Are you thinking it’s a normal-sized shoe, shown from the perspective of near the viewer? I interpreted it as a giant shoe, aimed at the wolf.

Now I’m wondering if penguins could become an invasive species in the Arctic, making the joke work. It seems based on a quick search that it’s unlikely, though I’m not ornithologist.

I posted some related commentary of his recently in another thread. The relevant bit:

Mr. Pembrose (I have no idea where this name came from. In general, I just try to match characters with names that “feel right.”)

Whoops, thanks. Reposted at https://discuss.online/post/42169450

Some background on this comic:

Transcript (sketch):

"Egad… My Kerchief, My monogrammed hand handkerchief! I’ve left it behind… They’ll know it was me!

Transcript (comment):

I changed my mind about the approach to this cartoon and drew it instead from the perspective of the police. And the only name I could think of for the handkerchief was King Kong. There just aren’t too many famous monsters running around with first and last names.

Some context on this comic:

Transcript:

This cartoon about Mr. Pembrose evidently left a fair number of people wondering what in God’s name was going on here.

Mr. Pembrose (I have no idea where this name came from. In general, I just try to match characters with names that “feel right.”), from whatever circumstances in his life have rendered him such, is only an eye. (Yes, that’s supposed to be an eyeball resting on the couch―the image all but vanished after size reduction.) And who wouldn’t have more than a little anger toward the world if ending up as an eye was the card life dealt them?

OK, maybe it doesn’t work.

Some background on this comic:

Transcript:

This made a few people upset.

I can’t say that that reaction caught me off-guard this time, but I at least attempted to soften its impact with those same people (and my editor) by making the baby’s status indefinite. He’s not supposed to look dead, stuffed, alive, fake, or anything. It’s just your standard baby-in-a-bottle (with stand). I’m just now looking at him here, and, man―that’s a big baby!