Dustin, 7/29/24

Absolutely one of the most heartbreaking things about Dustin is that Dustin's dad is a cruel asshole who will never love his son, and Dustin is a contemptible slacker who will never get his life together in a way that might cause his father to feel a shred of affection for him, but Dustin still wants his father to love him. Look at his face in that first panel: he knows that he's figured out how to get his father to talk shit about some imaginary stupid young people who exist in his mind, rather than about his actual son, to his son's face.

Hi and Lois, 7/29/24