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No. 876: A Lost Cause

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A Lost Cause

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=876

Strip by: Hunter (Chez) Fenton

{16 YEARS AGO}
{A young Rosa is feeling bad as her Papí looks at her report card, which is not good}
Papí: Rosa, what's wrong with these grades??
Young Rosa: {glumly} I'm doing my best, Papí
Papí: If this is your best, you're a lost cause!
{He binks her face}
SFX: BINK
{He tosses the crumpled up paper at Rosa as she feels down for what she did}
Papí: I hope your sister doesn't grow up to be as dumb as you
{NOW}
{16 years later, Rosa looks at Maria's report card, which is not good. Maria has her hands crossed, feeling very upset}
Rosa: Maria, what's with these grades?
Maria: {gloomily} I'm doing my best, Rosa
{Rosa looks at her, then at the report card again, and then...}
Rosa: If this is your best, you're a lost cause!
{She binks Maria's face, just like her father did to her 16 years earlier}
SFX: BINK
{She tosses the crumpled-up paper at Maria as she feels down for what she did}
Rosa: I hope your sister doesn't grow up to be as dumb as you

The author writes:

When I read this strip when it came out, somehow it came to me to wonder: what if Rosa does this to Maria just like her father did to her 16 years ago?

[Oh, and about those last two panels... I guess I did a pretty great job on it! Sometimes you can't even tell the difference! (I am a cartoonist too, you know!)]

Original Rosebuds strip: 2024-09-08.