Howdy, folks! Well, my first reaction today was that I had accidentally called up some kind of grade school education project on “taking care of your pet cat.” It just has that simplistic grade-school look about it…as does Monday’s strip. There are those damned badly-drawn trees again:  Note the oddly leaning firs in front and the “hatching” in the rear trees, like cheap props in a school play. Go compare the Monday and Tuesday strips.

I’m trying to account for today’s strip. I think I suggested on Monday that maybe Rivera had somebody ghost that day’s strip, though my logic was not well substantiated. But something is not right, something egregious. This all sounds so ominous, doesn’t it? And let’s face it: This is not the most engaging story Rivera has presented.