Status Update

Three messages, sent over two weeks, asking about a demo. Each one is read. None are answered.

Editor's note: this one was nearly cut for being too autobiographical. The two-week jump is what saves it — the small dignity in panel four is the turn.

Status Update — four-panel comic strip about a clown sending unanswered messages over two weeks about a demo that never happens

Working script

P. 1
9:02 AM. Clown at his desk, head propped on hand. Outgoing text: "Hey — still on for the demo Tuesday?" Wall: clock, DEMO PLAN notepad, "World's Okayest Clown" mug, "Demo Day Tuesday" placard.
P. 2
9:45 AM. Same desk, same posture. The reply bubble is empty.
P. 3
3:17 PM. Same scene, lamp now lit. The reply bubble is still empty.
P. 4
TWO WEEKS LATER. 10:11 AM. Clown gestures with quiet resignation. Outgoing text: "I'll take that as a no."

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