Comic #2966: 2013-07-01
Description
Panel 1:
- Woman on left: "DO YOU EVER LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT AND WONDER IF THE BABY INSIDE ME WILL NEVER STOP GROWING?"
Panel 2:
- Woman continues: "THAT IT WILL NEVER ESCAPE MY BODY, BUT WILL JUST GROW AND GROW UNTIL IT’S BIGGER THAN YOU THEN BIGGER THAN THE HOUSE THEN BIGGER THAN THE CITY?"
Panel 3:
- Woman: "UNTIL IT’S JUST SOME MASSIVE INCARNATION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE IMPULSE CREATED BY EVOLUTION AND HARDENED BY LIFE, CULMINATING IN THIS ONE BEING, WHOSE IMPORTANCE DWARFS AND SHAMES THAT OF ALL OTHER LIFE FORMS IN THE HISTORY OF CREATION?"
Panel 4:
- Woman: "AND THEN IT’LL KEEP EXPANDING UNTIL IT, BOUND IN THE MOST INTIMATE CONNECTION, COLLAPSE INTO A BLACK HOLE, AND IN THE CONSUMMATE ACT OF MOTHERHOOD, WE SACRIFICE OUR BODIES TO CAVE AN INFINITY OF NEW UNIVERSES?"
Panel 5:
- Man: "MOST NIGHTS I THINK ABOUT WORK, OR STAR WARS."
Panel 6:
- Man: "I DON’T THINK THE PREGNANCY HAS QUITE HIT YOU FOR REAL, YET."
- Man: "MOSTLY STAR WARS IF I’M BEING HONEST."