Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 25, 2024

Cliff finds himself between a rock and a Sisy…   place

What Cliff is going to feel tomorrow is a lot of lower back pain.

Cliff should stick to playing rock, penance, scissors.

What is it that makes Cliff feel so guilty?

If he drops that on his foot, he’s going to be doing Penance for taking the Lord’s name in vain.

He has watched “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring” one too many times.

Surely there are easier ways ~~~

Revenge is sometimes more satisfying than pennance.

Well, he’ll feel better when he puts it down.

Coincidence that he played Marley in the Local Production of “A Christmas Carol”?

Cliff wishes someone would come by so he can pass this stone.

Is he channelling his inner Sisyphus?

Poor old Scooter’s gonna get blamed for digging holes in the lawn.. again. And those spindly legs, hard to see how those legs can support the extra weight.

Didn’t realize how long this strip has been in re-runs. The internal date in the comic is 2007-07-29, which is just over seventeen years ago.

Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!

Drop the rock, Cliff.

Poor guy thinking he has done something that requires penance.

Now he knows why people use rosary beads.

There but for the Grace of God…

Nah, he’s just pregnant.

Cliff is practicing for his upcoming role in the local Ballard production of “The Pirates of Pen-ance.”

What happens when you read—but don’t really understand—Camus.

that cliff, always rockin’ out…

I don’t know, but Cliff is looking pretty stoned to me.

Looks like Cliff keeps dropping his penance.

Good night, Ballard Dears!