Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 28, 2015
Transcript:
Alice: What's all that stuff in your front yard, Dill? Dill: My brothers are building a float for the Fourth of July parade. Alice: A FLOAT? A FLOAT? Can I ride on it? Can I? Huh? Dill: The float's theme is "America the Awesomest- Our Nation's Beginnings." It's giving them some trouble... Alice: I'm good at waving at crowds for hours without stopping! So can I ride on it? Dill: They've figured out how to make a giant electric Benjamin Franklin, but not how to shoot King George III out of a cannon. But I'm sure they will.
Alice has caught the Show Biz Bug: just look at her “waving” expression in panel 3, with a big, toothy smile!Got to hand it to Dill’s brothers; they are innovative mechanical geniuses. They probably sucked all the cleverness out of the household atmosphere, which would go towards excusing Dill for not being like them (along with his being younger)….