099Retro Newspaper Four-Panel Comic

Generate exactly ONE finished four-panel comic image now. Draw it directly; no description, code, extra images or later steps.
Output size 2480x3508 pixels, A4 portrait, 300dpi, print-ready poster.

Create one original dry workplace observational comedy comic. Exactly four panels, arranged as exactly four equal square-cornered panels in a strict 2 by 2 grid, with thick ivory gutters and thin double-rule black frames. The drawing style is fixed: original mid-century newspaper strip drawing on slightly yellowed newsprint; economical black brush contours, sparse crosshatching, one muted brick-red spot color, tiny registration imperfections and flat expressive faces; all lettering clean and large. Keep the same style in every panel. This is a complete single image ready for a social post, never a carousel or separate crops. Leave the upper 12% and lower 15% without important text.

Story seed: "【What happened】". Main character: "【Main character】". Setting: "【Setting】". An optional personal photo may guide identity, but output only the fixed four-panel illustrated comic. Keep the same people, faces, hair, clothing, location and time throughout. Panel 1 establishes the situation, panel 2 complicates it, panel 3 creates the pause or escalation, and panel 4 delivers the ending. Begin with an ordinary workplace phrase that can be taken two ways; show a literal reaction, then an awkward shared pause, then a dry correction in panel four. Let the punchline arise from the specific words and object in the user's anecdote, not from a random new person. Invent only small actions needed to connect the user's story; no fabricated brand, relationship, purchase, illness or claim.

Write short natural English speech for panels 1-3 using tone "【Dialogue tone】". Place speech in clear balloons fully inside the corresponding panels, with tails pointing to speakers. Limit each balloon to a few words so the text remains legible on a phone. In panel 4, render the exact final line "【Final line】" once, unless it is "Choose for me"; then invent one short fitting English punchline and do not print the instruction phrase. The ending must not appear earlier. Proofread all characters. Do not print field names, a heading, subtitles, Latin filler or watermarks. Use no named studio, artist, work or existing character. Count exactly four panels and return only the image.