Comic #5368: prayer

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Panel 1:

• Character 1: "DEAR GOD… WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE?"
• Character 2: "YOU UNGRATEFUL BASTARD!"

Panel 2:

• Character 1: "REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE EIGHT YEARS OLD AND YOU PRAYED THAT YOU WOULD BE A SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR ONE DAY?"
• Character 2: "YES?"

Panel 3:

• Character 1: "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE I HAD TO OFF TO MAKE YOUR WRITING APPEAR TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE?"

Panel 4:

• Character 1: "MEN! WOMEN! CHILDREN! OLD FOLKS WHO STILL HAD SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR! YOUNG PEOPLE JUST STARTING OUT! PARTICULARLY SMART CHIMPS!"

Panel 5:

• Character 1: "I HAD TO GO BACK IN TIME AND MURDER A THOUSAND POPULAR AUTHORS IN THE CRADLE JUST SO YOU COULD APPEAR TO BE ORIGINAL!"
• Character 2: "THAT SEEMS UNNECESSARILY COMPLICATED."

Panel 6:

• Character 2: "SOMETIMES PEOPLE WRITE COMPLICATED PLOTS! WOW! THERE'S AN IDEA!"

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