Soup the Comic Strip by Alun Clewe
Comic strip for September 17 2023.
PANEL ONE: Erlak approaches the demon bartender Drv'dxx at the bar. ERLAK: Hey, Drv'dxx! How're you doing? PANEL TWO: Erlak faces Drv'dxx across the bar. DRV'DXX: Seething with resentment at the humiliating onus you contemptible gods have presumptuously placed upon me. And you? ERLAK: I'm fine, thanks. PANEL THREE: Erlak continues talking to Drv'dxx. ERLAK: Oh, hey, Drv'dxx, guess what? I finally found a champion. DRV'DXX: Congratulations. PANEL FOUR: Close on Erlak. ERLAK: Yeah, but there's kind of a problem... he wants me to get him a steed. PANEL FIVE: Different angle on Erlak. ERLAK: I mean, sure I could get him a horse or something without too much trouble, but I want something... _different_. Know what I mean? PANEL SIX: Close on Drv'dxx. DRV'DXX: Perhaps I can help. PANEL SEVEN: We see a six-legged pink monster with horns, spikes, and teeth standing in front of the fire. Drv'dxx is in the foreground. DRV'DXX: I could summon up from the depths of the infernal abyss some fell creature that embodies all the power of evil and all the fury of hellfire. PANEL EIGHT: Close on the monster's head; Drv'dxx is seen in an inset panel. DRV'DXX: ...with baleful eyes that blaze with malevolence, and a cavernous maw bristling with bloody, bladed teeth. PANEL NINE: A transparent image of Drv'dxx overlays a scene of the monster ravaging a town. DRV'DXX: ...a horror that, unchecked, could lay waste to entire nations, and bring misery and death to all it happens across. PANEL TEN: Erlak and Drv'dxx look at each other across the bar. PANEL ELEVEN: Erlak speaks up. ERLAK: Actually, that sounds pretty good. You can do that? DRV'DXX: No, but I didn't think you'd actually want to take me up on it.
September 17 2023

That blue oval in the background, incidentally, is supposed to be a mirror, even though in all the strips where it appears I don't think I ever made any attempt to draw a reflection in it.