Purgatory Creek

 

The Western U.S.A. is loaded to the brim with ghost stories of every kind.  Given that it's also home to many prominent fossil sites, including several at the famed Hell Creek Formation, I'm kind of surprised that I've not yet heard any stories concerning the wandering spirits of the less-recently-deceased.  Just imagine how much mileage you could get out of cowboys running into dinosaur ghosts. 

Grandma Cat

At one point in the long history of the feral cats that have lived on my family's property, there was one cat (nicknamed "the crotchety old grandma") who did exactly this.  The victim kitten in question protested very loudly. 

The Snafu Merit Badge

At least they managed to keep their life jackets on. 


Snafu merit badge - noun:  The Boy Scout equivalent of the Darwin Award.  Given to individuals who, against the odds, manage to survive hilariously abysmal situations spawned of their own stupidity.  They're probably not going to earn anything else, so we might as well give them this. 

Origin:  July 2017; from the brain of a weirdo female cartoonist who otherwise has virtually nothing to do with any kind of Scouting program.  But it's funny, so let's see if it catches on.

Fellow Blood-Drinkers

Just some vampires having an identity crisis.  Nothing to see here. 


I suppose it could be worse, though.  In some cultures, vampires turn into insects...

Declaration of Awesomness

Otherwise known as, "John Hancock Figured That If He Was Going To Be Remembered Only For His Signature, He Should Go All Out." 

Funnily enough, the formal signing of the Declaration of Independence that he participated in occurred not on July 4th, but a month later.  It's also debated over if Hancock actually commented on the size of his name at the time.  But the idea of him thumbing his nose at King George the day the United States was born (also not technically on the 4th, because history is fun and messy like that) got stuck in legend, so that's what he's known for.  Sure, he served as a governor of Massachusetts and did a few other things, but the only people likely to know that are serious American historians, and maybe artists who did a Wikipedia binge prior to drawing a Friday-night cartoon. 

On the plus side, he did get a destroyer ship named after him, which is probably the next best (feasible) thing to excessive pyrotechnics.  It will probably surprise no one that his name was written on the stern in a very specific way. 

Death Petal

 

A beautiful summer afternoon.  The bird are singing, the hamburger patties are grilling, and the carnivorous plants with their adorable canine hosts are roaming. 

Yeah, time to run. 

Convenient Powers Man

Convenience is a power unto itself. 

The name "Captain Convenience" was briefly considered, but it was decided that it sounded too much like an advertisement for a convenience store.  And that would be inconvenient.