2011-12-20

An orange title banner reads: "GREAT THING ABOUT PARENTING #6626: MAKING YOUR KIDS HATE WHAT YOU HATE." In the single panel, a small blond child in a purple shirt stands beside a balding, bespectacled man sitting in a brown armchair reading a large open book. The child asks, "Daddy, why do clowns wear big gloves?" The father answers flatly, "No fingerprints," implying clowns are criminals hiding evidence. In the black-and-white votey panel, the father leans toward the child and adds deadpan, "Ditto Mickey Mouse," extending the sinister joke to the cartoon mouse.