
Is this a thing? I thought my little brother was the only kid who wanted to be a firetruck (not a firefighter, but a firetruck).

Is this a thing? I thought my little brother was the only kid who wanted to be a firetruck (not a firefighter, but a firetruck).

So… the joke somehow relates to the fact that “change” has two meanings?


Sort of “Bizarro Synchronicity.”

While just a few weeks earlier…


I swear, the women on this strip are the worst excuses for parents…

I figure her mother and aunt are too young, and her grandmother’s apparently too old.


What is that hanging off the right side of Val’s face? Looks like one of those really distracting microphones actors wear on stage these days.

If the gift certificate is for kisses, that’s a freakish over-reaction. If it’s not, this seems to be an unaccustomed turn into Arlo territory for this strip.

By the time you grow up, copy-editors will be harder to find than pagers.
On the upside, though, reader expectations will be low enough that it won’t matter.