Lights Out

Panel 1. At a night baseball game, a batter hits a high fly ball. Sam, the catcher, and a fielder look up toward the ball under the floodlights. No dialogue.

Panel 2. The lights go out. The panel is black. Unseen voices: “Hey!” “Where is it?” “I can't see!”

Panel 3. Still black. A soft “pock” marks the ball landing in a glove. Sam's calm voice: “Out.”

Panel 4. The lights come back on. The outfielder stares at the baseball in his glove: “How did you see that?” Sam answers with a slight closed-mouth smile: “It's my job.”