2013-04-24
Explanation
This comic is a dark joke set in the Harry Potter universe. Two silhouetted figures enter a room that appears to belong to Harry. One exclaims, "Oh GOD it stinks in here!" while the other says, "You'd think Harry would freshen his room before disappearing all week." The bed appears to have something lumpy on it, but no person is visible. The caption below reads, "Never die in an invisibility cloak."
The joke implies that Harry Potter has died while wearing his famous invisibility cloak. Because the cloak makes him invisible, no one can see his body, so they just think he has been away for a week. The terrible smell is coming from his decomposing corpse, which they cannot see. The comic takes a whimsical magical artifact from the Harry Potter series and follows it to a grim but logical conclusion: if you die while invisible, nobody will find your body until the smell gives you away.
The votey panel shows someone reacting with, "Holy shit, man," which serves as a straightforward reaction to the morbid humor of the main comic.