Tracy continues to be defiant, and Mr. Pops continues to wave his gun around, though it seems that Ringo shouldn't be worried because Mr. Pops doesn't plan to shoot him, but enough about that. That really doesn't matter because what may be the best part of this entire strip is the "Laugh, clown, laugh!" bit spoken by the nefarious clown right after a series of laughs by the clown. I thought it was funny the first time I saw it, but didn't really warrant an entire post. Now that it's appeared again, I just can't ignore it. I think that old Mr. Pops is sticking a little too close to the script and now I see him as the guy who, when delivering a speech, if the script says "Look at audience and smile," will actually say, "Look at audience and smile."
Turning back to Tracy and Agent Ennen, Tracy decides that for the moment, they should do what Mr. Pops wants. Agent Ennen, on the other hand, has decided that going into the cage would mean their deaths. Now, I don't want to judge her too harshly, but that tiger just doesn't look too hungry or ferocious (it isn't as if it's had its teeth bared the whole time or been growling). Now, I could be wrong, and it could be very territorial and the moment they enter, it could tear them to shreds, but it could also just be waiting for the cage door to open so that it can leap out and maul Mr. Pops (who it didn't like anyway, and who had been keeping its steaks for himself). At this point, anything could happen. (Why, Tracy's extreme concentration as he clicks his heels together and thinks "There's no place like home," could actually work.) But the most important thing to happen in this strip is that we finally know who shot Louise, and it wasn't Mr. Pops (though I'm still convinced he's the ringleader of this whole operation). No, my friends, it was Barb Els and she only did it because Louise was going to kill Ringo first (which leads me to believe that all of these evil circus performers are going to end up standing in a circle around Tracy, Agent Ennen, and Ringo, and when they start shooting, the three captives will drop to the ground and they'll end up shooting each other instead of their intended targets). Can't you just feel the love in this circus? I know I can.
So that's it? That's your plan for revenge? You're just going to frame Ringo? You're just going to have him live with the fact that he led to the deaths of two law officers? You're not even going to try to feed him to the tiger? I thought that you were hired to kill Ringo. Wouldn't not killing him make your bosses angry? Besides, if you frame Ringo and he's sent away for the rest of his life, who will run the circus?
Tracy continues to be defiant, and Mr. Pops continues to wave his gun around, though it seems that Ringo shouldn't be worried because Mr. Pops doesn't plan to shoot him, but enough about that. That really doesn't matter because what may be the best part of this entire strip is the "Laugh, clown, laugh!" bit spoken by the nefarious clown right after a series of laughs by the clown. I thought it was funny the first time I saw it, but didn't really warrant an entire post. Now that it's appeared again, I just can't ignore it. I think that old Mr. Pops is sticking a little too close to the script and now I see him as the guy who, when delivering a speech, if the script says "Look at audience and smile," will actually say, "Look at audience and smile." 
Turning back to Tracy and Agent Ennen, Tracy decides that for the moment, they should do what Mr. Pops wants. Agent Ennen, on the other hand, has decided that going into the cage would mean their deaths. Now, I don't want to judge her too harshly, but that tiger just doesn't look too hungry or ferocious (it isn't as if it's had its teeth bared the whole time or been growling). Now, I could be wrong, and it could be very territorial and the moment they enter, it could tear them to shreds, but it could also just be waiting for the cage door to open so that it can leap out and maul Mr. Pops (who it didn't like anyway, and who had been keeping its steaks for himself). At this point, anything could happen. (Why, Tracy's extreme concentration as he clicks his heels together and thinks "There's no place like home," could actually work.) But the most important thing to happen in this strip is that we finally know who shot Louise, and it wasn't Mr. Pops (though I'm still convinced he's the ringleader of this whole operation). No, my friends, it was Barb Els and she only did it because Louise was going to kill Ringo first (which leads me to believe that all of these evil circus performers are going to end up standing in a circle around Tracy, Agent Ennen, and Ringo, and when they start shooting, the three captives will drop to the ground and they'll end up shooting each other instead of their intended targets). Can't you just feel the love in this circus? I know I can.
So that's it? That's your plan for revenge? You're just going to frame Ringo? You're just going to have him live with the fact that he led to the deaths of two law officers? You're not even going to try to feed him to the tiger? I thought that you were hired to kill Ringo. Wouldn't not killing him make your bosses angry? Besides, if you frame Ringo and he's sent away for the rest of his life, who will run the circus?
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