Strip 018/063

Powerlaces

Four-panel comic. Two robots gawk at the price tag on the Nike Air Mag power-lace sneakers from Back to the Future, wondering who would ever pay that much, until a middle-aged superfan in a 1.21 Jigawatts shirt skateboards past belting Huey Lewis. The blue robot cannot un-see it.
Transcript

Transcript of “Powerlaces”

Panel 1. In a shoe store, the blue robot examines a pair of gray high-top sneakers and says: "Huh. Power laces." A purple tentacled robot gasps: "Is that the price???" Panel 2. The blue robot squints at the shoes: "Who would pay THAT much for these shoes???" Panel 3. A chubby man in a rainbow visor cap and a t-shirt reading "1.21 Jigawatts" rolls past on a skateboard, belting: "GOTTA GET BACK IN TIME! GOTTA GET! BACK! IN! TI-yeee-IME!!" Panel 4. The blue robot says: "I can't un-see that."