Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for March 21, 2021

Alice, you sneak, ruining your brother’s creativity for graphic novels.

No ecru echidnas?

There’s a theory that Melville’s 6-year-old niece messed with the pages with one of the drawings of her coloring books! Of course, back then only colors were black and white, that’s why the white whale.

Once again, a little under 10 years ago, Richard posted a blog entry regarding this and the prior 6 strips: 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2011/03/todays-cul-de-sac-march-14-to-20-2011.html 

The video it points to is no longer available; this 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UibodUGoL4M 

has the trailer.

A chick lit intervention.

I sure hope none of the pink puppies get scratched or bit by the toad zombies.

Until I read the story, I thought “Moby Dick” was a vebereal disease.

David Bowie used a method called the cut-up method many times to inspire his writing. https://www.openculture.com/2019/05/how-david-bowie-used-william-s-burroughs-cut-up-method-to-write-his-unforgettable-lyrics.html

I guess Alice does look a little too innocent at the end.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT-3

How did that get there? She asked with an innocent face.

Creativity ain’t my problem. It’s the finishing that eludes me.

I’ve read Moby Dick and I do believe Petey is right in his assessment

Alice the “I’m so innocent” saboteur! Her coloring book pages have been added to the Toad Zombies mix, and so far Peter has not sussed that out!

Yup. While writing, I’ve used this strategy of cutting apart my story and/or outline, placing it in front of me, and rearranging/looking for new plot ideas. Works darn well, too.