The One With the 11-Armed Squid Slug

 Hammy has many talents. Squirrel, time traveler, wacky neighbor, unicorn wrestler, balloon wrangler, inadvertent Verne humilator…

The list goes on and on.

He Is Come: The Death Squirrel, Destroyer of Worlds

And you thought we were done beating this Mayan 2012 dead horse.  Not when we’ve written ourselves into Cancun corner and the only way out is the portentous deification of a harmless cuddly main character.

Yeah, we’re going to go there.  Pack your Zoloft because it’s going to get hairy.*

*Your side effects may vary.

This Is Your Face On Peanut Butter

I was  thinking more lip smacking and tongue action, but this is good too.  I like that T added a spoon in the last panel.  As if Hammy travels with a set of utensils.

The One With Giggling Dark Matter

Okay, here’s my theory:  Dark matter and dark energy are space itself.

We tend to think of the space between moons and planets and solar systems and galaxies as nothing.  But can it really be nothing?  Can light travel through nothing?

There’s an awful lot of space relative to stuff in the universe.  A LOT of space.  Couldn’t all that space have enough mass (or a mass-like property) to account for the missing gravity?

It’s true, the last physics class I took was in High School and I only got a B, but I like to think even the most scientifically naive of us can contribute.

“Damn it Jim!  I’m a cartoonist, not a physicist!”

How to Embrace Your Inner Squirrel

Step 1:  Locate your spleen (hint:  it’s not up your sleeve)

Step 2:  Tickle your spleen (preferably with a feather, but a spatula works too).

Step 3:  Giggle until the cow’s come home (usually by 9:30 unless it’s poker night).

Step 4:  Repeat.

Lady GaGa is a Squirrel

This explains so much.  Clearly, like Hammy, Lady Gaga has faster than light speed.  She’s been to the future and it’s apparently heavily mascaraed, wears platform heels and sports a the occasional WIDE Egyptian headdress.

She’s furry, before furry’s cool!

A FIVE-SIX-SEVEN-EIGHT!…

Thumbless Freaks of Nature

I think good comedy is pretty much all about reaction.  If you watch a good half hour comedy like The Office or Parks and Recreation, you’ll see that almost all the really funny  parts are reaction shots.  Dwight’s, “Uh-oh.” reaction to DeAngelo’s cake mauling last night was priceless.

And RJ and Hammy’s reaction to real world versions of themselves is perfect (IMHO).  Again, I write these and immediately forget about them until I see them a few weeks later.  So, they’re almost as fresh (and occasionally funny) as they are for you.

Today’s cartoon made me laugh out loud.

Self Portrait of the Squirrel as a Young Mower

Give a squirrel a power mower and he can etch the world.