Looks amazing, but a little context could help.
Russia
There’s always a bigger fish
There are no fish in the comic strip
Personally, I like it without context.
The old man’s name:
Inigo Montoya
The moral of this story?
Biomagnification.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomagnification
The sword is backup. This guy knows science can go wrong.
Yeah gotta keeping feeding the fox and bear poison or poisoned meat.
you’ll have to poison a lot of birds to get a bear to eventually die, and then I don’t think that creature will be really affected by just one bear. So, the grandpa will have the entire forest full of polonium before this works out.
The casual presenting of the fox is the best part.
Garfield?
I’m sorry Jon.
So what’s he catching in panel 5?
A Bandersnatch.
Which is just bait for the Jabberwocky.
A new twist on a classic:
That’s nice. I also thought about Bram Stoker’s Dracula, but can’t remember if it was in the book or further adaptations.
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
The moral of this story is that old white men can’t be trusted. --Aesop
The Witcher has drawn in the monster right into his trap, but knows to keep the silver ready.