Kool Aid Gets Fired

In Tim Piotrowski's one-shot Kool Aid Gets Fired (2010), the beloved mascot finds himself abruptly dismissed, forced to navigate a world beyond the pitcher. This self-contained, single-issue comic from the early 2010s is a playful, offbeat exploration of a pop-culture icon's unexpected career crisis, entirely written and drawn by Piotrowski. It stands as a quirky, standalone what-if that reimagines a familiar face with a surprisingly human dilemma.