"Touchy Alaskans"

Comedic timing for cartoonists is more often than not tied to the tenuous window of opportunity surrounding any seasonal situation. Take for instance the transition between winter gags and, well, everything else that doesn't have snow in it somewhere. Ostensibly I'm far enough ahead in the calendar of topical material that around now my head's already starting to get seasonally depressed, even amidst the omnipresent daylight + growing warmth. But every once in a while there's a "stop the presses" moment when I bump a panel to the head of the line. Even, in the case of this one, in the middle of goddamn May.