Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for February 28, 2023

I think your rule will be short lived.

“A time when Caesar ruled Britain with an iron fist, and a wooden leg, and a piece of string”—THE GOON SHOW

That iron fist will only drop you to the bottom of the deep end. If I were you, I’d trade it for an inflatable one.

Panel 1 Valentine is wearing a suit and in panels 2 & 3 he’s ready to go swimming?

ka-trope

Is that pool full of crude oil?

KA-METAPHOR!

With Rip in town, Bobby Valentine’s iron fist will soon turn rusty.

More meta than I can get-a.

BV’s villainy must be truly extraordinary if it rubs off on his ranch.

The Great Fist Battle begins: Giggling vs. speechifying.