Believe it or not, I didn’t actually work backward from the last panel on this one. It was the next-to-last panel which sparked this whole thing. Metallica just gave me a fourth panel out, that’s all.

I wanted to put these two together in a different way from the usual “Gah!”-inducing punishment. A quick trip through the Lloyd Center Mall food court provided the seed of an idea.

Also? Delicious.

I remembered to change the date in the corner on time this year. Will wonders never cease?

And yes, the monster tome of annotated Monty Python’s Flying Circus scripts is in my room, warping spacetime around its remarkable mass.

(If you’re wondering: 1920×1080 is “high definition” 1080p resolution. Just because a joke’s been done to death doesn’t mean it can’t be funny.)