Mark Trail and Matt

Wacky hijinx are indeed ensuing, as Cherry Trail slams down the phone and Kelly remains bemused by polite society's concepts of boundaries. I love how she thinks (or, rather, since this is Mark Trail, actually says out loud) "He must be expecting someone!" when he calls out "Make yourself at home, Matt." Kelly, you are indeed one heckuva reporter - those keen observational skills must serve you in great stead.



Even better though (and note Jack Elrod's daring use of the white space between panels here, the better to fit in one of his lovingly drawn giant animals) is Mark's loping out of the bathroom to meet (for the first time, I might note) his fishing guide, Matt. Oh, Mark. Did you think that Matt might have preferred you to at least towel off before coming out to shake hands...

Wait. You know, on closer inspection of that final panel, although it's much more ambiguous in the black-and-white print version than here I think Kelly actually walked into the bathroom to say hi... That girl. That wacky, wacky girl.