Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 19, 2011
Transcript:
Alice: That cloud looks like a TV remote! Beni: No, it looks like a big cheese sandwich! Alice: Dill! Doesn't that cloud look like a TV remote? Beni: No! A big cheese sandwich! Dill: That cloud looks like it's tired of being mistaken for a random object. It looks like it's annoyed by people staring at it like it's in a freak show. It looks like it wants to be appreciated for its own self. And it looks like it's angry that no one sees its true beauty. Alice: Now it looks like Dill's head with a crayon in his nose! Beni: Yes it does!
jeditrue over 13 years ago
Blank strip on …..Fathers day and my Birthday…damn….. snifff
Catfeet Premium Member over 13 years ago
Did I miss something?
pumaman over 13 years ago
We’ll have to do our best to guess. Alice says, "That clown looks like a Transylvannian!And then Dill says, “It looks like it wants to be preciated for it’s fangs!”
Or something like that. I’m sure I’m close.
pumaman over 13 years ago
Wait, the word after its starts with o. So Dill says, “It looks like it wants to be preciated for it’s openess.” I give up.
pumaman over 13 years ago
If you are still having trouble seeing the strip when you read this, you can click on the link on the right for the “framed print”. Then enlarge and you can read it all. It is about clouds, not clowns.
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
The full strip appears at very small scale to the right; it is also possible to get the strip displayed at full but legible size….
rayannina over 13 years ago
Thanks for the workaround, pumaman!
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
Happy birthday, jeditrue!
Sisyphos over 13 years ago
It’s about Alice and Beni fantasizing about a cloud while Dill is a strident realist….
ygisrael over 13 years ago
you can also right click on it and ‘save as’ to get the full thing
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
I’m very much like Dill.
Thanks, pumaman
cdward over 13 years ago
Dill sees the cloud’s true beauty – it is what it is, and why must we continue to add our own baggage to it. Wow.But personally, I thought it did look like Dill’s head with a crayon stuck up his nose.
leedb over 13 years ago
LSD will do that.
Knightman Premium Member over 13 years ago
It has come in but it is so large I can only see Alice’s head.
phuhknees over 13 years ago
Yay!I can see the strip through the workaround, thanks pumaman! Now, if I could just see the clouds…
chuck_henebry over 13 years ago
On my browser, the image opened impossibly large. But by control-clicking, I was able to "open image in another window.
We’ve all been complaining about lack of magnification on Sunday strips, well today’s strip is big enough for a billboard.
odog2010 over 13 years ago
Comic is also available at news.yahoo.com/comics/cul-de-sac
joylion over 13 years ago
Where is cul-de-sac?!? Sniff dang and on father’s day too!
richardcthompson Premium Member over 13 years ago
i just put up the black & white version on my blog. Sorry about the inconvenience. http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com
TheSpanishInquisition over 13 years ago
Never seen Dill so up close before.
Muzition over 13 years ago
http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2011/06/todays-cul-de-sac-june-19-2011.html Today’s Cul De Sac.
mkw Premium Member over 13 years ago
Thank you!
mabrndt Premium Member over 13 years ago
Funny, the one GoComics emailed me is fine. Weird.
MisterFweem over 13 years ago
Very Schulzian.
knichols1958 over 13 years ago
The strip not displaying actually turned into a bonus for me. It happens quite a bit on gocomics, so the pumaman workaround is nice. Plus, I didn’t know about Richard Thompson’s blog. Just signed up for the RSS feed.
pumaman over 13 years ago
Glad I could be of help. Seems like lots of people are finding ways to view it. Shows how important the morning dose of whimsy is.
Wolfdreamer250 over 13 years ago
This comic can be seen in color at the Seattle Newspaper Online. Here is the website link. Also Foxtrot as that one was off too.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/comicsgames/
chaosandcake over 13 years ago
Thanks, Richard! (Pff, he’s apologizing. Pffhaha, silly.)
trekkermint over 13 years ago
thanks
mabrndt Premium Member over 13 years ago
For Apple users: I just saved it on my iMac by holding down the Control key while clicking the image and choosing that from the drop-down menu. The saved image can be viewed with Preview which has a negative Zoom (shrink) feature.
pinkdryad Premium Member over 13 years ago
Boy, Dill sure reminds me of Linus from Peanuts as he’s contemplating the cloud’s feelings. Great strip as usual!
margueritem over 13 years ago
Dill, a prophet is often without honor in his own land…
Destiny23 over 13 years ago
Dill must be psychic — he can read the cloud’s mind! Or it mind-melded with him…
dino66corona over 13 years ago
did I miss something?
mimisl over 13 years ago
I was able to see it in all its full-sized wonder by clicking on “collectible print”, then “buy” or whatever. I DID buy the “Pulpy Joe” Sunday strip from a couple of weeks ago -now to get it framed – in watermelon green? Devil red? or maybe Petey’s or someone’s hair color…
mimisl over 13 years ago
Thank you Mr. Thompson!
Destiny23 over 13 years ago
Ah, Richard uploaded an 8MB TIFF file — no wonder browsers won’t display it! But it’s a good way to see every tiny detail in his artwork!!
Comic Minister Premium Member over 13 years ago
What happened here??
bossyheifer over 13 years ago
I LOVE YOU DILL!
markwalton over 13 years ago
Wow – it just hit me. Cul De Sac has actually, deservedly inherited Charles Schultz’s mantle with the best strip from a kid’s point of view. Although the look is very different, it lives up to the level of visual quality that Peanuts set, too.