After putting all of that writing in front of you yesterday, I’ll take it easier on you today. I hope.

So here’s another popular Rivera practice: Wasting Monday’s strip to reiterate what happened on Saturday. Some people call this “padding the story,” though Rivera is not the only Mark Trail artist to do that. Other people might label this “Rivera assumes the readers have the attention span of 6 year olds.” But a few might be more charitable and claim “Rivera is just being considerate! Weekends can be tough on people who are just trying to relax and get themselves ready for another workweek at the plastics injection factory.”