The Meek
Explanation
The Joke
The comic opens with a biblical-sounding scene where someone quotes the saying "You do not inherit the Earth. The Earth is for the meek." Another character asks, "But who is meeker than we?" The response subverts their expectation entirely: "The Meek" is not an adjective describing humble people -- it is a proper noun, the name of a specific guy. He is described as a crazy, ripped, immortal dude who has been given the Earth because he is "so awesome." The Meek then arrives in a superhero pose shouting "Booya!" In the lower panels, he tells poor people to "chill out" -- then adds "somewhere else," because this is his planet. The poor people respond with resigned acceptance: "So... cool."
The Humor
The joke hinges on a deliberate misreading of the biblical phrase "the meek shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5). Instead of interpreting "the meek" as a class of humble, downtrodden people who will eventually be rewarded, the comic treats it as the proper name of a single, supremely un-meek individual -- a buff, arrogant, immortal bro. This creates a darkly funny inversion: the promise meant to comfort the powerless is reinterpreted as a cosmic gift to one extremely powerful person who tells the actual meek to get lost. The satire also touches on how religious promises of future justice can ring hollow when the present reality involves the powerful telling the powerless to go away.
References
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth" comes from the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew (5:5). It is one of the Beatitudes and has been widely discussed in theology as a promise of eschatological reward for humility.