Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for September 13, 2023

Having a Wile E Coyote moment.

That happened to a colleague once, except it was a Steller’s jay and a chunk of cheese.

bad dog! bad dog!

And so the new supervillain Bird Dog was begins.

Of course ya knows Ninja Sloth will be to the rescue.

Well, how many dogs do you know who can sew?

Is the dog’s name Icarus or Daedalus?

In the Great Lakes, we have gulls that are twice the size of a crow. They’ve become used to hanging around outdoor eating spots for “clean-up” duty. I once saw them come in a group of about a dozen and totally devour a meal in less than ten seconds while a woman was concentrating on a bird on her shoulder.

I saw this happen on the boardwalk of Atlantic City. A guy was eating a hot dog and the seagull swooped down and stole it from him.

Go for it, pooch.

I hope this doesn’t give Poncho any ideas.

unless it’s got magic added with it, those wings ain’t gonna be getting you off the ground… nice plan though. :J

If you want to start a seagull riot, throw a single potato chip onto the sand.

LOL! Good luck with that

French fry falcons

A kestrel did that with my entire sandwich once.

The ninja sloth would approve

You took a big risk to eat your lunch outside on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. I observed many sea gulls brazenly swoop in and out so fast with the lunches.

Swoop! There it is!!

The dog knows he can’t fly, but, he’s going to…wing it.

I love panel 3!

Those darned seagulls!!! I have witnessed this many times!