Panel 1: Everybody sing: Do you see what I see? <Do you see what I see?> Well, do ya?

So, the story moves on, though the forced dialog for the sake of a joke (panel 4) is meh. On the other hand, it’s a good facsimile of how regular people sound who don’t have the benefit of professional joke writers at their beck and call.

I’m wondering how come we see no interest in checking on Max the Manatee’s welfare, unless Max is not yet in the truck, but in a temporary holding tank someplace else, ready to be picked up.

Art Dept. Today’s strip is an improvement over yesterday’s work, as picked apart by commenter Be Ware of Eve Hill. In fact, Panel 1 presents a well-balanced, detailed composition. Sure, I could quibble about the blocky and heavily outlined bush beside the tree … and I will. If the aim here is to just present a sense of “bushiness”, then at least make the outline of the bush look less like something cut out by a kindergarten student using plastic scissors!

Compare the bush to the tree: It is not any specific type of tree, but at least its depiction of the trunk and canopy are naturalistic enough to create a plausible image. Here is a good example of plausible bushes and flora, from Rivera’s earlier work in November 2020.