Guy Talk

(a continuing look back at a comic strip for a small universe)

The club’s Green Room has one of those Oxford Dictionaries the size of a footstool with type so small it comes with a magnifying glass.
Some of the conversations at the club might lead you to believe a few members knew that book practically by heart. It’s a tough house for repartee.

There’s no point in cartooning if you don’t take a shot at the desert island gag...

...but even for this audience, it might be a reach using the word “perspicacity.”