Soup the Comic Strip by Alun Clewe
Comic strip for October 3 2023.
PANEL ONE: Front view of Snormar, a bearded adventurer carrying a large axe, holding his hand up. SNORMAR: Hold! I am Snormar, champion of Thrumger the storm god, and I challenge thee to fight me in single combat for the honor of our patrons. PANEL TWO: Close on Erlak's champion. CHAMPION: No thanks. PANEL THREE: Close on Snormar. SNORMAR: What do you mean, "no, thanks"? Thou canst not turn down a challenge in the name of thy patron! PANEL FOUR: Wide view of Erlak's champion facing Snormar. CHAMPION: Then what did I just do? PANEL FIVE: Close on Snormar. SNORMAR: Well, thou hast... um... but thy... uh... well... PANEL SIX: Snormar faces the champion as he rides off; all we see of the latter is Nezhoni's tail. SNORMAR: Hey, I'll come up with a really good retort to that! Just give me a minute! CHAMPION: 'Bye now.
October 3 2023

Ugh. There are some early strips of which I'm kind of ashamed of the writing, and this is... one of them. Hero's utterly banal statement inexplicably baffles adversary. Ecch.

Also, to be consistent with his speech patterns, Snormar's dialogue in the third panel should really say "What dost thou mean", but honestly that's a lesser issue.