Hey all, Henry here. Sometimes a Dilligaf strip doesn’t make it into the paper. Those poor, unwanted comics will instead be posted here as exclusive Torch blog content. So here’s the first one:

Why didn’t this go to press? Well, as you might have noticed… it’s not funny. Like, at all. It was HILARIOUS when I drew it, I assure you.

The joke is a pun on the word “denial” and the river “the Nile,” which is in Egypt. So if one is the Pharaoh of The Nile (denial), one is really good at pretending reality doesn’t exist.

As for the third panel, the plot of the old television series Yu-Gi-Oh is that the soul of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh is trapped in the body of a young boy from modern Japan, and they have to play card games to save the world.

Like I said, it really isn’t funny.

It also spawned a delightful conversation wherein I attempted to explain the plot of Yu-Gi-Oh to my good friend Kyle.

Kyle: So, he’s Egyptian…
me: Yes.
Kyle: …but he’s Japanese…
me: Yes.
Kyle: …but he’s Egyptian?
me: Yes.
Kyle’s brain: *explodes*

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