Around the Back

Same problems. Different entrance.

#008 · The Séance

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Four-panel comic: a man, a green frog with a coffee mug, and a black cat visit a back-alley psychic to contact the man's very much living wife.

A man visits a psychic to contact his wife. The frog questions the value of the service.

Transcript

Header: AROUND THE BACK, with a snail. THE SÉANCE. Same problems. Different entrance.

Panel 1: The man stands with the frog and black cat at a psychic's window. The sign reads SPEAK TO THE DEAD — $20. The psychic has a crystal ball.

Man: "Can you contact my wife?"

Panel 2: The psychic closes her eyes and holds her hands near the crystal ball.

Psychic: "She says you never listened."

Panel 3: The man turns toward the frog, impressed.

Man: "Holy shit. She's not even dead."

Panel 4: The frog addresses the man, holding his mug. The psychic and cat look on.

Frog: "Twenty bucks to hear her through another woman. You could've just listened at home."

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