The Little Delays: A Sunday Comic

FICTIONAL COMEDY · ORIGINAL SUNDAY COMIC

At the Bureau of Small Delays, June helps neighbors file the little waits that make a day feel longer. Then a pigeon in a messenger satchel brings the office its most familiar case: the line itself.

Panel-by-panel transcript

1. At the Bureau of Small Delays, June asks a visitor with cold tea, “When did the wait begin?” The visitor answers, “When I put the kettle on.”
2. June stamps the visitor’s form: “Category: domestic suspense.” A small crowd waits behind them.
3. June asks a pigeon carrying a messenger satchel, “And your delay?” The pigeon replies, “The line.”
4. With the queue curling through the office, June says, “I can open a case.”
5. The pigeon hands June a ticket marked “YOUR TURN.” “You’re next,” it says. “I am the clerk,” June replies.
6. June joins the queue with a kettle while the pigeon stamps forms at the counter. June asks, “Has the kettle boiled?” The pigeon answers, “The wait has been approved.”

For June and her neighbors, a little patience makes room for a little company.