A toasted bagel isn't a lot to ask for. Or is it?

A mother and her four children are at the end of a long, uncomfortable night spent in a hospital waiting room far from home. The children are hungry, so they all head to the bagel shop across the street.

The woman doesn't have much money in her pocket, so when she finds a bag of reduced-price day-old bagels, it's a relief. Now she just needs to get her bagels toasted so she can get the family back to the hospital. But even that turns out to be complicated and frustrating.

In Day Old, award-winning cartoonist Joe Ollmann uses his trademark brand of dry humour to explain an important truth: That when times get tough, sometimes all you need is for someone to care enough to toast your bagels.