Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 18, 2021

Next time, get a sitter for the twerp and take the van!

Alice learned no lesson.

There go the eggs!

I really like it when scenery can be drawn this way.

My main exercise consists of daily walks. I’ve noticed recently that there are a lot of people pushing strollers with children who are surely old enough to walk. I don’t think it’s just the kids demanding to be pushed, although they may enjoy it. I think it’s the parents, who want to get in their exercise, but know that it’s too far for a four or five year old to walk, let alone run. Maybe they don’t have anyone else to watch the kids for an hour, or maybe they just want to spend the time with them.

Trees separating the frames. Cute.

I KNOW it’s a comic, but why didn’t Mom put her groceries in the stroller?

I like the way the trees divide the time, but we get to see the whole landscape at once

As a toddler-size 10-year-old, I could still reach my arms up to a grown up and get picked up.

And I hate to break it to you, Mom; but with some “children” you’ll be carrying them for the reset of their lives!

Just thinking, maybe some of those grocery carts that get left in the parking lot are from parents who get the kids and groceries to the car and then don’t want to leave them to return the cart.

Mr Thompson knew his Eisner.

Apparently, I didn’t find being a baby boring, just maddening. The youngest of three, I was INFURIATED that my siblings were able and/or allowed to do things I couldn’t do.

One lost bag of groceries and a stroller. Narcissistic Alice acting up again.

Madeline can’t catch a break!

(Full Disclosure: I remember that one of my favorite phrases when I was somewhere around Alice’s age and was out with Mom and Dad was “Carry me up!”)

I love how Richard used the trees as the borders on the panels.