Comic #6555: boethius
Description
Here’s a transcription of the text in the comic:
Panel 1:
- Character (frustrated): "Dammit, this guy is getting all these awards and his work is just okay! It isn’t fair, and… what—the ghost of historian and philosopher Boethius???"
Panel 2:
- Boethius (calmly): "Why do you covet honors you believe to be the unworthy?"
Panel 3:
- Boethius: "As I said once, though royal purple soothes his pride, and snowy pearls his neck adorn, Nero in all his riot lives the mark of universal scorn. Yet he on reverend heads conferred t’in glorious honours of the state. Shall we, then, deem them truly blessed whom such preferment hath made great?"
Panel 4:
- Character (excited): "Yes!"
Panel 5:
- Character (excited): "Those awards come with cash! And sexy parties with an open bar!"
Panel 6:
- Boethius (frustrated): "Oh son of a bitch nobody told me that."
(Note: All characters in this comic are drawn in a cartoon style and the setting appears to be a mix of modern and historical elements.)