I think we should expect a certain amount of consistency and coherency, especially within a sequence of four panels. But that seems missing today. First, Mark is concerned about his safety going out on another hunt with Tess. Good thinking! Next, he acts like a kid who is brushing off that concern and looking forward to eating even more pork following the hunt (in which he might get killed or at least, shot). Finally, Mark’s now visibly upset that a severe storm is coming through that might ruin the hunt where he might “accidentally” get shot or killed by Tess (or even Jess). Meanwhile Jules Rivera keeps dropping big-time hints about Tess’s intentions with her every appearance, hints that Mark is too self-absorbed to see. But maybe I’m reading too much into it.

You know, the way Mark wolfs down those chops makes me think he must live in a cabin full of vegetarians. Or maybe he just hasn’t eaten since leaving Lost Forest. It all just looks so wrong.

Art Dept. Didja notice that Rivera has changed up how she visualizes thought balloons? The last time we saw them (Monday), they appeared like normal dialog balloons. Today, they show up in an unusual but distinctive way, with the tail formed by overlapping circles of decreasing size. It’s different and serves to distinguish itself from the image thought balloons she also uses (see Thursday’s strip).