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Comic for Monday December 13, 2021 'Bzzzt Bzzzt' seems like an odd ring tone, not distinctive, easy to miss. My phone goes 'Bzzzt' often, and I associate it with 'Not important'. I agree with Tedd, homework is overdone. Just because some is good does not mean more is better. That, of course assumes education is the goal. If breaking the spirit of the potential workforce is on the agenda, I can see the value of too much homework. Tedd's expression and stance in panel 1 seem un-Tedd-like. Tedd can be passive, thoughtful, exited, heatedly expository, but is rarely just grumpy. The stance is stiff and combative, which is also not a Tedd thing, usually. MUMBLE GRUMBLE is interesting, it's not punctuated, and how would you punctuate it? Dan separated it by bolding it. I just noticed that the characters speak in caps. Now I want to check if that is normal for comics; it probably is. It sure didn't stand out. So Mumble Grumble us to be read as a collective term for preface that we don't see of indeterminate length. It's a lot like Grace's voice tags, just there to show mood and intent. But a colon would have looked weird. Of all the facts that could be asserted to be certain truth, I don't think a single word evaluation of the character of Lancelot is in anyone's top five. Can you even be certain that you are talking about the same Lancelot?