Tuna Carpaccio P.I.

Here are a few pretty pictures of Malta and Pam matching wits in Tuna’s office from the strip Back At the Office.  This is the first time these two characters have interacted with each other, and its always exciting to find an opportunity for characters to interact with Tuna’s trusty secretary Pamela.  We get the impression that she actually allocates Tuna’s money to him in an expense account or something, mostly to spend on drinks around town.  She can write them off later under Food/Entertainment in their business taxes.  After reporting nonemployee compensation on their Form 1040, Schedule C, line 1, she can just move down to line 24a and report his travel expenses in full, then to line 24b and deduct 50% of the amount spent by Tuna on drinks, food, etc.  In this way, it’s smart that Tuna keeps a tab at The 4/4 Standard and Sharky’s Steak & Stein: there’s no way Tuna would remember to carry and return receipts for his purchases, and Pamela can use those records to keep a monthly average running for his expenses, then adjust and reallocate his accounts quarterly, as required.

So uh… yeah.  Here are the sketches…

More to come, of course.