Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 03, 2016
July 02, 2016
July 04, 2016
Transcript:
Alice: AGHEUGH yuck! Petey: They're just cicadas Alice. You're the one who's not afraid of anything. Alice: But these're bugs, with all those legs. EURGH. They're scary. Petey: Do what I do. Construct a distracting fantasy as a coping mechanism. Alice: do what? Petey: I simply imagine the cicadas are my own private army of tiny mothas all eager to do my bidding! They're instantly transformed from red eyed monsters into my little pals! Alice: Ah. Petey: What is- Alice: Look! I've dressed the cicadas in cute little dresses made of paper napkins! Ha ha! Who could be scared of that? Help me write their names on them. Alice: This one's darlene. Dad: Yikes! They've found cicadas around here wearing strange paper outfits, suggesting a possible species of super intelligent ciacadas. And they all had girls names, too. Mom: ECH! Don't tell the kids. It'll just scare them.
Ah, yes… The “Cicada Killer” wasp. They too are large. The female can sometimes reach a length of 2 inches! Comic related – This looks like an earlier strip than what we’ve been seeing the past few days. Alice in the 1st panel looks a little bizarre and the mother in the last panel looks different.