Snark It Up, FuzzBall!

Some old lady is apparently a lot nastier than she should be (she’s a little old lady, fer chrissake!)

Some guy is her nephew is a constant disappointment to her and wears very color-coordinated outfits.

The other guy who is making Margo never makes fun of him.

Seriously? That’s the sum total of what I know about these two.  Other than the old lady provided a great set-up line.

By the time you’re Child #4, you learn self-sufficiency quickly.

Evidently the Llongo warriors have killed the mysterious Lion-Who-Isn’t-There three times! But no one returns with a body! And when they take their Young Queen to the sites of the massacres — there’s nothing there!

Of course, the Young Queen believes them.

Because she’s dumb.

The Phantom suspects otherwise, because he’s slightly less dumb and always worrying about other concerns horning in on his franchise.

But this fantastical story! In the middle of Africa! On the savannahs of Africa! Where the lion is the top predator, feared by all! What could it be?!?!

Week Two in “Dawn Hogs a Cafeteria Table”!

Well, it seemed things were going well enough for Dawn and “Jim,” all things considered, but when she throttled into Mary Worth mode, well, you can understand…

(And for the record, the quote used in the fer real and true Sunday strip was one of Anais Nin’s! As Josh F., the Comics Curmudgeon said, maybe we’re in for some “incipient sexytimes.”  Dream on, you crazy diamond!)

Meanwhile, in an Alternate Universe!!! (not necessarily a better one):

PLUS! At no extra cost to our readers, the (Old Man) Muffaroo version!

Remember him? He’s back on Sunday to inform and entertain! (Hint: how about doing the same during the weekday?)

Then again, June seems to have matters well in hand.

And you thought tsetse flies and Ebola virus were bad!

And if things aren’t bad enough, with foreigners in the Llongos’ midst…

It seems that Dawn Weston is determined to live her life to the fullest, filled with meaning! Education! Volunteerism! Kind works! Too bad it appears to be at Santa Royale General Hospital.

You can do it, Dawn! We have faith in you!

Maybe not a lot in common, but definitely someone who might coax Dawn out of her shell (and her purple pantsuit)…

…or wherever the deuce these stories take place…

Unfortunately, Young Queen buys into the whole Spirits Personified by Local Fauna guano and sends her minions to knock off a lioness.  Maybe the folks deserve it with such narrow-minded thinking — how about keeping the settlement gates closed for a start?