Around the Back

Same problems. Different entrance.

#003 · Secret Menu

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Six-panel comic: a man in heart-patterned boxers follows a secret-menu sign to a back-alley food window with a green frog and a black cat, learns a password and gets an ordinary burger.

A secret menu promises something special, but the password is more remarkable than the burger.

Transcript

Header: AROUND THE BACK. Tagline: "Same problems. Different entrance."

Panel 1: A man in heart-patterned boxers checks his phone in an alley beside a green frog holding a mug and a black cat. The door behind them says "EMPLOYEES ONLY."

Man: "Check this out. This place has a secret menu."

Frog: "There’s no such thing as a secret menu."

Panel 2: The man points out a cardboard sign: "SECRET MENU AROUND BACK," with an arrow pointing right.

Man: "There is. Look."

Panel 3: They approach a mustached worker at a food window. A sign says "GOOD FOOD BAD IDEAS."

Man: "I’ll have one secret burger."

Worker: "You have to say the password."

Panel 4: The man hesitates at the window.

Man: "Password?"

Man: "Umm... boobs?"

Worker: "Close. You have to say it with confidence."

Panel 5: The man stands straighter and speaks loudly. The worker hands him a paper bag.

Man: "BOOBS."

Worker: "There you go."

Panel 6: The man sits on a crate eating the burger beside the frog and black cat.

Man: "Wow. This is just a regular burger."

Frog: "Welcome to life, man."

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