Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 30, 2021

Just telling it as it is, huh, Petey?

You can’t shut a poet up like that

Dill understands all that?

I live in the second house in the second panel!

Dill’s downer has to do with that kiddy car gift that has lost it’s ‘new kiddy car smell’.

Want to bum out all of your friends? Call “Petey Otterloop, Greek Chorus” today!

Buh, buh, woo-

Petey’s like a tannen bomb.

Needless to say, it is sad…….

Dill knows the meaning of those words?

Awwwww.

Forget about Dill; you got me crying!

Buh,buh,woo ? Really ?

Dill’s apparently not a fan of scathing commentaries…

another reason i love Dill…he is emotional like me!

There’s a poet among them. And it’s…Petey.

The finished Fir.

Perfect little snap shot of Cul de Sac. Scathing commentary Laureate, Petey; sweet, sensitive Dill; Alice jumping at the chance to be loud and bossy; Beni, observant and pragmatic. Post Holiday blahs, Cul de Sac style. This is Petey’s sweet spot.

The unpresented future.

Dilll will have to learn to confront harsh, poetic reality as he grows more fully into his childhood. Big boys don’t cry! (So I’ve heard….)

Not to be histrionic or anything, Petey…