pocket

A four-panel comic, each panel topped with a banner naming a type of conspiracy theory. In every panel the same angry red-haired man points and shouts the same accusation at a black, featureless silhouette of a head, swapping out who is being accused. Panel 1, 'REGULAR CONSPIRACY THEORY': 'YOU'RE IN THE POCKET OF BIG PHARMA!' Panel 2, 'NANOTECHNOLOGY CONSPIRACY THEORY': 'YOU'RE IN THE POCKET OF BIG SMALL!' Panel 3, 'FASHION CONSPIRACY THEORY': 'YOU'RE IN THE POCKET OF BIG POCKET!' Panel 4, 'WOMEN'S FASHION CONSPIRACY THEORY': 'YOU'RE IN THE POCKET OF BIG NO-POCKETS!' The joke escalates the generic 'in the pocket of Big [Industry]' phrasing into absurd versions. Votey (aftercomic): a single panel showing the black silhouette he has been yelling at, which finally talks back with a speech bubble reading 'STOP YELLING AT SILHOUETTES!'