Mary Worth, 6/8/25

Many of our most beloved deranged Mary Worth storylines end abruptly, with antagonists just straight up driving off a cliff or whatever, but I'm sorry, there is a lot to take in just in this single strip. The bell by which the Westons were saved was rung by ... Belle's brother? Who has tracked her down somehow because he suspects she's off her meds, probably because she failed to check in with him? And also (and sorry, but this is much more important), he's literally just a taller version of Wilbur? Like she spotted Wilbur across a TGIFridays in Tampa and thought, "Oh my goodness, he looks just like my beloved brother ... but more squooshed! I'm gonna FUCK HIS BRAINS OUT AND MURDER ANYONE OR ANYTHING WHO COMPETES WITH HIM FOR MY ATTENTION!” Because that's wild, possibly the wildest proposition this strip has ever asked me to buy in the 20+ years I've been reading it. And it's clearly not the first time something like this has happened! "I'm sorry about this, shorter me!" Avery says. "I hope I came in time ... there are no visible corpses, so I'm assuming I did, but sincere apologies if not!"

Mother Goose and Grimm, 6/8/25