This is Actually a Good Lesson

rogersgeorge on January 18th, 2024

—but it’s a bit tricky to read, so in that respect its a bad lesson. Read the first two panels going down, then the tall one in the middle, then the last two going down.

https://www.gocomics.com/outofthegenepool/2023/11/09

So being concise is good, being tricky is bad. I admit the latter applies more to comics than narrative text.

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