarantine Day 41…. Seem to be drooling more than normal. Thank goodness for WiFi and Disney+ and YouTubby and Hulu and Playstation and roomies and comics kingdom and go comics and ballardeers and food and water and ….

AAAAARRRRRRGGGHHH!

I’m fine… of all the things that I have lost, I miss my mind the most.

In the “Just what I need department.” Need a few prayers for Sally, my middle child. She was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer on Tuesday. Thanks guys. (((((HUGS))))) all around.

My Favorite Part™ was the drops of that familiar colored substance dripping*** from the paint brush.

* Because that’s what drops do – they drip.

(not to be confused with a certain Friday-Monday and Wednesday comic stripper, who doesn’t drip (as far as I know) but is a drip)

Good morning Balladeers, Plods and Miss Susan.

Love this poster. Especially love Whoppie Pie Goldbasset!

Great job on the poster. Love your use of color.

Whoopie Pie is considering color choices for a rocking chair pillow.

hey, know what I just heard on the television machine? that breakfast wants me back…

who cares what breakfast wants? and just who the hell does breakfast think it is , anyway?

Why, it’s the most important meal of the day! and, you had better start paying more attention to it!