The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for April 11, 2019

Geppetto was arrest shortly after showing Pinocchio the ahem family wood.

So, is he a son of a birch, or a son of a beech?

There was also his uncle Wal-Nut

I wonder how it will be explained to him that all of them were a little knotty.

Pinocchio had just recently expressed interest in learning about his roots.

Aunt Magnolia had such a fine grain, but that Uncle Woody looked just plain knotty!

Wood you believe he was really surprised as to how his family tree really branched out?

How long has this gone on? The kid looks rather board.

And there’s your great grandfather Pen. We talk about him much because he was such an As.

“Pinocchio learns about his family tree.”

TreeS!

I wonder how much he’s actually learning, since it looks like he can’t see.

A solid family background. .

This is when Pinocchio learns that the pages of the album are his half brother.

“And there’s cousin Ikea.”

He looks a little board…

Our southern cousins were always a feud’n with the Mc Lumber Jacks.

Just a bunch of Oakies.

One cousin had a song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FY7RWJAtJQ

Some of his relatives were knotty

I think Geppetto was a lumberjack, not a carpenter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FshU58nI0Ts

He was always sweet on his aunt Maple. After she had that Fender bender though they rushed her to the hospital and she went straight onto the table.

Under Stumpy, should be a photos of Woody Harrelson & Woodrow Wilson.

And then there was the one who was such an ash.

And your Knotty Aunt Piney?

Too bad about your uncle who ended up in the K-Mart receipt factory!

Uncle Balsam was a little light in the loafers.

Whew! No “wood” jokes thus far…

Was there a wood pecker involved?Heh,heh,heh,heh,heh ;)

Isn’t it about time that little pecker branched out?

Pinnochio needed comforting after the way his job search went today. See today’s Rubes.

Aunt Magnolia is pining for a fir coat.

Pinocchio learns about his family tree, and why he shouldn’t go against the grain.

It’s a good thing that the Comic Censor hangs out at “Pearls Before Swine,” or Hilburn would be in so much trouble.

I remember when he was just a little woodie!

He is a chip off the old block!