the-joker

A parody superhero comic. In the first panel, a green-haired clown villain resembling the Joker laughs maniacally and declares he has put amphetamines in Gotham's water supply; a dark-cowled Batman-like hero replies "I'll stop you!" The villain gloats that it's too late and everyone's already hooked. The final panel shows a newspaper whose headline reads "Citywide increase in productivity! Economists baffled," with side stories "Student test scores skyrocket!" and "The news office is so clean but not clean enough" — the joke being that mass amphetamine dosing reads as a civic boom rather than a crime. The votey aftercomic shows a handwritten note: "All public servants credit selves," implying officials take credit for the drug-induced productivity surge.