In 1982, it would have been unheard of for a pet store to be selling snakes in a window like this. Puppies, bunnies, guinea pigs, sure, but not snakes. Maybe they would have one or two in the back of the store, but it wasn’t common. That makes this scenario unlikely and somewhat absurd. Plus, Larson loves snakes and probably this would have been a wish fulfillment for him.

Glade. “A small area of grass without trees in a forest.”

It’s a very old nursery rhyme dating from 1744. There are variations, but it’s basically this:

Ladybug! Ladybug! Fly away home. Your house is on fire. And your children all gone.

All except one, And that’s little Ann, For she crept under The frying pan.

Bayley looks tired, lol.

Heh. Hard to argue with that name.

Considering the resemblance, I’m surprised there are none named for a cat of some kind.

I wonder how many owls have another animal in the name? Eagle Owl, Hawk Owl, Fish Owl… Elf Owl, does that count?

I love how she looks right at the camera afterwards like, “Did you see that!”

It’s so funny to see them sitting like a chicken!

I’ve voted in all three! Tough to pick a fave, though it’s hard to go wrong with a good Flammy. 🦉

I think you swapped teams!

For more context, see the show’s opening credits:

https://youtu.be/p9lf76xOA5k?si=9wVkhjeVnN78K_Li

Very popular show, even into the 70s.

In honor of what’s falling from the sky atm, I’ll go with:

Snowy Owl

San Franciscowl

I saw a bluejay attack and kill a smaller bird (titmouse, I think), last summer. Kindred spirits, maybe.

No foot longs!

Oh, cool–so Daredevil should have gone with an owl theme. There needs to be better owl representation in the superhero community.

Another great choice is The King Henry Tapes by Richard Raley. It’s a take on HP, but the magical kid from a dysfunctional family is a juvenile delinquent with a foul mouth. One of my favorite series.

That would make an awesome T-shirt design, too!

This is very cool and eerie!

Yeah, I think that’s a problem with quite a few of Larson’s comics. A lot of it was based on tropes and stereotypes that were more accepted at the time. I’m gen x, so I get the humor, and found it funny back then, but with hindsight some of them were questionable if not outright offensive. In this case, however, he is ridiculing the cavalry for their hubris, when they should have had a better plan against the combined native forces. Custer screwed up and died as a result. If anything, it’s saying the natives were much smarter.