Edison is so good, she can traumatize two creatures at once. I don’t know who’s more shook up-Robespierre or Stephanie.
Poor Robie’s gonna need some quality Teddy Bear time, and Stephanie will probably require serious snuggling and kitty picture book therapy.
While I don’t support these scare tactics, as someone who’s two days away from my 18th library anniversary, I am hoping that they’ll take better care of library materials.
And yes, I know I used 4/5ths of this strip before. But the joke was too good to pass up. I still get a laugh from the Green Demon. Why didn’t he just break the window?
Anything with Robbie is a great comic. I like it that we can revisit the old joke, too bad both Robie and Stephanie are not enjoying the retelling too much
Because Green Demons are too respectful to break glass, maybe? Or they just like tearing through walls. Poor Caliban, he’s just getting a bad wrap wherever he goes! Though judging by how much he enjoyed his visit to the library previously, I can imagine he’d be unhappy with the destruction of library materials.
Umm, I’ll be right back. Need to pay my library fines before anything untoward happens.
Poor little Robbie (haha). He should have known the bibliotheca mafia would hear about his arson. I hear they have a 6th sense about that sort of thing. Poor Steph, too.
Anybody can break a window…
LOL – oh, I’m loving that you re-used this strip for the new punchline. It works PERFECTLY!
I love Robbie’s tiny little pupils of terror. Soooo expressive. And honestly, he needed to be reined in. You’re not allowed to just go on a destructive rampage out of jealousy. ESPECIALLY when library books are involved. 🙂
Well, message received!
Break a window? How would that be even marginally Badass enough?
Since Robie and Caliban got on quite well, Edison must have made it very clear that this was a different Green Demon. 🙂
Why does it feel like the author is shining through on this page? Just a feeling I’m getting. 🙂
Is this about a certain kitty book that just got a bit of a soak in the sink?
Why, whatever do you mean? Just because I’ve worked in my local library, for-as of today, 18 years and two days?
The Kitty book in the sink, and the remains of the one Stephanie pulled out of the oven, yeah.
Edison, just put her “Mom” psychology head to good use.
Classic Charlie, classic.
Fortunately for Robie, those were the books that Stephanie had bought (I hope) not barrowed, otherwise the Library might be displeased. No body wants that.
I hope Anya doesn’t find out about this…
She’d probably just sigh and shake her head.
It all depends on how Stephanie approaches her. I can tell you, from having worked 18 years in a library, that we don’t mind destroyed books as long as you’re honest about it.
Stephanie would come in with what was left of the books, explain what happened, and offer to pay for them. And Anya would understand.
It’s the people who lose or destroy books and then try to blame the library that we don’t like.
You’d be surprised at the number of mothers who will come in with their kids and lie straight faced to us.
No, I wouldn’t. What I’m unsure of is if this is an “it’s always been like that” or if this parental attitude started up in just the last 30-40 years, like I THINK is true. My distant memory of my growing up years has parents being very much on the side of the teacher or authority figure of your choice, and the child being told to toe the line quite firmly. Even when the child was not at fault, which might be why the pendulum has gone so far the other way.
Which is more rational: to treat everyone like they’re guilty, even the innocent, or to treat everyone like a victim, even the guilty? My question is, why do they act like it should be a “one size fits all” answer?
I don’t think it’s anything new. People are people, and there’s always been somebody who would prefer to lie rather than take responsibility for their actions.
I’ve worked in a variety of jobs, mostly in public service, and every where I’ve worked the attitude has been: “Treat everyone as a responsible adult. Until they prove otherwise.”