Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for November 06, 2019
Transcript:
halloween spooktacular 3 short tales of terror guy: eeek house of creeping cottonballs a kindergartner brings home an innocent-seeming class project that comes to life, expanding uncontrollably until the whole house is a heaving mass of cottonballs, glitter & glue! woman: eeeek cat: please, i'm trying to read. this lady wakes up from a brief nap to find herself in a parallel universe where cats control all the media! garfield is twice as ubiquitous & advertising is done with dangly pieces of string! man: eek lower level you are here hell cinnabon mall of the damned a guy goes to the mall to take ad-vantage of a sale on men's pants. but he gets lost & wanders for days! then he finds a map that say he's in hell! and all the pants on sale are relaxed fit wide-wale corduroy in "sphagnum green"!
well-i-never about 5 years ago
It’s been 30 years since I bought corduroy pants at the Mall.
igor1882 about 5 years ago
I’ve actually been trapped in the Mall of the Damned. It’s called Marley Station, in Anne Arundel County, MD.
J Quest about 5 years ago
That Cinnabon in Hades never has any napkins…
WCraft Premium Member about 5 years ago
Well, at least there is a Cinnabon in the mall… Also, the first panel is actually about Tribbles, right?
Sisyphos about 5 years ago
Cottonballs from old aspirin and vitamin bottles are taking over a shelf in my home. But they’ll never get me! On the other hand, malls are terrifying; I’m often not sure where I am, but the maps always tell me “you are HERE!”
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
The Puff Ball menace of a foreign plant or one mutated.