Around the Back

Same problems. Different entrance.

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#004 · The Wish

Mature

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.

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.

Transcript

Panel 1: The man, frog, and black cat stand outside a dingy door marked “BACK ENTRANCE TO WISHES.”

Man: “This feels magical.”

Frog: “It feels municipal.”

Panel 2: They approach a service window labeled “WISH DESK.”

Clerk: “One wish. Be specific.”

Man: “How specific?”

Clerk: “Specific enough to ruin it.”

Panel 3: The man leans toward the clerk.

Man: “I wish I was amazing in bed.”

Clerk: “Granted.”

Panel 4: The man is peacefully asleep in bed while the frog and black cat stand nearby.

Frog: “To be fair, you are.”

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