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September 24, 2024

DTV - Nothing Doing 11-15

Welcome back comic aficionados. For its first four weeks, each twice-weekly edition of this newsletter will contain five strips from the Nothing Doing archive. Read on for the “classics of today”

TODAY’S COMICS: Nothing Doing 11-15

p1: Autumn is grinning in front of a TV with her eyes closed. There is a graph on the screen showing growth from 537 followers to 548. Autumn: …and so if we expand our social media output in that direction, we could increase brand awareness by an entire 2% over the next three quarters! p2: The camera shifts to the table Autumn is standing in front of. Aside from Harvey, who is sleeping in his chair, her coworkers are all gone. A, off-panel: Ok, looks like we finished about twenty minutes early, so I’d be happy to take any questions you might ha-- Harvey: zzzzzzz A: Oh p3: Autumn, frustrated, startles Harvey awake. A: Harvey. Hey. Wake up. H: Buh! Wuh-- p4: Harvey turns to look at Autumn, gathering his bearings. H: … p5: H: I’ll level with you. In my dream, I left half an hour ago
p1: Autumn and Summer are walking on the sidewalk, with an urban skyline in the background. On the right side of the panel there is a tall fence with a tree hanging over it. Autumn appears to be yelling and pulling something behind her. Autumn: And then he said that I might actually be “too passionate” about my work! I can’t win! p2: The frame closes in on their faces. Summer has a wry expression; Autumn looks defeated. Summer: To be fair, a three-hour lecture was maybe a bit of an overcorrection. Autumn: …Yeah, I know. I just feel kinda stupid about the whole thing. p3: The frame moves to a side-view as Summer looks at Autumn sadly. Summer: Aw, buddy. Autumn: No, it’s ok. I’ll get over it. Besides, I did learn something from all this-- p4: They walk away from the frame, revealing that Autumn is pulling a wagon holding the potted plant from outside her boss’ office.  Autumn: Turns out stealing stuff is really easy when your voice makes people fall asleep
p1: Autumn is sitting at her desk with her laptop open and eyes closed. p2: Same pose. Autumn, thinking: anime p3: Same pose, but Autumn now has a small smile.
p1: Louis is standing behind an annoyed Summer, gesturing behind him towards his offscreen desk. Louis: Hey, that customer just sent another email. He’s asking what’s taking so long on this revision. Summer: Ugh, Louis I’m so sick of this guy. p2: Closeup on Summer. S: He says oh no rush, just make it as good as you can, and then he gets pissed if it takes more than ten minutes. If he wants it to look good, he has to get that it’s gonna take more time. p3: Summer turns in her chair. On her tablet there is a drawing of a bong in sunglasses smoking a joint. S: I take the quality of my work very seriously, y’know p4: Louis places his hand on his chin and leans in. Summer turns back around and begins drawing. L: …well, that joint could stand to be a little bigger. S: I’m glad you see it my way.
p1: Vee and Autumn are sitting at their desks with their laptops in front of them. Their desks are placed back-to-back. Vee: Hey, can we talk about this ad copy you just sent? Autumn: Sure Vee, what's up? p2: Vee looks down at their laptop. V: So it opens with how our app will

OK THAT’S ALL GOODBYE!!!

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