2013-05-06

A four-panel comic. A green, bald, bug-eyed alien in a purple shirt and an orange-haired man are a couple. Panel 1: The alien says, "I'm sorry. I've been cheating on you." The man asks, "With who?" Panel 2: The alien explains, "With Robert. You humans share 99.9% of your genes, and I couldn't tell the difference until it was too late." The man replies, "I see." Panel 3: Both are now shown as silhouettes against black. The alien says, "I guess I can forgive that. I... I still love you, Mendax." The man answers, "I love you too, Hank." Panel 4: Back in normal color, the man asks, "Who's Hank?" while the alien, walking toward a doorway, says, "I'll just let myself out" — having accidentally revealed it can't tell its partner apart from other humans by calling him the wrong name. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the alien in black-and-white sketch style, trying to recover by saying, "Actually, just kidding! I know your name is... Betsy?" — guessing yet another wrong name.