Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 19, 2020

Once again, a little over 10 years ago, Richard posted a blog entry regarding this strip: 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2010/06/todays-cul-de-sac-in-earlier-form.html

Oh, you would like that, wouldn’t you Petey.

If he was, would that make him the brains of the outfit?

Yes, one can read much in an overflowing locker as the School year ends.

A very familiar scene…. from when I was the school custodian. :P

Alice, you don’t want to be there…..or maybe you might, considering you’re kinds creepy.

I mowed the lawn at my school and got to go in in the summer. Eerie.

Reminds me of the pilot (and best) episode of The Walking Dead

Are Ernesto,and Viola on vacation too?Would a therapist unravel new characters?Too many questions.Not enough answers ;~|

All that was missing was to make the place a little darker, add some vines and some perpetually floating ash for it to be part of the upside down world!

Procrastinating Petey’s last one out to languish in his constant sense of impending doom.

These are the dreams of the everyday schoolchild…

It’s all about Attitude, especially in panel 3, where we see three wildly varying attitudes: Petey’s post-apocalyptic black pessimism, Alice’s more optimistic self-conceit, and Madeline’s totally blase parental practical concern….