diff --git a/xkcdreader/app.go b/xkcdreader/app.go
index acb1c10..a1ad83a 100644
--- a/xkcdreader/app.go
+++ b/xkcdreader/app.go
@@ -65,8 +65,33 @@ func makeToolbar() *widget.Toolbar {
 
 func makeTabs() *container.AppTabs {
 	tabs := container.NewAppTabs(
-		container.NewTabItem("xkcd comic", widget.NewLabel("Latest comic...")),
+		container.NewTabItem("xkcd comic", makeBrowseUI()),
 		container.NewTabItem("what if?", widget.NewLabel("serious answers to absurd questions and absurd advice for common concerns from xkcd's Randall Munroe")),
 	)
 	return tabs
 }
+
+func makeBrowseUI() *fyne.Container {
+	// container for the image and surrounding elements
+	imgC := container.New(
+		layout.NewHBoxLayout(),
+		widget.NewButton("previous", func() {
+			log.Println("Previous comic")
+		}),
+		layout.NewSpacer(),
+		widget.NewLabel("img placeholder"),
+		layout.NewSpacer(),
+		widget.NewButton("next", func() {
+			log.Println("Next comic")
+		}))
+
+	browseTabLabel := "Latest comic..."
+	browseUI := container.New(
+		layout.NewVBoxLayout(),
+		widget.NewLabel(browseTabLabel),
+		layout.NewSpacer(),
+		imgC,
+	)
+
+	return browseUI
+}