2008-07-31

A two-part SMBC comic. In the main color panel, Batman holds a red telephone receiver to his ear, looking nervous and cornered, and stammers: "Oh... h-hey... wow... hi, Riddler. I, uh... I haven't solved your riddle yet... maybe... maybe we just shouldn't discuss it at all for a few months..." Below sits a green card decorated with a big question mark that reads "Do you still love me?" signed with a heart by "Riddler" — framing the Riddler's villainous riddles as needy love letters from a clingy partner. In the black-and-white votey, a grinning man (Batman's apparent partner) in the foreground asks "Who was that, honey?" and an awkward-looking Batman behind him replies, "Oh... nobody...", implying Batman is hiding his entanglement with the Riddler from his significant other.