Close to Home by John McPherson for November 16, 2021

Eek!

Those ladies are about to get the (s)hell outta there!

Mama!

Ah!, the inspiration for Edward Scissorhands!

No problem, the lady in the green has the Solution – She sells Seashells by the Seashore.

Hey Lucy! Looks like you got a problem.

Sequel to “Them”? … “Crabs!” … “Them Crabs!”?

Bleeb: "Uh… guys?

It’s a hermit because it eats everything in its sight.

It’s enough to make you crabby.

Look out bleeb

gasp Look out! It’s an Alaskan King Crab!

Attack of the Crab Monsters

I wonder if hermit crabs are good eating?

….or destroy a home

I´m glad it´s just hermit crabs!

“Honey quick, call the exterminator! That thing is gigantic!”

“Exterminator-shmerminator! I’m calling DoorDash and ordering a bottle of whatever wine that goes good with properly prepared crustacean! What’s the biggest pot we have?”

Too good! Another keeper. :)

Do tell…..

Keep on popping up in peoples’ houses crab and you will be an entirely different type of hermit.

Interesting. And what do they eat?

Ones about to take over your shell.

The Attack of the Killer Hermit Crab . Soon coming to a theater near you.

It is good this is a one panel strip. The second panel will get very bloody.

There’s was an Goosebumps story that had this same premise…