Welcome to TW3: This Was The Week That Whoofed. The Kudzu Commander Caper came to a less-than mysterious ending, revealing that Violet Cheshire was the slanderous Kudzu Commander, all because of her need for companionship and long walks in the wilderness. But the only way she could find a solution was to slander Cherry’s reputation in order to create a reason for teaming up and going on the hunt. Violet might have gotten more mileage out of this charade, except that she bungled the job by accidentally revealing her complicity.
Squirrelly Sandy and her zombie squirrels were bribed to come along for this final act, performing more or less like an ancient Greek deity in Homer’s Odyssey: cajoling the two women, interfering in their actions, and reacting with indifference to the climax of this sad adventure. At least this adventure didn’t last ten years.
It now looks as if Rivera has wrapped up both Rustys’s (Mark’s) alien/camper story as well as Cherry’s kudzu quest. What new adventure awaits us on Monday? I don’t know, but there’s no need to wait for the Sunday nature discussion.
Okay, that’s an interesting title panel formed by turkeys sleeping in trees. We see numerous wild turkeys around the Twin Cities in the fall, even in town. They will strut along sidewalks, hang out on corners, and sometimes just stand in the street, as if daring traffic to hit them, which sometimes happens. They don’t seem particularly concerned about humans, which isn’t a good strategy for them. But seeing them fly is remarkable, both because of their appearance in flight and because it doesn’t seem like they would be capable of flying. You can ponder Mark’s politics on your own.
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