Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for July 15, 2008

Hi, everybody!

Well, it’s hot outside today…. so we’re back indoors, enjoying some fine local hospitality, as we comment on

the July 15th  2018 “CLEO and COMPANY” 

Sitting in comfy chairs while we read it on Sherpa:

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

 

Sheila and Boyd are pretty low-key.

He’s kind of…. well…

let’s just say he likes to blend in.

You can see that he doesn’t stand out in a crowd…

or even stand up for himself.

In fact, he apparently doesn’t always sit up for himself.

 

She’s quiet too…. doesn’t say much… reads a magazine and listens, instead of talking.

But she very kindly made us a pitcher of real lemonade, and there are paper plates in the kitchen,

to serve ourselves cold fried chicken, and her special potato salad.

And we can all feel free, she said, to find a cool spot in the house or on the patio,to read or talk, or even nap, when we’re through gathering around the table.

 

If anyone is feeling extra fragile…. there are even some extra props in the hall closet.

Boyd orders them by the dozen, from Propz-R-Us,

One size fits all.

Well, I gotta give Boyd some props for not insisting that Sheila let him use the good chair. I mean even with his back and all.

Does Sheila have to get him all propped in? I hope she can get through a page in her magazine before Boyd has to go to the bathroom. And I don’t want to imagine what props are required in there.

Cleo doesn’t do impersonations.

WHOOSH, ᴋᴀ-ᴛʜᴜᴅ! and FLOOP!

(do the comics get any better than this?)

Occasionally, we all do X

Come on Cleo, that leash looks strong enough to pull your meal ticket out of there!!!

Interesting how Claude instinctively moves over to the proper sidewalk panel in order to be swallowed up. If he stayed where he was, maybe he wouldn’t have fallen in?

LOVE the Do Not Touch ’toons!

We know, Cleo, we know. Claude will never learn.