Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for April 19, 2020

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 4 years ago

    some father/son drive

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    TexTech  over 4 years ago

    Well, he’s letting go of the steering wheel but I would hardly say he is giving up control with all that yelling going on.

    And where the heck are they? Traffic lights with only red and green but no yellow? Now I have seen a few small American towns (fifty years ago) with red on top in one direction (N/S) and green on top going the other way (E/W) so that is not out of the question. But the missing yellow warning light really bugs me.

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    Michael G.  over 4 years ago

    Perfect poise, Sergio!

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    MermaidStitcher  over 4 years ago

    I think 2 in the driver’s seat is a bad decision and not pulling over to change driver’s is another

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    Linguist  over 4 years ago

    I taught myself to drive on a couple of old pickup trucks on my uncle’s ranch when I was about 13. I never took Driver’s Ed. in school

    My Dad, who was a very good driver, rode with me a couple of times before I got my license and was calm and relaxed as he put me through my paces on what I could expect on my Drivers’ Examination. The only criticism he ever had about my driving ( and this was lifelong ) was that I had a lead foot!

    My Mom, on the other hand, who never had a driver’s license, was the world’s worst at back seat driving. How Dad put up with it, I’ll never understand.

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    Cactus-Pete  over 4 years ago

    This makes no sense. Two in a seat? Switching in the middle of an intersection? Yelling “Brake” in the middle of an intersection with a green signal? And what’s with those signals – I’ve never seen any like that except in movies taking place long ago.

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    Lightpainter  over 4 years ago

    How old is Baldo, that he is just starting to learn to drive? He seems older than this indicates.

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    Fontessa  over 4 years ago

    The driving instructions from my father: keep it between the bar ditches :)

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    rpmurray  over 4 years ago

    Shouldn’t that be “Break! Break!”?

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    Brian  Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Wow, continuity with Saturday’s strip!

    https://www.gocomics.com/baldo/2020/04/18

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    PaulLeckner  over 4 years ago

    Where are their filter masks?! PPE.

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    bakana  over 4 years ago

    Baldo Loves the Gas Pedal.

    He thinks the Brakes are for Sissies.

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    Quabaculta  over 4 years ago

    That is the most unintelligent way to learn to drive. Baldo can’t even control the car yet. When my son was fifteen going on sixteen we would leave for church about 1/2 hour earlier and stop in one of the malls on the way. Once in we switched places and he would drive around the lot, turning in here, going straight there, signaling each move until he had enough confidence to take in the street instruction from Lord Ashley’s Driving School.

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    masnadies  over 4 years ago

    I thought this was a metaphor for how Sergio is trying to let Baldo start making life decisions, but as soon as he starts to give up control, he sees Baldo doing something dangerous or stupid and finds himself yelling to stop. As the parent of an 11, 13 and 15 year old myself, it speaks to me.

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