Soup the Comic Strip by Alun Clewe
Comic strip for September 13 2023.
PANEL ONE: The adventurer faces Erlak. ADVENTURER: Uh, look, anyway, how does this divine patronage thing work exactly? PANEL TWO: Close on Erlak ERLAK: Well, you'll now be doing your adventurous deeds in my name, and so for every task you accomplish I get some glory. In return, I'll provide some favors for you. PANEL THREE: Close on the adventurer. ADVENTURER: Like what? PANEL FOUR: The adventurer faces Erlak. Erlak holds a bowl of soup. ERLAK: Well, for starters, you get this complimentary bowl of delicious corn chowder.
September 13 2023

Yet another thing I think I did a lot in early strips but not so much later: Weird lopsided dialogue balloons. Like that topheavy balloon in the first panel here.