Comic #672: Massive Tool (Patreon)

For those not still playing, yes this is a real achievement.

I can't remember the last comic I made where the final panel wasn't two panels wide. I tend to like to keep the final panel by itself just because it lessens the chance of the punchline being spoiled as you read it. In this one however, the final panel would have so much useless space on either side of Keydar, and I couldn't really justify adding another panel in the comic just to make the punchline fall on the next line.

Edit:

I think I may have made a mistake, but I'm not entirely sure. Originally I had Krom constructing the tool in the first panel, much like Keydar is in the 2nd to last panel. This made it clear that Keydar was making the tool in that panel. Once I removed it I think it may have made that second to last panel a bit confusing and out of place. I made an updated version that may make more sense:

Of course, once again, the final panel is 2 panels wide, making my first paragraph of this post a bit obsolete.

Which do you think is better?

Edit #2:

From comments here and Reddit, I've updated the comic to the following 3rd version:

I guess that's a lesson for me. Some panels aren't as extraneous as I think they are.