B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for August 21, 2024

He wasn’t. He likes inhaling helium for fun.

Well, as Blood Sweat and Tears sang, …what goes up must come down…

Coulda been a hummingbird — more irony that way, and they are attracted to color.

“Up, up and away…in my beautiful…Oops! Never mind. Someone invent a mattress!”

The fall ain’t so bad, it’s that sudden stop at the end that hurts!

Pterosaurs are supposed to be extinct they couldn’t have carried people and if they could see color Is anyone’s guess

that stone hospital bed cracks me up !! lol

Me never knews there was flying balloon in B.C.

Maybe he should tries Heathcliff’s flying with bubble gum trick.

Next time, try sticking a parachute inside the balloon. When it goes POP, you just float down.

“Would you like to ride, in my beautiful balloon”? ~ “Up, Up and Away” ~ The 5th Dimension.

Err, no……

“Ptero Ptero!” = “Toro Toro!”

The Evolution of Flight: … next, the Barney Copter and Pterodactyl Airlines.

Note to self: Invent the parachute first, THEN the helium balloon. ;-)

Early Chinese spy balloon.

What goes up must come down. With air resistance acting on an object that has been popped, the object will eventually reach a terminal velocity, which is around 118 mph, for a human.

but there were no birds drawn in this strip

Price to pay for some scientific discoveries.

Yep…….Birds have exceptionally keen vision. In fact, their ability to see color is far superior to humans’ color vision in several ways. While humans have three color-detecting cones in their eyes — to see red, green and blue shades — birds have a fourth cone that enables them to see ultraviolet (UV) light.

Flying is, and always has been, extremely safe. Landing, on the other hand…

He should have gone with a loincloth balloon. Less conspicuous

Go back to inventing the wheel….safer!

Flammable Air? (old name for hydrogen)

The gas in a balloon will expand as altitude increases. Bird or no bird, he was doomed from the git-go.

They must be the “Bulls” of the skyways.

That’s a lot of bull.

Cavemen got balloons!

Gotta work on those landings now.

He should have checked with Alley Oop.