stone

A six-panel comic parodying the sword-in-the-stone legend. A robed wizard with a long beard and a star-covered pointed hat stands beside a sword stuck in a large stone, addressing a young person holding a sword. Wizard: "Whoso puts this sword in this stone is rightwise king born of all England." The youth replies: "I thought you had to PULL the sword from the stone?" The wizard: "What? That doesn't make any sense. What does pulling a sword from a stone have to do with any theory of monarchism?" Youth: "Well, what does PUTTING the sword have to do with it either?" The wizard explains: "The current king is trapped inside the stone." The youth recoils with "Ahhh..." as a voice cries from inside the stone, "Help! Help me!" Votey: an extreme close-up of the wizard, wide-eyed and unhinged, whispering through a speech bubble: "Kill, boy, kill. Think of the power."