@media (max-width: 768px) {

  /* GLOBAL RESET */
    
  .side-nav {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 100vh;
    width: 220px;
    padding: 60px 20px;
    background: #f3f5f6;
    transform: translateX(-100%);
    transition: transform 0.3s ease;
    z-index: 1000;
  }

  .mobile-nav-toggle {
    position: fixed;
    top: 5px;
    left: 5px;
    width: 18px;
    height: 18px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: cyan;
    border: solid 1px #241010;
    z-index: 1100;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: block;
    opacity: 0;
    visibility: hidden;
    transition: opacity 0.3s ease, visibility 0.3s ease;
  }

  .side-nav.open {
    transform: translateX(0);
  }

  .content {
    width: auto;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding-top: 80px;
    margin-left: 10px;
    margin-right: 10px; 
  }

  /* MAIN TEXT — mobile reading standard */
  .textcopy, .subcopy,
  .textcopy-local {
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 1.5;
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
    padding-left: 18px;
    padding-right: 18px;
    width: 100%;
    box-sizing: border-box;
  }

  /* headings scale naturally */
  .headline {
    font-size: 24px;
    line-height: 1.2;
    padding-left: 18px;
    padding-right: 18px;
    letter-spacing: -2px;
  }

  /* kill float behavior */
  .float-image {
    float: none;
    width: 100%;
    margin: 20px 0;
    text-align: left;
    padding-left: 18px;
    padding-right: 18px;
  }

  /* image fills screen width */
  .float-image img {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 100%;
    height: auto;
  }

  /* caption centered and readable */
  .float-image .caption {
    font-size: 13px;
    text-align: left;
    margin: 8px auto 0;
    line-height: 1.4;
  }

  /* Mobile-specific zoom and scroll */
  .comic-bg {
    transform: scale(1.8);
    transform-origin: top left;
    width: 100%;
  }
  
  body {
    overflow-x: auto;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
  }
  
  .comic-page {
    width: 100%;
    min-width: 100%;
  }
}

.image-strip {
  position: relative;
  width: auto;
  margin-bottom: 7px;
  margin-top: 7px;
  background: linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    transparent,
    rgb(168, 224, 214),
    transparent
  );
}

.image-strip::before {
  width: 100px;
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: -100vw;
  right: -100vw;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  background: inherit;
  z-index: -1;
}





/* HOTSPOT CONTAINER */
.hotspot {
  position: relative;
}

/* THE X */
.hotspot-x {
  display: block;
  width: 18px;
  height: 18px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #870909f6;
  opacity: 0.8;
  cursor: pointer;
  user-select: none;
  text-indent: -9999px; /* hides the character */
}


/* SPEECH BUBBLE */
.bubble {
  position: relative;
  top: 0;
  left: 60px;
  min-width: auto;
  max-width: auto;
  background: #fff;
  color: #000;
  padding: 10px 12px;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.3;
  border: 1px solid #000;
  display: none;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 0.15s ease;
  z-index: 10;
  white-space: pre-line;
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
}

/* ONLY show when active */
.hotspot.active .bubble {
  display: block;
  opacity: 1;
}



#hotspots {
  position: relative;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}


/* LITTLE TAIL */
.bubble::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: -6px;
  top: 10px;
  width: 10px;
  height: 10px;
  background: #fff;
  border-left: 1px solid #000;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}