Soup the Comic Strip by Alun Clewe
Comic strip for December 23 2023.
PANEL ONE: Erlak faces the nobleman. ERLAK: So what do you need? NOBLEMAN: Well, I was hoping you could relay a message. PANEL TWO: Close on the nobleman. NOBLEMAN: Your champion recently found for us an ancient magical artifact called the Amulet of Ygraine. Unfortunately, it, um, somehow re– leased a powerful evil elemental. We were hoping he could come and help us figure out how to stop it. PANEL THREE: Erlak faces the nobleman (different angle) ERLAK: All right, I'll give him the message next time I see him. Anything else? NOBLEMAN: Er... No, that's about it, really. PANEL FOUR: Close on Erlak. ERLAK: Okay, then. See you! PANEL FIVE: Erlak disappears. PANEL SIX: The nobleman continues to look at the spot where he was. PANEL SEVEN: The nobleman turns to look at Jarum. The nobleman's daughter and the cook also stand nearby. NOBLEMAN: Is it just me, or was that really anticlimactic?
December 23 2023

Oh dagnabbit. And I thought it was bad on Thursday when I didn't get the strip up till after midnight. Apparently getting this strip up had so completely slipped my mind last night that I didn't even realize I hadn't done so until about eleven p.m. I went to put tomorrow's strip up and realized I still hadn't uploaded this one! Whoops. Yeah, I can sort of get away with this right now since I haven't publicized the strip and don't have any readers, but I've really got to build better habits for when I do.