2006-01-03

A smiling man in a green shirt leans toward a small child (seen from behind, only the back of the child's blond head visible) and reaches out a hand. His speech bubble says, "So you see, sweetie, all we really need... is each other." A framed picture of a bowl of fruit hangs on the wall behind them. A caption beneath the panel reads: "Dad explains why I'm not getting my insulin shots." The joke: the dad is sentimentally substituting family love for the child's life-saving medication. Votey (a rough sketch of the man's head with a goofy open-mouthed grin): he adds, "Let's let togetherness be your anti-drug."