A criminal AND a judge? Bad news

Beetle Bailey, 2/22/24

Beetle Bailey has always added new characters to cash in on the latest fads, and a fun fact is that "Rocket '88'," considered by some to be the first rock 'n' roll record, was released 6 months after the first Beetle Bailey comic strip, so rock 'n' roll was in fact one of those fads that they cashed in on by introducing us to "Rocky." He's been many things since then, of course -- like a nihilist from an impoverished background -- but I like today's strip, which decides to dig back into Rocky's origins to find new material, and dares to ask the question "What if Rocky is really into playing rock music, but is also really bad at it?"

Judge Parker, 2/22/24