2009-10-10

A webcomic riffing on the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation (the eucharist becoming the literal body of Christ). Main panel: three cartoon children stand together against a purple background, chatting cheerfully like kids comparing what cut of meat they got. The reddish-brown-haired boy on the left says "I got brisket!", the brown-haired girl in a pink shirt in the center says "Mmm! I got sirloin!", and a blond child in orange on the right grimaces and says "Blech. Liver again." A caption beneath reads: "After church, we would suck on the eucharist until it turned into Jesus." The joke: the kids treat the transformed wafer like different cuts of meat from Jesus's body. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of a bearded, pained-looking Jesus while a child sucks on a host wafer bulging in their cheek; Jesus says "This weirds me out every time."