Over at C and C, I have to say I love the sign. I can just hear the jingle ♪ Let’s all go to the lobby. ♫ Let’s all go to the lobby. ♪ Let’s all go to the lobby .. and get ourselves a snack/drink. ♫
Now I know who put the button in all those places. It was Cleo. She knows where to stand so that nothing will happen to her. She didn’t get thrown over the fence or have anything fall on her or drop into the sidewalk. I hope Claude doesn’t read this.
At first I thought she was quizzing him, in the manner of a schoolmistress.
“Now, to prove you were paying attention, repeat back my instructions.”
But no, she is merely wandering in her own fog…. having lost her place in the conversation.
It looks familiar…. now why do I remember something like that….
Oh yeah. Cos it happens to me. Like… every day.
Yes, Dennis and Liverlips… dots and checks… and rather lurid.
But except for the colors, standard Ballard Street accoutrements.
Which make me think it’s the colors that make the difference…
which leads to another thought.
Maybe I should slow down…. so many thoughts in a row….
but no, I’ll brave a possible brain explosion and forge ahead.
The thing is, Jerry Van A colored his own Sundays back here in 2009, while the dailies were still black and white.
A year or two later, I think, he stopped providing Sundays at all….
and a while after that, Universal (now Andrews McMeel) started hiring colorists for daily strips
It was the Ballard Street colorist, therefore, who gave us the blues, the purples, and all the colors we associate with the very attractive fabrics and clothing styles in the neighborhood…
especially the beautiful doughnut and reinforcement-ring polka dots.
But TODAY, perhaps, in a Van Amerongen original color strip, we see them the way their creator intended.
wndrwrthg about 15 years ago
What is?
margueritem about 15 years ago
It certainly is…
Ronshua about 15 years ago
I’ll say…….what ?
randayn about 15 years ago
The two signs you’re getting older:
You start forgetting stuff.
I can’t remember what the other thing was.
Anniquem about 15 years ago
What are we talking about?
MisngNOLA about 15 years ago
I have adult onset ADD and CRS. I can never tell whether I wasn’t paying attention to something or forgot it. It drives my ladyfriend nuts heh heh.
DennisinSeattle about 5 years ago
Dots and checks, and a pipe to boot. Can’t remember anything while staring at their wardrobe,
DennisinSeattle about 5 years ago
Almost forgot to post the link to Cleo and Company:
http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=cscwy
DennisinSeattle about 5 years ago
Cleo with the wise eyes…. At least the consequences were not so bad this time.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 5 years ago
“You mean it isn’t?” (a tricky business)
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 5 years ago
Over at C and C, I have to say I love the sign. I can just hear the jingle ♪ Let’s all go to the lobby. ♫ Let’s all go to the lobby. ♪ Let’s all go to the lobby .. and get ourselves a snack/drink. ♫
GROG Premium Member about 5 years ago
Are you sure I said that?
GROG Premium Member about 5 years ago
Ever noticed there are always consequences?
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 5 years ago
Yup, folks… a new animation (!!) in the October 19th 2019 “CLEO and COMPANY”
over on Sherpa, where Dennis is sending you… in case you wondered whether you needed to catch that bus.
New, yet very very familiar, isn’t it….
a never-ending story.
“Claude is tempted to push the button….”
It might as well say “Claude pushes the button,” right?
Cos I’ve never seen him resist the temptation yet.
It has a rather retro look to it, as well….
Cleo looks more like her earlier, mute and horizontal versions than she has for a while… though she does speak.
And we haven’t seen an intermission like that in a long time.
Of course, Cleo’s care and sympathy remain the same.
That will never change.
Her beloved master lies injured and groaning on the other side of that fence…
is she looking frantically for a gap, so she can race through it, and straight to his side, to lick his wounds and howl for help?
Or is she running for human assistance, ready to pantomime the scenario, like Lassie…
“What is it, girl? Claude pushed the ¿@#$! button again? You’re kidding, right?”
Nah…. she’ll stick to her customary mockery and derision.
katina.cooper about 5 years ago
Now I know who put the button in all those places. It was Cleo. She knows where to stand so that nothing will happen to her. She didn’t get thrown over the fence or have anything fall on her or drop into the sidewalk. I hope Claude doesn’t read this.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 5 years ago
As for Agnes and Lester, above….
At first I thought she was quizzing him, in the manner of a schoolmistress.
“Now, to prove you were paying attention, repeat back my instructions.”
But no, she is merely wandering in her own fog…. having lost her place in the conversation.
It looks familiar…. now why do I remember something like that….
Oh yeah. Cos it happens to me. Like… every day.
Yes, Dennis and Liverlips… dots and checks… and rather lurid.
But except for the colors, standard Ballard Street accoutrements.
Which make me think it’s the colors that make the difference…
which leads to another thought.
Maybe I should slow down…. so many thoughts in a row….
but no, I’ll brave a possible brain explosion and forge ahead.
The thing is, Jerry Van A colored his own Sundays back here in 2009, while the dailies were still black and white.
A year or two later, I think, he stopped providing Sundays at all….
and a while after that, Universal (now Andrews McMeel) started hiring colorists for daily strips
It was the Ballard Street colorist, therefore, who gave us the blues, the purples, and all the colors we associate with the very attractive fabrics and clothing styles in the neighborhood…
especially the beautiful doughnut and reinforcement-ring polka dots.
But TODAY, perhaps, in a Van Amerongen original color strip, we see them the way their creator intended.
Rotifer POLICE VIDEOS WERE SO OCTOBER Thalweg Premium Member about 5 years ago
Touch? TOUCH?!
Plods with ...™ about 5 years ago
That button is just a tad touchy.
MontanaLady about 5 years ago
There’s a sucker born every minute! And this one’s name is Claude. I love the drive in snack bar. Today’s whole comic made me smile. ❤️
Perkycat about 5 years ago
Made me laugh out loud. I almost was thinking he would get away with it this time.
DennisinSeattle about 5 years ago
Lester’s right leg looks quite thin. I hope he is not sick.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
… and you said it yesterday, as well.