Sunday, 29 December 2019

The one where Elly looks for her maternity coat only to find that Mike and Liz have draped it over a snow-Elly for their own sick amusement.

(Original Publication Date, 30 December 1990)

Panel 1: We start things off with Elly looking in her coat closet for something.

Panel 2: Since she cannot find what she's looking for, she scratches her head in confusion.

Panel 3: She looks for whatever she's looking for in John's closet because she might have left it there by mistake.

Panel 4: She looks at the coat rack in the hall and has no joy.

Panel 5: She even looks in Liz's closet.

Panel 6: She finally does what she should have done to start with when she unhinges her jaw and yells "ALL RIGHT!! — WHO TOOK MY MATERNITY COAT!!"

Panel 7: This produces the desired result of a sheepish looking Liz she can glare the truth out of.

Panel 8: As Elly stands there gasping in (oh-so-typical) baffled horror, Liz stifles a giggle because a laughing Mike has draped it over a snowmom.

Summary: This, of course, will lead to Mike actually getting punished for something: directly inconveniencing Elly and making light of her warped self-image. Also, I'd like to see him deal with someone touching his stuff. The ass would end up being Exploding Man from that super-freaky seventies PSA about how hate hurts the hater the most.