Pondering Family Circus

The Family Circus, 2013-05-12.

Is it just me, or is that creepy? That's creepy, right? Especially since the strip is currently written by Jeff "Jeffy" Keane, so it's the fictionalised version of his own mother he's calling the most beautiful woman ever, through the proxy of the fictionalised versions of himself and his siblings.

Henry

Henry is driving a car along the footpath until he comes to a sign that says "Motorists please park on angle". He gets out of his car and leaves it leaning against the signpost.

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Improving Slylock Fox

Based on this recent Slylock Fox strip.

Marvin

"Jenny," says Jeff, with satisfaction, "I've decided to take Friday off to see the new Star Trek movie"
"That's perfect, Jeff" says Jenny. "I need you to watch Marvin for me"
Jeff is somewhat taken aback.
"How is that 'perfect'?" he wonders.

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Pondering Apartment 3-G

Apartment 3-G, 2013-05-11.

So, if I'm understanding this correctly, Margo would definitely believe that Tommie's mother had sent her tickets to a monster truck show? Why has Tommie's monster-truck-loving mother never been in the strip before? She sounds way more interesting than Lu Ann's boring relatives (who show up all the time).

Apartment 3-G, 2013-05-13.

Oh, that's why. And I guess this whole thing is just an excuse to ship Tommie off to Italy so she has a plausible reason for not appearing in the comic for a while. It's always some excuse.

Apartment 3-G, 2013-05-20.

Yep. There she goes. Having a good time, enjoying her exciting holiday adventure completely off-screen. Haha, I'm joking. This is Tommie we're talking about. It's not exciting or adventurous. Now all that's left is to write Lu Ann out for a while so we can continue to focus entirely on Margo.