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The Wayno/Piraro Bizarro for 5/29/18:

(#1) (If you’re puzzled by the odd symbols in the cartoon — Dan Piraro says there are 4 in this strip — see this Page.)

Well, a green man would be voting for the Green Party.

But the strip is funnier if you recognize this particular green man as The Hulk, the alter ego of Dr. (Robert) Bruce Banner — in an exeptionally tractable and reasonable mood.

Banner was last seen on this blog in the 10/24/18 posting “Three exercises in cartoon understanding”, where the third exercise there was the Rhymes With Orange strip “Recognizing Mr.Banner”:

(#2)

That one’s pretty much incomprehensible if you don’t know about the Hulk/Banner relationship.

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