Comics 01/12/18

Pondus
by Frode Øverli

— Do you think the mood is right for it?
— Well, let’s sound them out!
— Sorry! No “Desperate Housewives” tonight! We’re staying with Chelsea-Fulham!

Lunch
by Børge Lund

— Let’s take a look at the project plan, Kjell… What usually characterizes an in-house plan?
— It’s a utopian conglomeration of random activities with the common goal of creating misleading optimism!
— Right! So what separates my plan from that kind of random patchwork?
— Hmm …
— You use a nicer font?
— Spot on!

Hjalmar
by Nils Axle Kanten

~ Hjalmar has a nicer car than me?
~ Hjalmar has a nicer car than me?
~ I hope she doesn’t ask me what I’m thinking about…
~ Hjalmar has a nicer car than us!

Han Ola og Han Per
by Peter J. Rosendahl, with new translations by John Erik Stacy

— I don’t feel like acting for Decorah Posten* today, Ola. My back hurts so bad.
— I don’t feel like acting either. My tummy isn’t so good.
— Let’s all play ball instead.
— Anti over.
— Wait a bit, Dada, let me throw first.
— Oh mercy, Lars, don’t throw a brick!
— Anti over.

*Han Ola og Han Per was originally printed in Decorah Posten, a Norwegian paper based in Iowa.

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