undead
Explanation
The Joke
A necromancer has raised the dead to do his bidding, but quickly runs into problems -- not with the magic, but with workplace diversity and inclusion. He starts by complaining he is "not working with those guys" referring to some of the skeletons. Another skeleton protests: "Dude, I have nothing against other races, I just don't think we work well together." A third skeleton escalates: "Dead man, you're full crap. You don't even have skin now!" with the reply "My guy, they're fine people, but we're just different. Gravy? Look at the quality of their bones compared to our bones. Brown bones."
The final panels reveal the necromancer's exasperation: "I'm planning to create an episode of economic but not -- forget it." The skeletons, now literally stripped of all flesh and external differences, are still being racist toward each other based on trivially minor differences like the color of their bones. The punchline: "Prejudices are not undone by death."
The Humor
The comic is a dark satire on the persistence and absurdity of racism. The premise is brilliant: skeletons are the ultimate symbol of human equality -- once stripped of skin, hair, and all external features, we are all essentially the same underneath. Yet even in death, these skeletons find new trivial differences (bone color, bone quality) to discriminate over. This illustrates the core absurdity of prejudice: it is not really about the specific differences people cite, because if those differences disappeared, people would simply find new ones. The necromancer's plan to create economic prosperity is thwarted not by any practical limitation but by the skeletons' inability to cooperate across their imagined racial lines -- a pointed commentary on how prejudice undermines collective progress.