Came With the House

The daily comic from Hooray News, by Frankie Ragan. October 18, 2026.

Four-panel comic in the back yard. Goldie wishes their tortoise, Breaking News, a happy birthday. Ansel says nobody knows his birthday because he came with the house. Neighbor Delphine says he was there when she moved in, in 1994. Ansel realizes they are the tortoise’s pets.

Read the transcript

Goldie: Happy birthday, Breaking News!
Ansel: We don’t know his birthday. He came with the house.
Delphine (over the fence): He was here when I moved in. In 1994.
Ansel (staring at the tortoise): So he’s not our pet. We’re his.

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