Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 21, 2021

Finally, vindication for the clown

have a fun summer, Alice and friends

That would definitely scare me. Too Twilight Zone.

Oh, my! I forgot about the clown! I loved that story arc.

“Its back!!!!!!”

It’s amazing what freaks people out. On Clacton Pier there used to be a mechanised sailor in a glass box that laughed non stop rocking as it did so. It was meant to be some sort of entertainment but I always had an urge to throw a house brick at it.

Going for the long-play gag. Niiiiice.

But what was it doing in the ceiling?

He was sooo high. I thought he’d never come down.

It came down before the end of the school year – strategic little monster! Ha

Wait- hold he bus! Just how did it get up into the ceiling to begin with?

Brilliant!

Such tiny little beings in panel 3 but each one perfectly recognizable. I appreciate the simple economics of Blisshaven being able to stay afloat teaching/caring for only six kids. :)

~ Run to the Hills! / Run for your lives… ~

An older strip had one of the kids cranking the jack-in-the-box, and the clown burst out forcefully and ended up on a ceiling light fixture, freaking out all the kids. I love this kind of continuity.

And what an end to the school year!

Pop! Go the kiddies…

Went to a small country school. 6 of us students. There was a “mouse problem” which gave us a lot of entertainment. When a mouse appeared during class the whole school would jump up and chase it or throw things at it. Teacher didn’t always agree with this.

Seems a fitting end to the school year.

What an exciting Grand Climax to the pre-school year!

—Thanks for your impeccable timing, Jack-in-the-box Clown!

i’m surprised Miss Bliss didn’t have her fiance get it down when it first got caught up there.

Finally, the other shoe drops.