in-charge

A four-panel comic. Panel 1: a man with shaggy hair, a beard, and round glasses says, "What if I told you the entire world is run by a tiny financial and technological elite." Panel 2: a woman with short blue hair beams with relief and says, "Oh thank GOD." Panel 3: she replies, "Oh that is such a relief. SOMEONE is in charge," while the man leans in, grinning, and insists, "Let me finish! They're baby-eating alien reptile ultra-satanists!" Panel 4: unfazed, the woman asks, "But they're in charge, right? Someone's in charge?" The joke is that the horror of a sinister cabal matters less to her than the comfort that anyone is in control at all. Votey (aftercomic): an extreme close-up of the woman's worried face as she says, "They need more babies to eat? I know a guy..." suggesting she'll cheerfully help the satanic cabal just to keep someone in charge.