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Alt TextThis cartoon has four panels. All the panels show a gritty commercial doorway – the kind that’s recessed a few feet into the building – on a city sidewalk. There’s litter and graffiti here.

There are two characters in the comic strip. The first character is a homeless man sleeping in the doorway, wearing a zip-up sweatshirt over a t-shirt and a dull red knit cap, and with a full beard. The other character is a muscular-looking cop dressed in a police uniform and carrying a baton. In defiance of tradition, he is cleanshaven. I’ll call these two characters KNITCAP and COP.

PANEL 1

Knitcap, covered by a brown blanket and with his head pillowed on some rolled-up clothes, is lying in a doorway, apparently asleep. The cop is using his baton to poke knitcap in the side. The cop has a somewhat sadistic grin.

COP: Hey, you! Get up! We’ve outlawed sleeping in public! You’re not allowed anymore!

PANEL 2

Knitcap is sitting up, rubbing sleep out of his eyes with one hand. He speaks calmly. The cop watches, smirking, arms akimbo.

KNITCAP: In that case, I guess I’ll sleep in a hotel tonight.

PANEL 3

A close-up of Knitcap. He’s stroking his chin with a hand, as if thinking through his options.

KNITCAP: Or should I sleep in my townhouse instead? Or my Hamptons place? I’ll call my butler and ask what he thinks!

PANEL 4

Knitcap, grinning, is now holding a hand next to his face, thumb and pinky finger extended, pretending it’s a phone as he talks. The cop is glaring and slapping his baton against his palm.

KNITCAP: Smithers? Smithers old boy! My super fun street sleeping holiday is done. Which of my mansions shall I sleep in tonight.

COP (thought): Next step: Outlaw sarcasm.

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've seen this comic a few times and ma just now noticing the mouse and cat scene playing out on the corner lol

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago

Yeah and the best part is you're lead to believe the cat is going to ambush them when it's just joining in!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Background details rulz!

Edit: Any idea what his shirt is supposed to say?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Looks like "No, you're Spartacus"

No idea what that's a reference to though.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And in that moment, I aged to dust.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Oh don't worry I'm just horribly film illiterate

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

A famous quote from a famous movie: "I am Spartacus"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Should be reference to Spartacus' rebelion? When defeated, the rebeling slaves were asked to point out Spartacus to which everyome of them said "I'm Spartacus".

Or so the story goes.