Alien Romance, the daily comic strip

[gs_silva]

I know I said Maurice doesn't suffer too much from all this, but honestly, he could be doing a lot worse!

Transcription:

Maurice is climbing into the driver's seat of the delivery truck, with difficulty. Damion is getting into the passenger seat. "Are you all right? You look bad," he says to Maurice, extending one hand. "Need a boost?"

"No," replies Maurice emphatically.

Later, Maurice is punching out. Vinny looks over his shoulder at him.

"Moe, you're looking left-handed," he observes.

"I'm ambidextrous," Maurice replies.

"Okay," says Vinny. "You playing tomorrow?"

"Yup, Oak Street Grille."

"Maybe I'll come," says Vinny.

They're talking about Maurice's band, which plays classic rock and R&B covers.

Maurice heads out the door. "Have a nice weekend, Vinny."

Once outside, he doubles over, clutching his arm, and cries out in pain. When he finally gets home, he collapses on the futon and begs Cathy for ice. "Cathy, I can't move. "Donnez-moi un sac de glace, s'il te plaît. I need ice."

(His French isn't necessarily very good, but Cathy is begrudgingly used to it by now.)

Comments

[moth2fic]

There's a markup error - just saying so that you can fix it because I already saw the scenes from your patreon.
I chose my icon for Typhoon.

[gs_silva]

Aw! Best icon ever!

Thanks for the head's up! So it turns out that I can't use apostrophes in the image alt text, even if I really really need to. Markup code has no sympathy for correct grammar, apparently. I discovered that in a previous markup error, but it's really hard to resist using apostrophes!

[brumeier]

Maurice is good at masking his pain. Is he going to be able to play at his next gig?

[gs_silva]

I will definitely need to address that! I got caught up in a tangent. All these comics occur on the same day - a very, very long day. :)

[brumeier]

I can only imagine! As someone who can barely manage a stick figure, I'm in awe of anyone who can art. Double that for arting and writing at the same time. You're rockin' it!

[gs_silva]

Awwwh!

There are many things I'm not rocking. It all evens out, I'm sure.