Monday, September 29, 2025

Hi and Lois watch

[Hi and Lois, September 29, 2025. Click for a larger view.]

Look at today’s Hi and Lois and you might do a doubletake.

[Hi and Lois, September 29, 2025, revised by me. Click for a larger view.]

In the second (and last) panel of today’s strip, Hi passes the question to Lois, whose facial expression suggests that she’s ill-equipped to answer.

Related reading
All OCA Hi and Lois posts (Pinboard)

comments: 5

J D Lowe said...

Is the title on the cover of the book Hi's holding 'Fairy Tails'?

Anonymous said...

But they do have happy endings, right?

Michael Leddy said...

Yes. It's spelled the ordinary way in Hi's speech balloon, so I assume it's a joke, though I'm not how.

To the commenter who wrote of happy endings: your comment did publish, but for some reason it's not showing up.

joecab said...

The lazy digital cut and paste art of the strip in recent years drives me bananas. More than once they left in a head with the wrong expression. But I assume it's not like the syndicate is throwing much money at comic strips anymore, so ....

Michael Leddy said...

I got my start with Hi and Lois in 2008, when Trixie appeared in the front seat of the car on a family vacation. Gah! I always look, even if I want to look away, and I can’t help seeing things when I look.

Have you seen the remarkable video essay about the recycling of the Family Circus? Things are pretty slack there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOV0BV45NqA

Missing from my previous comment: “though I'm not SURE how.”