Maybe an Abraham Lincoln Scenario Could Occur

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith

You have to admit that the people of Hootin' Holler are very open and accepting of their own mortality. Unlike those Debbie Downers over in Pluggers.

Crankshaft

Nobody can take Ed anywhere can they?

Beetle Bailey

This could've taken a very different turn after the first panel. Very different indeed.

Curtis

You have no idea how disappointed I was when I found that neither "Firefingers" Waters or "One-Arm" Chippendale are real people. It seriously ruined my day.