Mostly criminal Saturday

Hagar the Horrible, 9/30/23

I think it's very interesting that Hagar is ostentatiously drinking from a golden chalice in this strip. He and his warband have finally gorged themselves on enough material goods from the dying Carolingian Empire that they no longer need to exchange all the gold they steal to support their immediate material needs and can afford ornamental frippery. It makes sense, then, that today's episode is a catty comedy of manners that could just as easily be taking place in the comfortable suburban world of Hagar and Helga's distant Walker-Browne descendents Hi and Lois.

Gil Thorp, 9/30/23