How typical. I go to the State Fair and the expected cave disaster begins in Mark Trail. Figures. Well, the weather today was really nice, though it did get pretty warm, especially when you are in the sun a lot, moving through crowds of people who deliberately walk slower than you or even stop in front of you! The nerve! Yes, the lines were long, and the food was expensive. What did I expect, right? But at least it wasn’t Orlando.

So, Cricket Bro starts bragging and then falls through the cave floor, huh? Apparently, the flooring at this level is not rock, but some kind of porous earth. But not porous enough for Cricket Bro to fall completely through, yet still leave a lot of cracks on the surface. Now, recently flowing water or even underground water could weaken the ground, especially if there is a cavern or space below the floor. And the ground does have that “recently held water” clay look to it. Or maybe a cave cryptid is holding onto Cricket Bro.

Anyway, I have some questions:

1. How much of Cricket Bro’s calamity is getting filmed? It appears Crypto Bro (Jadsen) had been filming, but stopped by panel 3. Not sure what Diana is doing, though she is facing away from the crisis and still wearing her trademark shades. Very strange.
2. Why does Jadsen refer to his brother as “Cricket Bro”, instead of his real name, Rob? Maybe once a nickname gets implanted, it’s hard to stop using it, even among family members.
3. How long will it be before Mark finally shows up?

Can’t wait for Saturday’s strip!