Unused strip for April 16, 2025 (Patreon)

The strip I set aside for April 16 to draw as a Patreon strip for later had an alternate punchline at some point! And this was it! I thought I'd show it as well, why not. Also I liked that penciled Robin face in panel 5.

...if anybody can tell me what that penciled hand gesture is supposed to be in panel 2, please let me know. I was trying to decipher it real hard this afternoon and gave up. Hands clasped together? Finger pointing? I got nothin'. Ah well. This is what happens when your scrawled shorthand sits on a harddrive for 9 months.

The finished version which became the Patreon strip:

yeah, there's nine months between those pencils and these inks -- these characters would not have looked exactly like this if i'd inked it back then instead of this afternoon