Around the Back

Same problems. Different entrance.

#001 · Romance Desk

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Four-panel comic: a man in heart-patterned boxers, a green frog and a black cat visit a back-alley Romance Desk, where a clerk explains the cost of love.

At a back-alley Romance Desk, a bargain hunter learns that love will cost him everything.

Transcript

Header: AROUND THE BACK, with a snail. Tagline: "where people go when the front sounds exhausting."

Panel 1: A man in heart-patterned boxers stands beside a green frog and a black cat outside a door marked "BACK ENTRANCE TO ROMANCE," with a heart.

Man: "This seems promising."

Frog: "This seems litigious."

Panel 2: They face a bespectacled clerk beneath a "ROMANCE DESK" sign. A wall sign says "NO REFUNDS," with a heart.

Clerk: "Do you want love, sex, or someone who texts 'on my way' and means it?"

Man: "Whichever costs less."

Panel 3: The clerk leans on the counter as the man considers his options.

Clerk: "Then sex is out."

Man: "And love?"

Panel 4: The man slumps beside the frog. A sign below the counter reads "SOULS ACCEPTED," with a heart.

Clerk: "That’ll be everything."

Frog: "Told you it was the expensive one."

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