Rubes by Leigh Rubin for September 17, 2019

This one is not great. What even is the point of having it be Pooh? The idea of “grim reaper pointing out catastrophic lethal asteroid while cloud-watching” is cute, but why Pooh??!

Oh bother…

On South Park, they used it to try to survive a lava flow.

Pooh is more of a head stuck in the honey pot kind of guy.

Pooh: “Oooh! I see it! What about that cloud over there?”

Death: “That’s a bunny!”

I can see a shadow getting larger. ( just like the Roadrunner cartoons )

You don’t suppose it has any honey, do you? Hmmmm?

Pooh Bear in Disc World?

He’s now Winnie The Pooh in more ways than one.

So asteroid or cloud? What is it? Asteroid? Once it hits the atmosphere you’ll know immediately. Just a cloud? Don’t worry, be happy now. But why hang out with folks like the guy in the long black robe? They’ll ruin even a good day, and they’re no good on a bad day.

He’s a goner, it’s the red shirt.

Bend over and kiss your @$$ goodbye, Pooh!!!

By the way, who does your insurance?

Duck and cover? Why BOTHER?

Winnie the … oh, crap!

Duck and cover works reasonably well for reasonably human-sized conditions. Asteroids*, nuclear bombs, epidemics, mothers in law… not so much.

‍‍* Every time I see the word, I’m reminded that regular humans get hemorrhoids, but movie stars get asteroids.

He didn’t really attend school, so, he just bearly remembers those drills.

Visions of the Apocalypse. I dunno, maybe it’s just me, but this one absolutely knocked me out. Besides the reminder of the absurdity of “duck and cover,” the extreme contrast between Pooh and the Grim Reaper is just stunning. This is the Book of Revelations reduced to a single frame comic. Brilliant. It’s also a demonstration of how a comic can be witty and insightful and multi-level and cause a wry, noir-humor grin rather than a laugh. And the artwork is great, too. (Pooh! and that boney finger!) This is why I fucking love comics.

So, which is it? A cloud… or an asteroid?