2009-03-18

A four-color comic panel shows a translucent ghost of an older bald man floating in from the upper right, arms outstretched toward a younger man (his son) seen from behind. The ghost says, "Sonnnn... I've returned to tell you that I was wrong about your wiiiiife. She's a wonderful womaaaaan..." The son replies, "Oh... thanks Dad, but... well, she died... three weeks ago." The ghost answers, "I knowww... I met her in heaven, and... we're sort of daaaaaaating." In the black-and-white votey panel, the ghost father turns his head to the side and says casually, "Oh, hey honey. Didn't see you there," addressing the dead wife's ghost off-panel — the father is awkwardly caught dating his late daughter-in-law in the afterlife.