Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for August 04, 2021

Ah, the game’s afoot! In the great state of Ohio, I cannot think of one single classification of a site or sites that would require a 6-month time frame to tour; certainly not cartoon. Also, the real Mr. Spinnerack would have left word to address the strange looking red-headed kid as ‘Petey’, and nothing else… Now Emilio, what have you done with Dan!?

As far as I can remember, the only places in Ohio to which I’ve been were Kirtland and Milan on a family road trip in the summer of 1998. Not so much of Cincinnati or Cleveland.

True fact: The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, which is part of the Ohio State University library system, “houses the world’s largest collection of materials related to cartoons and comics, including original art, books, magazines, journals, comic books, archival materials, and newspaper comic strip pages and clippings,” according to their Web site! Dan Spinnerack must be planning an extensive research project amidst their collection of 2.5 million comic strips!

I tried to draw but I broke my Crayon.

There are six months worth of “historic cartoon sites” in Ohio? Is this some sort of religious penance, self-flagellation thing?

Andre, Petey and Loris could be the “rebirth” of the “Lone Gunmen” of X-Files fame. Andre and Petey are definitely susceptible to conspiracy theories like Frohike and Langley and Loris might end up being kind of like Byers but quicker moving.

Is my memory failing me, or is this also the banjo man? I thought his name was Timmy Fretwork

Loris again, the only one showing any signs of social skills

I’ll be looking for Real Mr. Spinnerack to be making an appearance in “Agnes.”

I only use one hair tie. Plus, rubber bands tend to pull hair out…

Not as many rubber bands as you use, little girl.

Five of those months to be spent in Chagrin Falls looking for the elusive Mr Watterson.

The one-eyed girl kind of freaks me out.

Don’t scoff at Ohio cartoonists: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/19/wait-just-how-did-ohio-become-the-cradle-of-great-cartoonists/

Petey really is a Serial Killer in training, what a damaged young man. How old is he suppose to be ? 9/10 ish good grief.

I assume “a six-month tour of historic cartoon sites in Ohio” is code for “Stalking and/or trying to kidnap Bill Watterson.”

Loris is too quick to fall for conspiracy theories, whereas Andre generates them constantly and Petey buys into the ones that suit his Worldview.

Gotta feel kinda sorry for Emilio.

Give Emilio Spinnerack a chance!