Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for August 18, 2008

That’s very sweet and thoughtful of you, Tony. Annie is very lucky.

Robin Hound has lost has moustache! And gained opposable thumbs! The costume designer and makeup artist should be right there with Cleo de Clifford come Oscar time.

Annie, Annie

Bo Bannie

Fee Fi

Foe Fannie

Got eight in about nine minutes, and have been stuck on eight for longer than that. Time to move on to other comics.

Hullo All….. running a teeny bit late…..

especially since I decided to make the side-by-side before saying hello.

Tonight, of course, we are not only commenting on

the August 18th  2018 “CLEO and COMPANY” 

but when you go to read it on Sherpa

http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy

You’ll see that it’s a “Find the Differences” puzzle."

For those who are new to it….. like maybe you, Dry?

….. this is our Saturday entertainment, courtesy of Nighthawks and/or sometimes StelBel.

I usually lay out the vertical panels side by side, to help those who see it better that way, and post a link to it….

Then x_Tech posts a link to a moving .gif he creates, which demonstrates the solution.

After that, don’t use Neil Wick’s GC Links till you’re ready to look at the solution!

Happy solving!

Liverlips… maybe you’ll see #9 with this!

https://s15.postimg.cc/65tv64o8r/Cleo_nine_differences_Aug_18th_18.png

Meanwhile…. I believe I said yesterday that Robin Hound would lose his mustache in the puzzle.

To tell the truth, I was thinking of a different puzzle….

but I guess he just prefers to be clean-shaven in puzzles.

No, that’s not a difference…. well, not unless it’s only in one panel. But it isn’t… at least, not today.

As for Annie…. I would guess she’s pleased too.

All the more so if Tony picks out a book to read to her….

Something, perhaps, like, “Fairy Tales for Little Flowers.”

It’s Saturday so it must be time for the solution to the Cleo & Co. puzzle.

https://s5.postimg.cc/6te2icm07/Cleo20180818.gif

Remember no peeking. Peeking may result in the revocation of your security clearance.

I notice a few of Robin’s merry men are missing. They must have been grabbed by that Sasquatch in the trees, just to Robin’s right.

I forgot to say, for puzzle newcomers… we also don’t post puzzle hints or spoilers till everybody gets a chance to try solving it….

like maybe late tomorrow afternoon.

That’s why x_Tech’s solution is in a link….

but if you use GC Links to view my side-by-side, you’ll see both images.

I protest. I am not a merry man!

Tony won’t be pleased when he sits down.

Very good! But, I didn’t see the sneaky difference of one “difference”. Dang, you’re good, NH!

As always, this was fun.

ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛs

”SATURDAY NON SOLUTION SOLU…..”

BUZZ WHIRR SNAP ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ ZZZZZZ CRACKLE [SCRATCHY STATICY INTERFERENCY NOISE] POP

Lᴀᴅɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇᴍᴇɴ, ᴡᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀʀᴜᴘᴛ ᴏᴜʀ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍ ᴏғ ʜɪʟᴀʀɪᴏᴜs ᴘᴜᴢᴢʟᴇ ɴᴏɴ sᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙʀɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ʙᴜʟʟᴇᴛɪɴ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ GᴏCᴏᴍɪᴄs Nᴇᴡsʀᴏᴏᴍ.

Aᴛ ᴛᴡᴇɴᴛʏ ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇs ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴇɪɢʜᴛ, ᴄᴇɴᴛʀᴀʟ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, Pʀᴏғᴇssᴏʀ Fɪᴅᴏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ MᴏᴜɴᴛYᴏᴜʀMᴀsᴛᴇʀsLᴇɢ Oʙsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛᴏʀʏ, Cʜɪᴄᴀɢᴏ, Iʟʟɪɴᴏɪs, ʀᴇᴘᴏʀᴛs ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠɪɴɢ sᴇᴠᴇʀᴀʟ ᴇxᴘʟᴏsɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ɪɴᴄᴀɴᴅᴇsᴄᴇɴᴛ ɢᴀs, ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀʀɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠᴀʟs ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴇᴛ Pʟᴜᴛᴏ (Gᴇᴛ ɪᴛ? Pʟᴜᴛᴏ?). Tʜᴇ sᴘᴇᴄᴛʀᴏsᴄᴏᴘᴇ ɪɴᴅɪᴄᴀᴛᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜʏᴅʀᴏɢᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅs ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇɴᴏʀᴍᴏᴜs ᴠᴇʟᴏᴄɪᴛʏ.Pʀᴏғᴇssᴏʀ Böᴡsᴇʀ ᴠöɴ Üʙᴇʀᴅᴏɢ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ Oʙsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛᴏʀʏ ᴀᴛ Bᴇʟᴄʜᴇʀᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴄᴏɴғɪʀᴍs Fɪᴅᴏ’s ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇsᴄʀɪʙᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜᴇɴᴏᴍᴇɴᴏɴ ᴀs, ǫᴜᴏᴛᴇ, “ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴊᴇᴛ ᴏғ ᴘᴜʀᴘʟɪᴇ ғʟᴀᴍᴇ sʜᴏᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ɢᴜɴ,” ᴜɴǫᴜᴏᴛᴇ.

We now return you August, 2008, when the world was on the cusp of real disasters (i.e., Lehman Brothers was about to fail, the stock markets about to crash, and Obama about to be elected).