… like the back-end of the always-enthusiastic large breed canine… Andy the St. Bernard… But of course, Doc is taking the words right out of our mouths… as we too were wondering how Mark and Abbey escaped that certain doom, unlike any other mere mortals caught in the midst of a major eruption… Not to mention jumping 100 feet into the ocean…
But here we are back at the dining room table at Lost Forest… a comforting and familiar scene, cups of black coffee, the Bunn Commercial coffee maker off camera, with water always kept at brewing temperature, since they drink this stuff by the pot-full…
The last panel shows Cherry poking her head in from the kitchen, where she is cleaning up after the meal, while the men sit on their usesless arses and discuss weighty matters… Yes, Campers, time stands still at Lost Forest…
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Right, drinking coffee by the boatload in… teacups, how nice. So now where is shape shifting Rusty? And why isn’t he included in this blissful log interior family reunion. Will he appear as a ten or fourteen year old?
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Hey, at least he changed his shirt for his regulation Mark Trail-dual-button-down khaki work shirt.
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The panel with Doc appears to be from an old template that would often have Cherry pouring coffee into Mark’s cup. Sometimes, Andy is replaced with Rusty. I have one clipped out from a Sunday strip from a few years ago with Mark delivering some facts about coffee beans and their cultivation in the introductory panels. I love the “coffee pouring panel”. I’m sorry Cherry wasn’t included in this latest installment.
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