Only in the Trailverse. You might as well have accused Marlin of Human Trafficking or running a child porn ring or both… but POACHNG?!? That’s the highest crime there is in this world… Gotta hand it to Mark, though, he doesn’t lose his cool… he gets right to the point. Jessica’s indignation in panel three is either genuine or a well-practiced reaction to the day when she DOES get confronted about the whole shady enterprise… Genuine only if Marlin practices the Michael Corleone “don’t EVER ask me about my business” approach to family life, otherwise, not so much…
So Ladies and Gentlemen, don’t let that stuffed fish on the wall fool you. Marlin picked that up at ARC Value Village for a couple of bucks… and now it is supposed to provide cover for his illegal operation… Although, I would have enjoyed seeing Marlin stuffing heroin into fish body cavities; that at least would have made this whole thing a little more relevant, a touch more topical…
