Well, aren’t they just the cutest hunting trio!? Today’s strip looks like it was expressly made for snarking. In spite of that, the story is moving along a bit. It seems that Tess’s two hunting partners are named after famous country singers. Might that mean something? I don’t know. Both actual country stars have had controversial, successful careers. Both are very popular and involved in philanthropic activities. Like their real-life namesakes, these two hunters also share similar hair colors. Fine. So what? Maybe Rivera just likes their names. But all of this shlock Rivera has put in in seems like an echo of the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. Maybe she watched that TV show back in the 1980s. Mine did!

The quip, “The higher the hair the closer to heaven” is a paraphrase of “The higher the hair the closer to God”, popular back in the 1960s when stacked hairstyles were popular. Dolly Parton apparently used the quote when questioned about her stacked hair styles. The phrase seems to have made a comeback in various social circles these days, though sometimes in a humorous manner. What really lies behind the quips of these two women (panel 2), if anything, remains to be seen. So, we’ll wait and see.

Props. Glad to see that Rivera has equipped Mark with a camera, since he is supposed to be a photo-journalist.  He has carried a camera before, but it is curiously uncommon. Maybe it was a long-running joke in the pre-Rivera days, as well. On the other hand, I see no rifle or shotgun with him.