gilgamesh

A four-panel comic. A bearded, red-haired man reads aloud from an open book titled 'Reading Gilgamesh...' In the first panel a banner reads 'READING GILGAMESH...' and he reads: 'And Shamhat, sacred prostitute, went to Enkidu and used all of the arts of love.' In the second panel he continues: 'She did that move where you take off your clothes, lie down, and open your legs up. Enkidu was entranced.' In the third panel he sits silently with the book. In the fourth panel, a close-up shows his eyes brimming with emotional tears as he reflects, 'They were so like us.' The joke is that the crude, blunt description of seduction strikes him as profoundly relatable and moving. In the votey aftercomic, a close-up of the man's face (now drawn in black-and-white) shows him gazing off thoughtfully and murmuring, 'Enkidu...' then exclaiming, 'How did she know my weakness!' — humorously identifying with Enkidu being seduced by that exact move.