2013-09-02
Explanation
In this comic, a man confronts another man (implied to be Michelangelo or a similar Renaissance sculptor) about sleeping with his wife. The confrontation involves a man saying "You slept with my wife, David!" and the artist responding dismissively with "Deal with it." The wronged husband then threatens that a thousand generations of unimpressed teenagers will comment on the artist having a tiny penis -- a reference to the famous statue of David by Michelangelo, which depicts the biblical hero with notably modest genitalia.
The final panel shows the statue of David in a museum, 500 years later, with modern visitors looking at it, confirming the prophecy came true. For centuries, people have indeed commented on the surprisingly small size of David'''s anatomy in the famous sculpture. The comic imagines a humorous origin story for why Michelangelo chose to sculpt David that way -- as petty revenge by a cuckolded husband who somehow influenced the artistic choice.
The votey panel shows the artist declaring "In fact, tiny penises for EVERYONE!" -- suggesting that the sculptor, rather than being shamed, embraced the concept enthusiastically and applied it to all his work. This is a funny riff on the art historical observation that many classical and Renaissance sculptures feature small male genitalia, which was actually considered a sign of rationality and civilization in ancient Greek aesthetics, as opposed to large genitalia which was associated with foolishness and lust.