[Jackie's mother is going to an audition, singing at the Rock Candy Lounge; her song is her singing "Don't change" over and over again]
Linkara: Wow, I can't imagine how she could ever fail an audition with music that invokes so much imagery like "don't change". So, two panels later, she's dead. Father and daughter are in a hospital room over the dead body.
Father: When she failed the audition, she drank more than ever. I couldn't stop her.
Doctor: You mustn't blame yourself. Failing as a singer, she lost the will to live.
Linkara: What, did the doctor read the backstory already? But good ol' Dad has this medical diagnosis instead...
Father: It was the music that killed her! The pressure, the disappointment!
Linkara: Well, that and the cirrhosis of the liver, I'd say. He looks to his daughter and proclaims...
Father: It must never happen to you! I won't let show business kill you, too!
[cut briefly to a panel from "Batman: Fortunate Son"]
Batman: Punk is nothing but death... and crime... and the rage of a beast!
