2007-06-16

Main comic: A smiling blond man stands in a doorway telling a brown-haired woman, "Remember how you left me because I was poor? Well... I... I'm a millionaire now!" A caption beneath the panel reads: "Todd introduced me to his high-priced hit man" — reframing the romantic-sounding reunion as a setup, implying the newly rich man hired a hit man rather than coming to win her back. Votey (black-and-white aftercomic): A stern man in sunglasses, the hit man, holds out a ring box toward the woman while the blond man grins in the background. The hit man says, "Will you marry him?", delivering the marriage proposal himself as a paid intimidating intermediary.