2012-04-07

The main comic is a plain title card on a white background reading "Bobby and the Gurg:" in large serif type, with the subtitle "An illustrated book for sober-minded children" below it, and a smaller bold line "(click here to download!)". There is no illustration—just the book-cover text promoting a downloadable children's book. In the votey (aftercomic), a black-and-white drawing shows a curly-haired person standing with hands pressed together in prayer and eyes closed. Their speech bubble reads: "DEAR VOLTAIRE'S GHOST, PLEASE LET EVERYONE RECOGNIZE THIS AS IRONY." The joke: the author prays—to the ghost of Enlightenment satirist Voltaire rather than to God—that readers will understand the "sober-minded children's book" is meant ironically.