ursa-major

A nine-panel SMBC comic. A green alien and a red-haired man named Todd argue about a constellation. The alien claims their two worlds share a special bond: a constellation that humans call Ursa Major, the Great Bear, though the alien insists it actually looks more like a horse. When Todd tries to greet it in peace, the alien snaps that it does too look like a bear, pointing out the head and tail, and asks whether Todd has even seen a bear. Todd admits not in person, and the alien tells him to maybe read a fucking book, then. The alien argues bears have big poofy tails, not long thin ones. Todd, now furious, yells not to lecture him about bears, calling it an alien prick and telling it to use a little imagination. The alien retorts that what takes imagination is figuring out why they talk to humans instead of blowing them up — to which Todd replies that if they kill humans, there'll be nobody left who can tell a horse from a bear.

Votey: A red caption reads 'Elsewhere... that remaining a mystery.' On a barren red planet, two small figures in spacesuits walk across the dust; a child asks, 'Mama, why did the aliens blow up our home planet?' — implying the aliens did indeed destroy Earth, leaving the bear-versus-horse question unanswered.