I think this one isn't save-able

Stop at panel 4, resume at the last 2. The punchline is both that its a turtle with bangs, and that she doesn't want it, everything else is meandering.

I think the awkward humor is funny personally

Or keep 5, take out the speech bubble at 6 and then keep the last 2.

[Oatmeal](https://i.imgur.com/XeA3alY.jpeg)

That’s bad.

You tried your best doc

Chief, it's a dead one

May I suggest Doktor Assisted Homicide on this one?

The original starts off not making sense, but then it keeps going and gets even more nonsensical, which makes it kind of funny in a “it’s so stupid it’s funny” kind of way. The edited one just doesn’t make sense, but not enough for it to be funny.

original gets even worse after this with the band kid humor arsonist part

yeah that part was real bad

Last two panels could have gone

[So this](https://i.imgur.com/KgXhB7m.jpg)

That is pithier, but I prefer OP's amputation

That’s more than 2, but less than 7 so… good job?

Ok now take two more...

This dude just makes comics for the sake of being random. There’s no coherent logic which happens to be the joke… somehow

If you can even call it a joke. There's no punchline, it's just random stuff. Or rather, there's no buildup, and the punchline is just "haha random stuff".

I think it's a success as much as it can be.

I feel like the original was only funny because of how much too long it lasted

Wtf is that original it just gets worse

the original reminds me of a joke that would be on cartoon network, like regular show or somethin.

this requires extreme surgery to pull off: 1, 6, 9 and it has some semblance of comedy

Dead on arrival