2011-11-02

A tall SMBC comic depicting sperm cells, drawn as little tadpole-like shapes, as soldiers on a military mission inside a dark red interior. Panel 1: a sperm cell shouts to rouse the others to action. Panel 2: a soldier sperm reports that activity has successfully been increased; another asks how many were lost and is told he doesn't want to know. Panel 3: the sergeant orders the men to move out to the final destination. Panel 4: one reacts in confusion ('WHAT THE-') as the chamber appears empty. Panel 5: they search frantically for the egg, one urging calm. Panel 6: panic sets in: 'IT'S A TRAP! THERE'S NOTHING HERE! IT'S ALL NOTHING!' and 'OH GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE?' Panel 7: a sperm wails in despair, 'WHAT HAVE I DOOOONE?!' Final panel: a caption 'MEANWHILE...' over an older man's face who says 'GOD BLESS YOU, MENOPAUSE.' The joke is that the doomed sperm mission has no egg because the woman has reached menopause, which the man celebrates. Votey: a separate drawing of a sad, frowning round face with a hand-lettered arrow-label pointing at it reading 'YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW.'