Suburban faces (human and bird)

Blondie, 12/19/23

Of the legacy comics characters out there, Blondie has a less expressive face than most -- I think the word I'd use to describe it most of the time is "rictus" -- but it seems clear that she's pretty gobsmacked in the final panel, right? Like the scales have fallen from her eyes and she realizes what a bum her husband is. She works her fingers to the bone all day building a successful small business and has to cook for the biggest glutton in this nameless, soulless suburb, and now she finds out that every supposed slander her husband's boss has laid out about him has been true all this time! And yet he still collects his fat, steady salary. The nerve! The absolute nerve!

Hi and Lois, 12/19/23