Around the Back

Same problems. Different entrance.

#002 · Nudity Permit

Mature

Four-panel comic: a man in heart-patterned boxers, a green frog and a black cat visit a Nudity Desk, where a clerk explains emotional nudity.

A visit to the Nudity Desk reveals that emotional exposure is far more alarming than the public kind.

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, a green frog and a black cat stand outside a door marked "BACK ENTRANCE TO NUDITY PERMITS," with a heart.

Man: "This feels oddly official."

Frog: "Everything shameful has paperwork."

Panel 2: A bespectacled clerk sits beneath a "NUDITY DESK" sign. A smaller sign reads "NO FULL FRONTAL REFUNDS," with a heart.

Clerk: "Public, private, or emotional nudity?"

Man: "What’s emotional nudity?"

Panel 3: The clerk answers while the man holds his hands near his chest.

Clerk: "Saying ‘I miss you’ and meaning it."

Man: "Jesus."

Panel 4: The man makes his choice. A sign below the desk reads "FEELINGS REQUIRE A PERMIT TOO," with a heart.

Man: "Then public."

Clerk: "Good. Emotional nudity is for perverts."

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