Page 42 of Keeping Time

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Panel 1: Stefon takes a seat in the stool on his side of the room. Guitar amps can be seen behind him. He leans one arm on the body of his bass, his other hand resting on the top of his thigh. The pose makes him seem like a disappointed father, sitting his son down for a talk. The slight gap between Stef's front teeth also peeks out as he speaks, "Alright, bro. What’s going on with you?"

Panel 2: Tomás grins a shit-eating grin. He says, "Oooh. You've unleashed Stef's dad voice."

Panel 3: Denver doesn't say anything, but the strained smile on his face as he looks back at Tomás makes it clear he is probably not thinking the kindest thoughts about his drummer-slash-roommate.

Panel 4: Stef leans backwards to talk over his shoulder to Tomás. Stef says, "You’re not in any position to joke, Shipman. You’re still playing too damn fast. Tighten it up, man." Tomás's expression is cartoony and meek. He replies, "Ok." and in smaller, tiny letters, "sorry Dad"

Panel 5: Stef pinches the bridge of his nose, grimacing. He says, "We’ve only got 8 weeks until we open for Malörtov Cocktail. You guys aren’t taking this seriously enough."

Panel 6: Shoulders drawn up practically to his ears, Stef gestures wildly, his face looking ash-stricken as he continues, "I mean, the show’s getting closer, and we haven’t even found a replacement singer yet!"

Panel 7: Denver rubs his neck with his left arm, smiling crookedly. He answers, "Yeah, see, about that…"

Panel 8: A blank panel, but for Denver's voice continuing, "I think I found our singer."
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Page 42 (This Week’s Update 1 of 2!)
Posted on September 10, 2024 by Kody

EDIT 2024-09-10 9:10pm PT: Comments are back! A shoutout to the Hyvor Talk devs for always providing timely support! 💖

EDIT 2024-09-10 3:51pm PT: Hey, a kind tumblr user (thank you, anonymous!) brought to my attention that all of the comments have disappeared! I suspect this has something to do with the update HyvorTalk (the plugin I use for comments) had earlier, and it doesn't seem like there's much I can do on my end but wait for those web devs to help me fix it, haha! Sorry about that! Fingers crossed they get back to me soon.

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If the members of Tennyson were on the McDonalds alignment chart, Tomás and Denver would be firmly in the corner shouting "MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS!" while Stef is the sole adult* saying, "We have food at home."

*Your first of, I'm sure, many reminders that Stef is the youngest member of the band.

Oh!! By the way, you're getting TWO UPDATES this week, since the next page is a splash page and I'd like to keep the ball rolling. So tune back in on Thursday (our old secondary update time slot!) at 9am PT for a second page! (We'll go back to our regular schedule next week.)