#009 · The Wrong Name
Mature
A late-night laundry conversation reveals why hearing his own name was a disappointment.
Transcript
Header: AROUND THE BACK, with a snail. THE WRONG NAME. Same problems. Different entrance.
Panel 1: In a laundromat at night, the man loads a spare pair of heart-patterned boxers into a washer. He wears another pair. The frog sits on a plastic chair holding a coffee mug.
Man: "She yelled another man's name during sex."
Panel 2: The frog looks toward the man, who stands beside the open washer.
Frog: "Jesus?"
Man: "No. Gary."
Panel 3: The frog considers this while the man continues loading laundry.
Frog: "Who's Gary?"
Panel 4: The man stares into the washing machine, shoulders slumped. The frog sits behind him.
Man: "I am. We agreed to pretend I wasn't."