ALT 4-panel Loading Artist comic. Panel 1: Red Guy and Hat Guy sit across from each other at a café table. Red Guy asks, “So, what do you like to do?” Panel 2: Hat Guy blinks, confused. “‘Do’...?” Panel 3: Red Guy leans in, smiling brightly. “Yeah, you know, like, for fun!” Panel 4: Close-up of Hat Guy staring blankly, overwhelmed. “‘Fun’???”

ALT 4-panel Loading Artist bonus comic. 1: A year later. The man and his daughter hold balloons spelling “EIGHTY TWO.” He says, “No confusion this year.” 2: Grandpa blows out the cake with a loud “PPPFTTTT.” 3: The balloons have twisted into “GOTHY TIME.” 4: Grandpa, now dressed in full goth attire, stares sadly at the cake: “life is pain.”

ALT 6-panel Loading Artist comic. 1: A man and his daughter stand beside an old man with a birthday cake and “81” balloons. “Make a wish, Grandpa!” they say. 2: Grandpa sighs, “I wish I was younger.” 3: He takes a huge breath and blows out the candle. 4: The “81” balloons twist into “18.” Grandpa lights up: “IT CAME TRUE!!” 5: He kickflips a skateboard. Off-screen: “GRANDPA NO!” 6: He falls into an open grave. Hat, cane, and board follow. RIP.

ALT 2-panel Loading Artist comic. 1: A reviewer hands a shocked chef a sheet filled with 1-star ratings. 2: A strip of the page is torn off and displayed in the restaurant window sideways, making the row of 1-star ratings appear as a proud 5-star review.