Sorry, Jeff – I’m afraid I was a little over the top with my comment above. (Okay – a lot over the top.) Your strip is near the top of my favorites list and is very seldom even moderately confusing. I’ll try to use a little more moderation in my remarks next time. Keep up the good work!
Jeff—what are you smoking? Even your explanation is incomprehensible. Please—run a couple of old cartoons that everyone understood while you take a couple of days to regather your wits.
Thanks, lightenup, for your insights. My own is that Jeff, committed as he is to being Moderate, is also committed in his strip to being Confused by—well, at least by Republicans. I haven’t noticed so much Democratic confusion, but I’ll try to keep a closer eye out for that. And I’ll also try to lighten up a little more. :-)
PS: I would even accept an answer from another reader who thought who the cartoon was funny. But first you need to read the comment I posted yesterday.
Hey, Jeff—do you read these comments? I hope so, because I posted a question yesterday that I hope you will try to answer. It’s a question about why we should all laugh at yesterday’s cartoon. Please explain.
Jeff—are you there? I’m still waiting and hoping for a reply to my earlier question above (or is it below?). I mean, really—is there some egregious lie that Republicans have put forth in this campaign that is so universally known as to elicit peals of laughter and head nodding in response to the little girl’s comment in your cartoon? It’s a serious question. Please—enlighten me.
Gosh, Jeff, I usually get your humor, but I’m afraid you’ll need explain this one. The long nose on the book cover seems to allude to lying. Could it be that the child has picked up misinformation from her classmates? But I’m not sure that would be particularly funny. Maybe I’ve missed something in this campaign—which lies did you have in mind?
I love it, Mason. :-) Johnny was a genius—first he created one of the greatest strips ever and then chose a successor who could make it even better. Keep up the great work!
Now this 10 pounds I get! (Sorry, Jeff—I could’t resist. :-)