beyond-the-grave

A single-panel SMBC comic. A balding, bearded insurance agent in glasses sits across a desk from a younger man in a suit, Mr. Davidson. The agent says, "Welcome, Mr. Davidson. I'm sorry to hear of your loss. But... do you believe there is life beyond this world?" Davidson replies, "Yes sir, I do." The agent presses, "...that people can never truly be said to be deceased?" Davidson agrees, "Yes, precisely." The agent then says, "I should tell you now that I've been recording this conversation." A caption below reads: "We managed to get out of another life insurance payout." The joke: the agent has tricked the grieving claimant into stating his deceased loved one isn't really dead, voiding the payout. The votey shows a close-up of the smug agent's face saying, "In time, you will make peace with how hard I just owned you."