Zima jokes, they're good. And we're the second comic strip to feature placenta humor, right after SNUFFY SMITH.

The comic was doing so well, I was going to do another comic, and it was going to be MIKE AND HIS PLACENTA. The placenta was going to tell Mike (fashioned after my friend Mike Miano, who was just about the biggest fan of PAT there was) to do evil things. Instead I just incorporated Mike into Pat's world for maximum comedic effect.

Lastly, look at the NEXT WEEK banner in the lower corner. What the F is a laundry machine? Most normal Americans call it a washing machine, I guess for a week I was british. Or gay.