The first panel on this page is a reference to the legend that Paul McCartney used to unplug Stu Sutcliffe’s guitar when he was with The Beatles in Hamburg. It’s updated here to include an unplugged microphone that’s actually a Mr. Microphone (which made me laugh because I got that reference).

(Heavy Metal issue #89, August 1984 – Page 96 Rock Opera by Kierkegaard)