Comic #6425: hemingway

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Description

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Panel 1:

• Background: White clouds across the top of the panel.
• Text: "WELCOME, HEMINGWAY."
• Characters: Saint Peter, depicted as a man in a white robe with a halo, stands to the left. He is looking at another figure.
• Dialogue bubble from the figure on the right: "SAINT PETER! TELL ME - WHO WILL BE THE LONGEST REVERED AUTHOR FROM THE 20TH CENTURY?"

Panel 2:

• Background: Continuation of the white clouds.
• Characters: The figure on the right, now revealing a more detailed view of Ernest Hemingway. He has a distinguished beard.
• Dialogue bubbles: "ME? FITZGERALD? JOYCE? FAULKNER? PROUST?" and "ME?" (from Hemingway).

Panel 3:

• Characters: Close-up of Saint Peter and Hemingway's face, illustrating a puzzled expression on Hemingway.
• Text: Hemingway's dialogue: "THE FUCK IS A HOBBIT?"

Panel 4:

• Background: A grand, arching structure resembling a large golden doorway with figures standing beneath it in the distance.
• Dialogue bubble from the unseen figure on the left: "THE FUCK IS A HOBBIT?"

This comic blends references to literature and pop culture in a humorous manner, highlighting Hemingway's confusion over the term "Hobbit."