Be it buddy, pal, secam or ntsc i still think it's funny, so please save yourself for another strip. :)
In this first episode you have done a good job with time/silence of the second panel to develop suspense for the punchline, something that one of my favorite cartoonists, the late Charles M. Schulz, mastered.
I hope your telephones give us a call soon.
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