Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 29, 2022

Peter and André will waste time their own way, Ernesto, you waste your time your own way.

Don’t sell out your artisan ethos, Petey! At least wait until middle school.

At least Hobbes is supportive 10% of the time.

Petey, maybe you’re the one who is imaginary.

From Wikipedia “Andre has told Petey definitively that Ernesto is imaginary, though he has yet to prove it; Mrs. Otterloop and Viola have both interacted with Ernesto, implying that he in fact exists.”

He does it for the love of art Ernesto. Besides, when he’s famous, those single copy comics will be worth millions!

Me too, Petey.

Me too.

I guess “Faugh!” gets today’s strip by the censors, but we all know what he said!:-)

Actually, I’m NOT glad when imaginary people speak to me!

Maybe they were “interacting” to make him happy, as happy as Petey ever is.

And how about ya stop imagining him, please! He’s really annoying

I wish some of the guys at work were imaginary.

You’re absolutely right, Petey, My Hero! Ernesto is just a Bad Dream, always ready to rain on your parade (or your comic book creation)….

I just realized that Ernesto has his picture on his shirt.

That’s a good way to cope with social/performance anxiety or feelings of being judged—just imagine that the nuisances are merely imaginary.