Comic for Friday, Jan 9, 2026

[mlooney 3,821]

Here is

So lawyer it is.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,664]

 

No wonder he appears in the comic so rarely. 

How many billable hours can you charge per panel? 

Do you need to declare a supernatural specialization before or after taking the Bar exam? 

But ten years?

From eight years old to now, Elliot never asked his dad about his job.  Or never got a straight answer? 

[Darth Fluffy 377]

Might be a security issue, like having a clearance and not discussing your work at home.

I find his reaction in the last panel odd, like he should have known what those around him knew.

Also, not seeing how this relates to giving the couple the ability to plan searches from the sky.

[Amiable Dorsai 74]

26 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Also, not seeing how this relates to giving the couple the ability to plan searches from the sky.

What did he do before passing the bar? How did he come to choose that specialty, one that most lawyers would be totally unaware of?  For that matter, what about Mrs. Dunkel's background?  

Do either of them have any Magic?

[mlooney 3,821]

5 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Also, not seeing how this relates to giving the couple the ability to plan searches from the sky.

Maybe it's Mrs.  Dunkel is the former agent.  And she had to drop that career when she gave birth to Elliot.  Of course, that doesn't really jive with the “young mother” thing that has been established for her.

[Don Edwards 580]

6 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

From eight years old to now, Elliot never asked his dad about his job.  Or never got a straight answer? 

If you're trying to keep something secret, don't tell your young children.

[Darth Fluffy 377]

1 hour ago, mlooney said:

Maybe it's Mrs.  Dunkel is the former agent.  And she had to drop that career when she gave birth to Elliot.  Of course, that doesn't really jive with the “young mother” thing that has been established for her.

They both look to be in their thirties; so yeah, she would have been a young mother in her early-ish twenties.

 

[mlooney 3,821]

There is a strip where Nanase talks to Sarah about how young Elliot's mom is.

Let me find  it.

Here it is.

https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2013-02-25

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,664]

 

49 minutes ago, mlooney said:

There is a strip where Nanase talks to Sarah about how young Elliot's mom is.

 

Like the way my mom claimed to be Thirty something when I hit Forty?  

 

[Darth Fluffy 377]

So, she's around 39 or 40, but she had to drop out (quoting one of the subsequently  linked comics) and to be a Government 'Agent' implies a degree, which would have meant returning to school; seems like a tight timeline. Doable, but awkward.

[mlooney 3,821]

Maybe one (or both of them) went through a MilGeek phase and read the US Army's field manual, “The Ranger Handbook.”  Which is unclassified. Or play paintball as a hobby.