2012-09-11

An eight-panel SMBC comic. A small child asks her bald, mustached father why clownfish are called clownfish and whether they're like clowns. Delighted, the father launches into an enthusiastic explanation that clownfish are sequentially hermaphroditic: there's always a single breeding lead female, and when she dies the most dominant male converts to female and takes over, while the next most powerful male grows larger and becomes her mate. He concludes "So... the answer is YES!" and keeps gushing "Clownfish are amazing! In fact..." while the child stands to the side looking deeply unsettled. A banner reads "LATER...": the wide-eyed child approaches a sinister-looking circus clown in a polka-dot costume and asks, "Are you one of the breeding clowns?" The clown recoils, snapping, "Whoa whoa— Bosco ain't takin' no more paternity tests!" In the votey aftercomic, the same clown leans menacingly toward the viewer with a knife tucked in his belt and declares, "Bosco ain't afraid o' the law no more!"