[dc]T[/dc]his was why all the roasters had to sign a waiver. Roasting a royal is serious business in Westeros.

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After I read this comic’s script to Steph, she said, “Even I want to shoot you with arrows.” Everyone is a critic, I tell ya. No respect.

This marks my second comic with color (the first). I like experimenting, especially when I can use color to add to a punchline. This is also my second Game of Thrones-themed strip (the first), although this one is a much looser reference. If you read the Game of Thrones books (do), you will read ‘doublet‘ or ‘boiled leather’ just about every third word. I have never listened to the Game of Thrones audiobooks, but I imagine it might be even more obvious. Or not.

Panel 1: [Jester is addressing a crowd] Jester: Now, I ain’t sayin’ the King is FAT, but… Panel 2: [close up of Jester] Jester: Last time he went to the tailor, he traded in his doublet for a quadruplet! Panel 3: [Jester has been filled with arrows. Arrows struck each of the circles in the patterns on his shirt.]