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Caption: Red Herring #CrawfishComic #August 06 2024

Explanation

This comic is the second in a series of similar comics, dubbed the "Lady on a hill making hand gestures series".

In the comic, the lady on a hill can be seen first having her hand open; the reacting woman interprets this as a "waving hello" gesture. However, it turns out that she is counting down, presumably to the attack of a humanoid creature that appears in the last frame.

A "red herring" is something meant to mislead or distract; in this case, the initial gesture turns out to be a red herring for the actual countdown.

Transcript

A three-panel comic, with a thick black border. On all three panels, there is a woman on a hill with a wide open-mouth grin making hand gestures and another woman on the right reacting to the gestures. The sky is colored grey. The sun is shining in the background.

Panel 1: The lady on the hill is showing all five of her fingers. The woman reacting turns towards her.

Panel 2: The woman reacting waves hello to the lady on the hill. The lady on the hill, however, is now only showing 4 fingers.

Panel 3: The lady on the hill is now only showing 3 fingers. A humanoid creature with very sharp fingernails/claws and her mouth wide open peeks out from behing the reacting woman, as if to attack her.