Semi-Closure

Note: I meant to post this yesterday, but saved the draft when it was almost finished, and then I forgot to finish it... instead of trying to edit it to make it seem like I know what I'm doing, I'll leave the original post intact, and slap a follow-up on the bottom.

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Normally in comic strips, a week-long story arc will conclude on Friday, since not all newspapers carry the title on Saturdays and/or Sundays. But something about today's Drabble just seems unfinished. I have this weird feeling that tomorrow we're going to find out that he got the wrong house, it just seems like the sort of thing that he would do.

Speaking of Friday closures, check out today's Garfield:



This is the first time I can think of that it didn't irritate me that a Garfield strip had absolutely no joke to it. After Wednesday's revelation, I was emotionally invested in the story just enough that today's conclusion, while a little more ambiguous than I would have preferred, is satisfying enough that the lack of a gag is forgivable.

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after-the-fact update:
It turns out my Drabble prediction was wrong.

That's right, he got caught. Um... what a plot twist. Or something. I think I might stop reading Drabble.

On the plus side, today's Garfield is a cute Jon-being-a-dork (but a very happy dork) follow-up giggle. Yeah, I know the strip will probably go back to total suckage next week, but for now I'll call myself almost a fan.