Comic Strip Grand Slam (2 of 4): Be Aware of Ticks When You Go on a Picnic

Greetings again, for today's entry, we take a look at the Sunday comic strips as published in the June 15th issues of "The Washington Post," which has amazingly remained in tact since Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos took over the newspaper a few months ago.

Some of our favorites this week included the Danish import "WUMO" which made fun of animal rights PETA activists going for an outdoor picnic and not being allowed to go after wasps, hornets or ticks (pictured above), which might be enough to make one not take a picnic at Hawks Nest Park in West Virginia.

"The Argyle Sweater" took a great swipe at American cowboys who were called Texas Strangers (as opposed to Texas Rangers, no we're not talking about the baseball team).

"Speed Bump" imagined Superman taking a vacation, while "Dustin" showed a dispute over who gave a famous quote (Winston Churchill or Mark Twain). Meanwhile, "Reply All" showed what can happen when a hipster chick decides to let her thoughts drift during a yoga class while "Brewster Rockit" showed the consequences of a stupid mistake in outer space.

Lastly, Keith Knight provided a wonderful Father's Day strip in "Knight Life"  as he showed an unusual way to reassure little boys that there are no monsters under the bed.

Here is our top ten:

1. WUMO

2. The Argyle Sweater

3. Speed Bump

4. Dustin

5. Reply All

6. Brewster Rockit

7. Knight Life

8. Sherman's Lagoon

9. Lio

10. Prickly City

http://www.gocomics.com/wumo

http://www.gocmocis.com/speedbump

http://www.washingtonpost.com/comics