Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for July 16, 2023

Dorky Dakota has alliteration. That’s like rhyming’s cousin, or something.

Dakota tripped up there and she’s paying the price.

You sure showed Dakota I guess(?).XD

Has Phoebe seen Toy Story 4?

Forky sounds too close to a naughty word.

I was picked on as a kid. My last name is Nelson and I would get called “Pelson”. I still have no idea what that means.

Alotta Dakota?

Phoebe got her good!

Better luck next time. Now fork off.

Been a while since any side characters appeared

Nothing really rhymes well with Dakota… hmmm… Toyota Dakota, Minnesota Dakota, nah…

Only Phoebe could take the fun out of name-calling.

Calvin has did something similar to that when confronted by Moe, though he usually ends up getting beaten up for it.

I wonder if Phoebe has ever seen Cyrano de Bergerac. I bet she’d enjoy that.

Be careful when you fire that first shot…..

What makes this work is Pheebs’ grin in the last panel. Everything is going how it usually goes, and that’s fine with her.

Smooch already

Go take a long walk off a short pier, Da-dork-a.

Be careful trying to remember where could be a character named Forky, the mouse’s ears are sensitive, and you don’t want any problems with them.