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Wesley Wingit found lying down on the job!

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Okay, some phony drama in panel 1: “…a strange voice nearby…” Strange, as in, “it doesn’t sound human,” or that Sammy doesn’t recognize Wingit’s voice? As we have seen, this overall “bioluminosity”, or some other magical cave lighting, washes out any real semblance of mood.

Still, it’s clever of Mark—whom we saw in the James Allen days becoming quite the mountain climber—to let Rusty have the honor of climbing the wall and discovering Wesley. Now he can claim that Rusty did, indeed, function as his assistant. That should justify Rusty’s portion of the flight and hotel expenses.

Spotter is also spot on with his survival question in panel 3. But how does Mark (Rivera) respond? And what about that suspicious envelope alongside Wesley?

Art Dept. I’ll give Rivera credit for the dramatic perspective view in panel 1. Well done! I only wish the dialog had matched. And how about those kayaks!? Isn’t it interesting how closely the real Wesley matches Mark’s memory bubble that Rivera has shown several times?

What’s the difference between a cave and a tree? Apparently, nothing!

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What’s that hackneyed cliché, “the plot sickens…” That groan in panel 1 may lend some weight to regular reader Daniel’s quip yesterday about a possible guest appearance by former adventure story co-star and cave-clickbait, Caria. Mark might have second thoughts about Rusty looking into that convenient hole in the wall to see what is going on in the next passageway.

Meanwhile, Rivera continues pitching this comic strip to . . . uh, well, I’m just not sure who. This does not strike me as the kind of strip a “younger reader” would find appealing. For one thing, the Wackiness Level is just not high enough, if that is what Rivera is shooting for. Rivera’s early statement about wanting to get Mark involved in more current environmental issues has only intermittently been attempted over the life of the strip. Showing Rusty as some suddenly “aware” boy affecting a TV sitcom eyewink as he delivers his punchline (panel 4) strikes me as uncharacteristic of him and smarmy.

Wooo! This was one scary close call, wasn’t it!?

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Interesting. A wave from nowhere rushes through the cave; a cave that seems well lit. Perhaps that’s just more artistic license. This sequence could have displayed some real drama, had the cave been dark and we could only see indistinct forms, thanks to the helmet lights.

But once again, any sense of actual drama is trivialized. To make the point, Rivera organized today’s strip in a joke-a-day format, as she often does (panel 4).