With our short flashback completed, we return to our current reality which is the battle to overcome Basscomb’s trickle down unemployment. If you need a quick refresh, read this previous strip. It appears that we are headed for a collision of minds as Monroe is off to enlist Bentley’s political help and, if you’ve been paying attention, Bentley and Splunker want to recruit Monroe as their political candidate. Is this really coincidental? Don’t ask me, I just draw this stuff.

They say everything is globally interconnected but who knew that trout were victims of trickle down unemployment. Today’s comic is the official introduction of Basscomb, a lake trout, into the Pudding cast of characters.