
Shark week 2023 began July 23, so when I started this accumulation some months ago I assumed it would be the same week in 2024, and scheduled it for then. But I guess the chaos around the Discovery / HBO / Warner merger confused even the sharks, and shark week was last week.




McDonnell’s commentary in this old Mutts strip is similar to the PBS shown above:
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That much seafood consumption seems significantly above average.
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Aye, a lot, but who are we to question the shark’s information?
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Lio had some shark-related ones recently. I’m sure if the first was for Shark Week, as it was somewhat sooner, but the other two are likely.
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“I’m not sure if . . . ” of course. Putting in all those links with a phone mirrored to a PC was a tad challenging. Without the PC assist I would not have attempted it.
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More or less coinciding with Shark Week was the announcement of the Jaws LEGO set reviewed here.
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This old Go Comics blog post has several strips relating to Shark Week, from various years. Please note that once you scroll down to the set of Thatababy strips, you might want to stop. Below those are current-day political strips.
https://www.gocomics.com/blog/4098/shark-week-is-swimming-with-comics
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Oh no!!
I hope Robert does not see that there is Lego Jaws set. It will join his other Lego pieces out and I know who will be the one figuring out how it goes together.
Our apartment living room was decorated with movie posters and stills plus toys from movies -the collection has moved down to the finished half of our basement when we bought a house. Finished half of the basement was originally set up when we moved in to be sort of a movie theater (until our craft business came along and we needed the work space).
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Today’s Foxtrot was almost certainly intended to appear during Shark Week:
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Late P.S. – Today’s “Rhymes with Orange” may have been composed during this year’s “Shark Week”, but delayed by the publishing lead time:
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