Expo box disconnect

Ah, after a break, we once again see the good ol' "...to the moon" setup in today's strip (as well as in the strip from a couple of days ago). I guess he realized that he hadn't used it in a while, and is now overcompensating a bit.

Interestingly enough, the protagonist of the strip is the one with the negative name; perhaps because none of the rest of her family is given names. It's not Fussia that's fussy in the strip. I'd say Al dropped the ball.

It seems that the illustrations don't necessarily match what the expo boxes say. I feel like it would be funnier if in the bottom panel, not only did her family all want the same thing, but they'd all want something fancier. In the top panel, they all want pretty basic fare; the same thing is true in the bottom panel. And in the top panel, the problem is that they all want different dishes; it's that they all want something other than what she's prepared. Unless we're supposed to assume that if they all said that they wanted hamburgers, she would've changed dinner--doubtful, seeing how the lamb stew was already prepared. And really, you'd think Fussia would be happy in the bottom panel. At least burgers and fries are cheap.

I don't know what to make of the fact that the "Thanks to" person is in quotes. "Gilferd"? There are some strange people out there.