Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for April 18, 2024

You could have a bracelet with those initials on it…..

I was just emailing my old neighbor in Mesa AZ, told her I’d swap summers with her! Heat in AZ is nothing compared to the humidity in FL

I’m going to leave this one alone!!!

of blessed memory

The answer is Move On.

He’d ask Susie.

It was so Hot, that you could fry an egg on the back of an alligator.

It was so Hot, that the Key-Lime pie melted.

Nice shout out to the originator of this strip.

I dunno. The kids are alright.

What’s the meta, Shoe?

Ed McMahon: How hot was it? Johnny Carson: It was so hot I saw a fire hydrant flagging down a dog!

It was so hot, the Devil had left for someplace cooler.

Beautiful memories. Not sure Jeff would have used that gag, but he deserves a big bow for all he did. You folks too for carrying on.

Southeast Texas is like living in a sauna. It will rain and steam will rise off the pavement.

I don’t even come close to ‘getting’ this one…

Nice. Very nice.

Nope, not going there.

Well, what would he do?

I don’t even know what it means.

Jeff was a close friend of my favorite most hilarious humorist, Dave Barry. He illustrated at least one of Barry’s books with his inimical “Shoe” style."

It was so hot I saw a fat lady sweating Gravy!

It was soooo hot, people were doing Alabama jokes.

It was so hot, I saw a coyote chasing a rabbit, and they were both walking.

Since I don’t know who Jeff McNelly is I guess I will pass.

Here’s to one of the greats of comic strip history.

It was so hot, the supermodels got jealous.

Ah, Susie, I hear you

It was so hot, the Alligators were sauteing themselves while trying to cross the highway.