Sunday, August 10, 2025

Gonna Break His Thumbs

May 10, 1987
The joke here, of course, is that Brutus only says her looks are improving after the light has been turned off. Maybe it would play better if we could see Gladys' face in the last panel. Not that I want to see more of this borderline blackface...

Ok, but let's be honest, there's a huge difference between losing your money at the casino--something you can just stop doing and walk away from--and losing your money because of, say, medical issues or some other tragedy. Unless you are going to take up a collection, maybe you shouldn't be talking about it. And if Hayes has a problem that he can't walk away from the casino, then maybe someone should urge him to go get help.





In case you missed it, take a look at the small farming neighborhood of Jaketown in central Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Never more than a handful of families, Jaketown is memorialized by a three mile road bearing its name.

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