Yes, indeed. Rusty puts Ernie, Jr Robbie Shaw in his place with one, logical question, as his witless and clearly clueless friends stand aside. It must be tough for a kid like Rusty to have to settle for friends like Robbie and those other two fair-weather friends. But I don’t think we readers are well served by Jules Rivera’s patronizing cue card in panel 4.

So, is this to be how the week develops:  Robbie and Rusty trading insults and threats in school? Is somebody going to finally throw a punch and get this thing moving along?