Although belief in a “rapture” started in the mid-1800s, it didn’t become start to become ubiquitous until after Reagan, with the rise of the religious right. It’s possible that Kliban had no idea that some Christians believed exactly this (if you exclude all those non-Christians, of course).
Remember that episode of Six Feet Under? The one with the truck of sex dolls inflated with helium for a trade show that got hit in a fender bender, releasing the dolls? Where the evangelical sitting in the traffic jam decided to try and join them, ran into traffic in the other lane and got run over? No? Never mind then.
dadoctah about 4 years ago
I don’t remember mention of giant slingshots to get them there, though.
Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member about 4 years ago
They are not going anywhere. They were just ejected.
Zykoic about 4 years ago
A bit of eschatology.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 4 years ago
I can see up your dress!
Zebrastripes about 4 years ago
Fly away, fly away, fly away all…
Doctor Toon about 4 years ago
The day God repealed the law of gravity
Selectively
If you’re God, you can do that
carlzr about 4 years ago
The Book of Revelations as interpreted by B. Kliban.
Ignatz Premium Member about 4 years ago
Although belief in a “rapture” started in the mid-1800s, it didn’t become start to become ubiquitous until after Reagan, with the rise of the religious right. It’s possible that Kliban had no idea that some Christians believed exactly this (if you exclude all those non-Christians, of course).
comixbomix about 4 years ago
And all with their noses in the air, I see…
sandflea about 4 years ago
What? No stairway?
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member about 4 years ago
I thought there was going to be a sweet chariot.
Linguist about 4 years ago
I’ll be meeting with all my friends somewhere else.
mistercatworks about 4 years ago
More parking spaces for the rest of us. :)
wahsahzie about 4 years ago
Remember that episode of Six Feet Under? The one with the truck of sex dolls inflated with helium for a trade show that got hit in a fender bender, releasing the dolls? Where the evangelical sitting in the traffic jam decided to try and join them, ran into traffic in the other lane and got run over? No? Never mind then.
Stephen Gilberg about 4 years ago
Well, they appear to be of different religions….
NatureBatsLast about 4 years ago
It’s pretty much a total vacuum up there, much like inside their heads.
6turtle9 about 4 years ago
Like moths to the flame.
jpozenel about 4 years ago
All those prayers paid off.
MITZI about 4 years ago
I’m captivated by Kliban’s remarkable drawing style, but I almost never see the point.
crowmountain about 4 years ago
Maybe heaven sucks. No slingshot required.
pumaman about 4 years ago
The world was moving she was, right there with it and she was…