From today’s “One Big Happy” comic strip, by Rick Detorie. It’s a strip I’ve been enjoying for a long time, particularly for the antics that six-year-old Ruthie—the little girl you see here—gets into, dealing with ninja kitties, stalker crows, squirrels that scare her dog, and constant calls to the homework hotline lady. Plus she’s an artist and a writer, so what’s not to like about her?

But it wasn’t until today’s strip that I discovered she can “see” monsters, just like our resident Goth girl, Pandora Zwieback! (Okay, Ruthie’s are imaginary, but still…) “…my head, because that’s where the monsters live!” Well, Pan did think the monsters were all in her head until her shape-shifting mentor, Annie, proved it’s really Pan’s unique gift of “monstervision” that allows her to see the monsters that really exist. And Ruthie’s seeing them at the same age Pan started to…

Yep. Gotta be related. 😀