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After Dark – What the People Want

Panel 1 Taehyun smiles brightly. Cameron: Really? Panel 2 Taehyun: Just giving the people what they want. Cameron: Only because there is literally nothing else for them to look at right now. Panel 3 Taehyun winks at the reader. A fully rendered Matami background is revealed. Panel 4 Taehyun: See, I’m still the most interesting thing here. Cameron: Ug, can I have the breaking news back?

Yessss, give the people what they want.

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After Dark – Rivalry

Panel 1 Kenji: How do you have a rival, and how is it an actual Korean television star? Cameron: Well… Panel 2 *flashback scene to Helios* Misora: Blah blah TPS Reports… Synergizing optimized outputs to reduce overhead and demonstrate reduced… Cam is sitting at his desk with giant heart eyes. Panel 3 Info above Misora says “Toyama Misora, inconveniently Cameron’s boss. Even more inconveniently, Taehyun’s girlfriend” Panel 4 Kenji: Sounds less like a rival than a person serving as the embodiment of class, cultural capital, and nationality as social barriers. Cameron: Asagawa, I thought you were a minor criminal. When did you go to graduate school? Kenji: Hey, just the other week I broke in to rifle through their financial records.

Here we go again.

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After Dark – Silence

Panel 1 (Cameron & Kenji in front of the Matami sign, otherwise blank background) Cameron: Silence. Finally. Panel 2 [Both wait in silence.] Panel 3 Kenji: This is boring. Cameron: Hmm. It does need something more to look at. Panel 4 (Panel extends sideways to reveal Taehyun.) Taehyun: I could always take off my shirt. Label- Park Taehyun, star of the Korean drama Flower Boy Ramen Chef, Cameron’s rival, looks great naked

Introducing the literal star of -a- show

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After Dark – Feature, Not a Bug

Cameron: A Matami?
Kenji: Well, Green, Matami is an izakaya chain, which is a place where people go to eat and drink with their friends.

Cameron: I have lived in Japan long enough to know what an izakaya is. But why are you and I here, when we always hang out in my apt?
Kenji: Probably the artist wanted a neutral location, but was too lazy to draw a real background.

Cameron: Okay. One question then.
Kenji: Yeah?

Cameron: De we get breaking news here?
Kenji: What part of “unfinished art” did you miss?
Cameron: Can I move here?

A feature, not a bug.

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After Dark – …

Sometimes there is no punchline.