Apologies for a few things:

1 – i will have to go back and work on this page. The heads aren’t consistent, and I messed up the ‘sploosh’ panel. There’s way too many ‘tangents.’ It’s not like this was rushed.

2 – can I blame the cold/fever thing I had going? For two weeks I was very sick. I went to Urgent Care last week because when I coughed, it felt like someone was stabbing me in the chest. And I was coughing a LOT. Turns out, I may have pulled a muscle between some ribs that we don’t use all that often, or wasn’t used to contracting/expanding as much as it had been, because I have not coughed up that much stuff from my lungs in my life. I haven’t had this kind of nasal congestion in years. Chicago ended up with a cold snap and I had stayed indoors for 3 weekends straight while going to work. Last week was too much and I left work early after a video conference with a nurse so I could arrange to get x-rayed. Of course the prescription meds are probably stronger more effective stuff than whatever is on the shelves, or I could just be over it. I am rarely sick this long. So, this strip sat on my desk for a few weeks. I feel bad and the quality suffered. …moreso.

3. And then there’s the state of the world, what’s going on in Minnesota. I just can’t think of jokes right now. There was an impromptu vigil across the street from where I live for ICE victim Renee Good when that happened. A few police squad SUVs and a big van showed up. I wonder if the van has one of those devices that tracks cell phones. They are all in on monitoring the rabble for speaking up about these abuses and crimes.

4. I’ll keep working on Mal & Dee in the meantime but if the quality continues to suffer, I may stop for a longer while and reevaluate. And i got good comments on Mal & Dee issue 1 so, I don’t know. Talk soon.