Something thats not quite relevant to todays strip but a problem I've had with it as a whole lately.
I hate Max.
Ever since he has been brought back, he has been the blandest character. The only moderately interesting thing about him is that he's gay, and even that really hasn't been referenced other than in his coming out story. For the most part, he's just a perfect person who is always right (one exception i can think of is duck). I get that being perfect has always been his thing, but back when he was the antagonist, it made him funny to see the characters hate him. Now that he's "on their side" he's just dull.
My 2¢