Monty by Jim Meddick for May 12, 2024

Maybe.

Either that or they want to watch the cat videos with you.

What the heck happened to Monty’s face in panel 5? Is that meant to be his tongue in his cheek?

It is now.

As I read this comic, a dozen squirrels are hunting for peanuts in the backyard. Too cute.

maybe they’re just bored and they find you entertaining. :D

It’s not the peanut butter, the Rodent Revolution has begun

The squirrels are nuts about him.

Don’t touch that squirrel’s nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We worship you, oh Monty!!!!!!!!! :)

Nah, you’re scrolling through social media, and they can smell all the nuts.

No, you’re just nuts.

My favorite Monty cartoons are those in which he interacts with squirrels. Have many saved.

After we humans wipe ourselves out, my money’s on either squirrels or raccoons to replace us as the next intelligent, tool-using species on Earth. We’ve been training them with food rewards to solve ever-more-complicated puzzles, and simple evolutionary theory says that the ones who are good at it will survive, thrive, and reproduce. Right now, my money’s on the cōōns, because they’ve got a head start in the opposable-thumb department, but maybe the arboreal capacities of the tree rats will offset it. Sadly, I won’t be around to see how it all turns out.

I would be really worried.