specter

Main comic, single panel: A small stick-figure comedian stands alone on a stage in front of a tall red theater curtain, telling a joke to an unseen audience. The comedian says, 'The specter of death is stressing me out! Better use up what little time remains by scrolling through websites that make me feel worse!' A row of 'HA-HA-HA' laughter floats up from the offscreen crowd. A caption beneath the panel reads: 'The upside to humanicide was that we live on as an amusing reference in robot comedy routines.' Votey: A black-and-white robot stands at a microphone on a stand, performing standup, thinking in a thought bubble: 'God, why do they laugh at the most obvious comedy bits.' The joke: the comedian on stage is a robot performing human-themed material to a robot audience in a future where humans have been wiped out.