a-family-dispute
Explanation
This comic depicts a common household argument about book hoarding.
One partner confronts the other: "You've had this book for ten years and you haven't read it." She points out there's a half inch of dust on it. The book-owner defensively insists all the information is still valid. His partner fires back that "there are ten new editions" -- suggesting the book is hopelessly outdated.
In the crucial middle panel, she starts to say something, and he interrupts with "Don't say it--" but she delivers the killing blow anyway: "You know, the library has a lot of books too." He responds with an anguished "God DAMMIT!"
The humor captures the universal tension in households where one person accumulates books they never read, treating them as possessions rather than things to be consumed. The suggestion of using a library is presented as the ultimate insult to a book hoarder -- it's the nuclear option in the argument, the one thing you're not supposed to say. The book-owner's furious reaction shows he knows she's right, which makes it even funnier.
The comic resonates with anyone who has ever kept shelves of unread books and felt personally attacked by the concept of a public library.