Things to do at 4am

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At 4 a.m. one of the things you can do is come up with one sellable cartoon, and one unsellable one. This week’s TNY has a cartoon I sold in one version, that was rejected in another. Above is the sold version. Below is the unsellable version. Both were perfect expressions of my ironic feelings about what you have to face on TV at 4 a.m., however.
The unsold version, which, besides being a little more depressing, is also a little “muddier” than the above, since it’s the “rough”:

