2012-09-14
Explanation
This comic imagines a video game based on Jesus'''s miracle of multiplying fish, taken to an absurd extreme. A man shows a priest a "religious video game" where Jesus fights through the ancient world, defeating fishmongers to gain new types of fish. The gameplay is presented in RPG style, with moves like "Armor of Sturgeon!" (the opponent exclaims "Curses!") and "Electric Eel Strike!" complete with lightning bolt effects. The priest initially worries it might be sacrilege, but the man encourages him to try it.
After playing for a while, the priest declares "This is so fun! There'''s no way God would have a problem with it." But in the very next panel, a figure resembling Jesus (shown riding sharks) announces "I am the way, the light, the MASTER OF SHARKS!" -- at which point the priest quickly reverses course: "Annnnd maybe not!" The final panel shows the game escalating to full absurdity, with Jesus commanding sharks. The humor comes from the escalating blasphemy: the concept starts as merely questionable and progressively becomes more outrageous until even the initially enthusiastic priest has to draw a line.
The votey panel shows a pufferfish with Jesus'''s face saying "Crucify this!" -- a final punchline combining the fish theme with a defiant catchphrase, pushing the religious irreverence to its ultimate extreme.