Comics Tagged : social interactions
Weekend FOMO
Strip Info
- Title
- Weekend FOMO
- Date
- April 8, 2019
- Tags
- fomo, Instagram, Sarah, social interactions, social media
- Notes
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Inspired by the great Nathan W. Pyle, this comic is one of my favorites of all I’ve done (so far).
Transcript
- Panel 1 : Int. Home – Monday
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Sarah sits on a stool, looking folorn. On the adjacent table, Instagram steps up.
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- Why so sad?
- Sarah
- -Sigh- My weekend was lame.
- Panel 2 : Int. Home – Continuous
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Instagram perks up.
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- Wanna see pics of your friends having fun without you?
- Panel 3 : Int. Home – Continuous
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Sarah glares at Instagram
- Panel 4 : Int. Home – Continuous
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Sarah slumps further. Defeated.
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- Sarah
- -Sigh- Kinda….
- Yeah y’do! C’mon!
Sensitive Toothpaste
Strip Info
- Title
- Sensitive Toothpaste
- Date
- March 27, 2019
- Tags
- emotional bandwidth, needy friends, Sarah, sensitive toothpaste, social interactions, toothpaste
- Notes
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Transcript
- Panel 1 : Int. Grocery Store – Afternoon
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Standing in the toothpaste aisle, Sarah examines a box of “Sensitive Toothpaste.”
- Panel 2 : Int. Bathroom – Night
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Sarah brushes her teeth. On the counter next to her, the tube of Sensitive Toothpaste looks up at her with big eyes.
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- Sensitive Toothpaste
- Are you mad at me?
- Panel 3 : Int. Office – Day
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Sarah sits at her desk, trying to work. She looks at a string of text messages on her phone.
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- Sensitive Toothpaste (via text)
- I just feel like… if she was -really- sorry, she’d text me back
- Sensitive Toothpaste (via text)
- I’m not overthinking right?
- Sensitive Toothpaste (via text)
- Lol don’t answer that 🙂 🙂 🙂
- Panel 4 : Int. Bedroom – Night
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Sarah is in bed, under the covers, trying to sleep. Sensitive Toothpaste creeps up over her shoulder.
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- Sensitive Toothpaste
- I feel like we never talk anymore.
My Most Valuable Skill
Strip Info
- Title
- My Most Valuable Skill
- Date
- February 20, 2019
- Tags
- job interview, Kevin, microwave, power move, salmon, social interactions
Transcript
- Panel 1 : Int. Office – Day
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Kevin sits across a desk from a middle-manager who is looking at Kevin’s resume while clicking a pen. A cup on the table tells us this is Brad.
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- Brad
- So. What would you say is your most valuable skill?
- Panel 2 : Int. Office – Continuous
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Across the desk, Kevin deadpans.
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- Kevin
- Heating up fish in the office microwave… and pinning it on other people.
- Panel 3 : Int. Office – Continuous
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Brad’s eyes bug out as someone cries out from the other room.
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- Someone (OS)
- Ugh! What stinks?
Oh c’mon, Brad!
- Panel 4 : Int. Office – Continuous
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Kevin smiles a shit-eating grin.
Holiday Party Reruns
Strip Info
- Title
- Holiday Party Reruns
- Date
- December 15, 2018
- Tags
- bffs, couples, Egg & Toast, holiday party, holidays, social interactions
Transcript
- Panel 1 : Int. Holiday Party – Friday Night
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Dressed in festive holiday gear, Egg and Toast hold drinks and mingle. Toast is telling the punchline of a joke. Egg smiles.
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- Toast
- …And that’s when I realized …the cat was really a dog!
- Panel 2 : Int. Holiday Party – Saturday Night
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Another party. Different holiday gear. Different friend. Same joke.
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- Toast
- …And that’s when I realized …the cat was really a dog!
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Egg’s smile fades.
- Panel 3 : Int. Holiday Party – Sunday Night
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You guessed it. Egg has had enough.
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- Toast
- …And that’s when I realized-
- Egg
(interrupting) - -the cat was really a dog.
- Panel 4 : Ext. Sidewalk – Later
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Egg and Toast walk home down a snowy lane. They hold hands.
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- Egg
- We need to get you new jokes.
- Toast
- …Or go to fewer holiday parties.
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