Around the Back

Same problems. Different entrance.

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A four-panel absurdist comic titled “Around the Back.” A bald man wearing white boxer shorts with red hearts, his green frog-like companion, and a small black cat visit a shabby municipal-looking Wish Desk. The man wishes to be “amazing in bed.” In the final panel, he is shown sleeping extremely peacefully in bed while the frog dryly points out that the wish technically came true.

#004 · September 5, 2026Mature

The Wish

A man visits the Wish Desk and makes what he thinks is a very specific wish. Unfortunately, the wish is granted in the most literal way possible.

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.

#002 · September 4, 2026Mature

Nudity Permit

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

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.

#001 · September 4, 2026Mature

Romance Desk

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

Other tags: #absurdist, #alley, #deadpan, #feelings, #food, #frog, #magic, #mildly indecent, #relationships, #romance, #secrets, #sex joke, #wishes, #wordplay