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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 97 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Now he'll be scrambling through the trash cans of heaven, screeching with joy.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know, that little guy looks like it has guts. Maybe it earned its place in Elysium.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If he didn't earn his place in Elysium, I'll kill everyone in Valhalla and then myself

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

kill everyone in valhalla and then

isn't that kind of the whole vibe? that's just, like, every day there right?

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Guy didn't get the memo and only signed for Valhalla expecting booze and hot Valkyries.

tbf those are just as prevalent.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

(pssht, don't tell them)

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago

"He had the fucking coins, Paul!"

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 57 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Was he even really dead, at least before they shoved Pennies down its throat?

[–] spieles21@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In ancient Greek they put coins into the mouth of dead people to pay the ferryman for a trip over the Styx to the underworld. (I think it was bronze coins, correct me pls if I'm wrong.)

So yes it must be dead in the first place.

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right but opossums are known to play dead, so they're saying that it could have been playing and they just made it choke to death on a penny

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

Yes, that is what I was saying

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I much enjoyed part 2 and hope that opossum stumbles into godhood

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It goes to 9. The next one isn't titled like it continues, but it does. Keep clicking.

EDIT: 8 to 9. There are 10 comics, but numbered it goes to "9" in the title.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

10, actually. 1-9 and an intermission with a different title.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I need more. I'm invested.

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I meant 9 as what the last one is titled. But I get your point

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago

5 is frames from a chill, slice-of-life animated feature: "4 heads are better than 1".

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] bss03@infosec.pub 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I don't know why, but this made me audibly giggle. I'm not sure if it's Charon's confusion in the penultimate panel, or the possum's gleeful/eager expression in the ultimate one.

[–] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 days ago

Last line gets me

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Who wrote this?? Nobody says "penultimate"!

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

I wrote this. I so rarely get to use the word "penultimate"; I wanted to. It was especially cool to be able to pair it to "ultimate" meaning "last" instead of (the more colloquial) "greatest".

Penultimate isn't that uncommon? Just because you don't personally hear it in your day-to-day life doesn't mean other people don't use it.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=penultimate%2Csecond+last%2Csecond+to+last%2Cnext+to+last&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (3 children)

But what if your country doesn't have pennies?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Then it shouldn't have opossums.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

But Canada.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

In this day and age, I sure hope Kharon would.

[–] credo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh you’re right! Those are going to be worth something someday..

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Especially when they're covered in green oxidized copper.

[–] nicky7@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago

I really like how the font changes in the speech bubbles based on who's talking.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think this is a series, maybe post the rest?

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It is a series, you can click the source link given to continue.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago

After finishing the series, I am upset and I want more!

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

It is! I don't want to spam though so my plan is to post the others over time.

[–] CustardFist@feddit.nl 10 points 2 days ago

But that’s impossumble! 😲

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

Ok, made me laugh XD ty.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 2 days ago

Don't pay the ferry man!

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] BevsDad@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago
[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Charon is such a slut. He'll do anything for money.