Thanksgiving tip: If the way you thank your hosts inspires a National Day of Mourning, you’re doing it wrong.
#Thanksgiving
A Montage of Thanks
Spinning World appears each month in The Commons.
Thanksgiving Through The Years
Transcript
Thanksgiving Through the Years
A Wamponaog adult tells a child, “We give thanks to these plants and animals who gave their lives so we may live…” Unnoticed in the background, Pilgrims appear on the horizon.
A white American man says Thankgiving grace: “We give thanks for this food to the Big Sky-Daddy who so kindly depopulated this great land for us…” Their eyes closed, none of the family yet sees the giant flying saucers in the sky outside the window.
A huge potbellied alien with spindly limbs plucks a human from a jar and says, “We give thanks to Zlarx for these delectable beings (who are also such versatile slaves)…” (“Help!” cries the human in its tiny voice.)
Notes
This month I was so busy and tired that I couldn’t bring myself to do a strip that required research, so I redrew a seasonal strip from the Keene Free Comics days. I think the new strip is clearer, but I still drew the human too small in the last panel! C’est la vie. I will have to fill in November’s Great Moments In Nuclear History at a later date.
Get this strip as part of Square Dance #4.
National Day of Mourning
(This comic appears in Square Dance #4.)