2010-06-12

A two-part comic. Main panel: At dusk, an older bald man wearing glasses and a vest stands beside a younger brown-haired man, also in a vest, both looking somber. The older man says, "Well... when people get older, they sometimes think of their childhoods as the best part of their lives... and of adulthood as a steady downhill slope. I didn't want that for you." A caption below reads: "Dad did an impressive job of explaining the abandonment." The joke is that the father is rationalizing having abandoned his son as if it were a thoughtful gift. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the same older man, who says, "You're welcome, Dan. Don. I mean Don." — revealing he does not even remember his son's name, undercutting the supposed care.