Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for December 20, 2019

Let’s see, that would put the heap in… Alaska, maybe.

Some journeys just aren’t worth it.

It would’ve been a great story-line.

Better than the heap of happiness is a leap of faith, Phoebe!

Also beware the Cliffs of Insanity and the Gorge of Eternal Peril…

White equines don’t do well with swamps of misery.

Last panel is beautiful. The movements are so natural, but still full of action.

As long as it’s nowhere near the swamp of sadness!

I love kneeling Marigold to let Pheobe off, with her cold-weather leg-warmers

“The Island of General Discontent” I’d hate to spend winter there.

“Over the Mountains of the Moon.

Down the Valley of the Shadow.

Ride, boldly ride!" the shade replied,

“If you seek for El Dorado.”

- Edgar Allan Poe, “El Dorado”

Well Dana, aside from making up REALLY COOL unicorn names, you do pretty darn well on place names, too. “Island of General Discontent” — love it! (I seem to know a lot of people who live there.)

But beware the ferocious Creature of Arrrgh!

Sounds like the DC suburbs…

I’d go anywhere with Marigold…with the exception of The Bog of Eternal Stench

I’ve always like the word “ennui”. Just has a really cool sound to it.

No! I wanted to see it!