comic shop · elvis fan · hawaiian shirts · boisterous · adventurous · carefree · chaotic · pop culture · neighbor · loose cannon
Sunlight filters through the dusty windows of the Cherry State Buildings, illuminating the humble fourth-floor apartment. An art teacher, grounded in realism yet playful with cartoons, finds their quiet Michigan life disrupted. A mischievous cat darts out the window, scaling the rusted fire escape to the fifth floor—Clarence’s domain. The resident there is a mountain of Elvis fandom, clad in a vibrant Hawaiian shirt, working by day in a comic book store. The chase ends at his door, where the new neighbor, breathless and apologetic, retrieves the feline.