A lot of stuff apparently happened that never made it to print (until now), such as the rebellion of the other students, um, campers. And frankly, none of this makes sense, unless you are writing a story for which you have little or no firsthand knowledge (i.e. fishing and conducting seminars). Except for young children, nobody is going to quit or get the willies because one over-emotional idiot hooked himself. Accidents happen and Mark should have warned his “campers” to expect them when messing with sharp objects. “Afraid to fish”!? One of the students is a park ranger, for goodness’ sake!

A reader might be tempted to believe this is yet another instance of Rivera putting the boot to the machismo mythos. Look, I’m all for shaking up the Mark Trail Apple Cart of conventions, as I have been from the start. However, you don’t have to keep beating the same drum, over and over. Rivera, how about taking just one of Mark’s adventures seriously? See what you can do with that.

Anyway, “No!” Mark is not stating hard questions. For the most part, Mark is not even asking questions. The only question asked (panel 4) does not make any sense. And it’s a non sequitur. Instead, we continue to see an ongoing series of sophomoric, overused puns. So, stop it, Rivera, and get on with the story!