Cartoon Saturday Halloween Spectacular, Week 1

October is half over ...

Major polls indicate Hillary Clinton gaining a wider lead over Donald Trump with the election a little more than three weeks away; King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, the world's longest-reigning monarch, died Thursday aged 88; iconic American singer/songwriter Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature; Donald Trump has rejected a slew of accusations of sexual misconduct, describing them as "totally and absolutely false;" and the US responded to missile attacks on Navy ships in the Red Sea by launching Tomahawk missiles at radar sites in Yemen.

There are three Saturdays to go before Halloween, including today, and so I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate those three Cartoon Saturdays to seasonally appropriate cartoons. This week we highlight vampires ...

It's not always easy to find the right costume ...

We used to think that garlic was the best thing to ward off vampires ...

The hidden danger of smart phones ...

Why even vampires need good dental care ...

Best pun of the day ... 

It had to happen ...

Vampires are also vulnerable to a Lysistrata approach to defense ...

Life's tough when you can't use the mirrors ...

Probably not the best advice ...

And one last take on the issue of not casting a reflection in the mirror ...

This has been the first week of our three-week Cartoon Saturday Halloween Blitz ... next week's cartoons will feature zombies, so be sure to come back then.

It looks like it's going to be a beautiful fall weekend here in NoVa, perfect for trying to get some outdoor chores done while enjoying the sunshine. Winter will be here soon enough, and we'll go from complaining about heat and humidity to complaining about snow and wind chill. Sigh.

Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo