serve
Explanation
This comic plays on the legal meaning of "to serve" someone with papers.
In the first panel, a man says: "Sir, I was sent by your wife to serve you, you thick piece of—" He appears to be a process server, delivering legal documents (likely divorce papers), but his language is gratuitously insulting and personal, going far beyond professional norms. In the second panel, another character objects: "Wait! I love her! She's my girl!" — reacting emotionally to the implication of divorce.
In the third panel, we see that the legal "contract" or paper is blank, suggesting the entire confrontation was devoid of actual legal substance. The elephant in the scene (literally drawn as an elephant) may represent "the elephant in the room" — the obvious issue no one wants to address. The final panel shows a small figure in a suit celebrating with "Hooray!" — an absurdly upbeat reaction to what has been a chaotic and emotionally charged scene.
The alt-text for this comic reads: "I need to do an upbeat comic week one of these days. They all end with hooray." This is a meta-joke from Weinersmith acknowledging that his comics frequently end on dark or cynical notes, with the "Hooray!" being an ironic counterpoint — a character celebrating in a situation that is anything but celebratory. The humor lies in the contrast between the hostile, aggressive process of being "served" legal papers and the incongruously cheerful ending, as well as the process server's absurdly unprofessional behavior in personally insulting the person he's serving.