Stupid Male Incident #1, Page 18

PAGE 18, PANEL 1

Sparrow arrives excitedly while Bob follows.

SPARROW: Hey, Rachel!

RACHEL: Bugger.

TUNA: Ill wait outside.

PAGE 18, PANEL 2

Sparrow shows off her phone with pictures and numbers.

SPARROW: I had such an awesome time! Bob had backstage passes, and I got to hang with Trent and the guys! Look! Phone numbers! And pictures!

PAGE 18, PANEL 3

Rachel responds through gritted teeth.

RACHEL: Thats. Very. Nice.

PAGE 18, PANEL 4

Sparrow continues gushing while Rachel fumes. Labels point to Sparrows actions: trying to make Rachel jealous and succeeding.

SPARROW: Its sooo sad that you couldnt come. I think you wouldve really liked Trent. We, like, totally hit it off!

RACHEL (thinking): Stop beswitching the shining image of Trent that I have come to idolize!

BOB (thinking): Bob is so dead.

PAGE 18, PANEL 5

Rachel imagines Sparrow and Trent together and screams internally.

THOUGHT BUBBLE: Sparrow plus Trent

RACHEL: Noooooooo!

PAGE 18, PANEL 6

Sparrow prepares to leave.

SPARROW: Well, Im off to make a few phone calls!

BOB: Oh, Sparrow! You wanna go hiking with me on Sunday?

SPARROW: Uh, no. Why would I?

I repurposed a frame for this for use in my myspace profile, back when all my fans were on MySpace:

I adore Bob’s stupid expression in the middle panel there. A lot of the fun of these comics (for me) is waiting for when Bob’s going to get it. Could it be on the next page? Or the next?? The suspense! Ooooh, he’s gonna get it!