This early version of April 9th's strip doesn't have a joke, it just kind of ends in a little bittersweet back and forth between Dorothy and Joyce that plods along panel-by-panel and rests on a moment? I mean, it's fine. It's just hard to springboard off that into Things Happening Subsequently, I think were the reasons for retooling it a bit. Chop chop, gotta get the narrative flowing! I got the Dorothy moment that I wanted. Best not to keep poking at it, looking back at the reader, and going EHHH? EHHH???
Here's the final:

Cris Hylton
2024-05-30 21:30:34 +0000 UTCTim Winship
2024-04-14 12:36:45 +0000 UTC