Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 25, 2010

OHHH ……He was one too!!!

Can this mean…Petey is his own father!!! Could his weirdness have sent him through time to father himself??? Or can the artist only draw just so many faces? You decide.

I’m with you, Petey.

Like Father, like Son.

ooooh. two kisses and a hug from Viola!

“Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time … a long time.”

How about BettyJo Bialowski?

Melanie Farber?

“Antelope Freeway, 1/256 of a mile.”

Viola D’Amore, such a perfect name for a future lover.

…all the sights and sounds of Pig Night came rushing back to me like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist!”

Everyone knew her as Nancy.

… Viola D’Amore? Did I just see a Finnegans Wake reference in a newspaper comic?

Haven’t read it myself, Christopher, but it’s highly likely. RT has mentioned his love of Joyce.

Besides, if you ever were to see a “Finnegan’s Wake” reference in a newspaper comic, isn’t this where you’d expect to see it? A month or so ago we had a hidden John Cage gag…

You tell him, Petey!

Don’t know if it’s a reference to “Finnegan’s Wake” or to the “Love Viol” itself - only Richard knows why she has that name…

He might tell us, at some point; on his blog he’s mentioned that “Otterloop” is a pun on “outer loop”, reflecting the strip’s Beltway origins…

Shameless Plug (since RT’s too modest to do so himself): The “Cul de Sac Golden Treasury of Keepsake Garland Classics” is being released early! It’ll be available this Monday, June 28. You can already order it from Amazon.com, and it’ll be delivered right to your door!

runar: You mean Nancy!

Thanks for the plug, Fritzoid!

Viola D’Amore is named after the instrument of the same name (the viola d’amore http://www.violadamore.com ) . Just because I like it. I haven’t read enough Joyce to do anything more than fake a little knowledge in his stuff for cartoon purposes (http://tinyurl.com/24zhjl3).

Don, she’s in the aviary studying trees. You may wait here in the sitting room or sit there in the waiting room.

WaitingMan:

By any chance are you waiting for the electrician, or someone like him?

hm… Viola’s mother, maybe?