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 over 3 years ago
I don’t remember mention of giant slingshots to get them there, though.
Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member over 3 years ago
They are not going anywhere. They were just ejected.
Zykoic over 3 years ago
A bit of eschatology.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member over 3 years ago
I can see up your dress!
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
Fly away, fly away, fly away all…
Doctor Toon over 3 years ago
The day God repealed the law of gravity
Selectively
If you’re God, you can do that
carlzr over 3 years ago
The Book of Revelations as interpreted by B. Kliban.
Ignatz Premium Member over 3 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 over 3 years ago
And all with their noses in the air, I see…
sandflea over 3 years ago
What? No stairway?
The Brooklyn Accent over 3 years ago
I thought there was going to be a sweet chariot.
Linguist over 3 years ago
I’ll be meeting with all my friends somewhere else.
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
More parking spaces for the rest of us. :)
wahsahzie over 3 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 over 3 years ago
Well, they appear to be of different religions….
NatureBatsLast over 3 years ago
It’s pretty much a total vacuum up there, much like inside their heads.
6turtle9 over 3 years ago
Like moths to the flame.
jpozenel over 3 years ago
All those prayers paid off.
MITZI over 3 years ago
I’m captivated by Kliban’s remarkable drawing style, but I almost never see the point.
crowmountain over 3 years ago
Maybe heaven sucks. No slingshot required.
pumaman over 3 years ago
The world was moving she was, right there with it and she was…