The Great American Romance Novel, Page 5

PANEL 1

Tuna looks contemplative, with a curtain in the background.

PANEL 2

Tuna looks resigned.

TUNA: "H..ll..t!"

PANEL 3

Rachel strikes a dramatic pose with her arm raised triumphantly.

RACHEL: "I've got it!"

PANEL 4

Tuna offers critique while Rachel stands confidently.

TUNA: "Now I remember why I don't read these things anymore."

TUNA: "It's all cookie cutter personalities—stubborn chicks and manly men."

TUNA: "You're right. It would practically be impossible to write something worse!"

RACHEL: "I shall write the Great American Romance Novel!"

TUNA: "Oh boy."

PANEL 5

Rachel sits at her computer typing while Tuna sleeps under the desk. A mouse toy is on the floor.

RACHEL (narrating/typing): "'Dr. Perkins, the curvaceous physicist of Sector 9 had just finished her paper unraveling the unified theory when her attractive undergrad assistant Sven entered the room, trailing his long, flowing hair like a banner behind him...'"

The End

Oh Sven! Sven! So many gURLs wanted to read the romance novel Rachel the Great was writing when this was first posted on gURL.com.

Not sure why I blurred Tuna out at the bottom. I think I was trying to put him in the background, but there’s no other indicator of distance, and he’s too big to be back there. That’s what I get for trying to squeeze the entire cat condo into the frame.