I think I’d add a panel before 1 and show it running from far away and remove what is currently the 4th panel entirely. I get that it’s a different joke, but I think it’s funnier. OR, if you’re going to make the existing joke, don’t have the antelope say it, add something nondescript labeled “your feelings” chasing it and make the cheetah’s eyes bulging only in the last panel.
I think I’d add a panel before 1 and show it running from far away and remove what is currently the 4th panel entirely. I get that it’s a different joke, but I think it’s funnier. OR, if you’re going to make the existing joke, don’t have the antelope say it, add something nondescript labeled “your feelings” chasing it and make the cheetah’s eyes bulging only in the last panel.