Some people have asked me, who the hell is Sisyphus? In case you don’t feel like checking wikipedia (I had to before writing this comic) he was a Greek king who managed to piss everyone off constantly and just did horrible things every chance he got. He was sent to hell and managed to get out of it. But eventually they caught him.
Zeus was even angrier than before, and sentenced him to push a boulder up a mountain every day for eternity, only to have it keep rolling back down, also for eternity. Completely pointless and endless task.
Just poking a little fun at my dramatic side here. As someone wise once told me, it’s harder to worry about doing something than it is to actually do it. Which is true, but funny to me when you think of, say, eternal damnation.
Prometheus was the titan who brought fire to humans which also pissed off Zeus. Zeus sentenced him to have his liver pecked out by an eagle for eternity. Zeus, like most powerful people, never seemed to think he was overreacting.
“I will!”
haha, I really liked the dialog on this one, Ali! And that “dark and loomy” brushwork you did in the background is a nice touch.
I always liked Prometheus but I’m sure hanging out with Sisyphus all day forever would make you snippy. That and the liver eagle.
Did they hang out near each other??? Is that a part of the myth? i always sort of pictured them as two very separate things. Did they really see each other?
It makes me think of how Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer also lived in the same Federal pen and they would get excercise time in individual cages outside, but close enough together that they could kind of talk.
One day I might get to know Greek(?) mythology and then I will remember this comic and dwell in nostalgic memories…
On unrelated notes, got my “Margaret Flying” comic today. YAY!
Thanks a bunch for drawing stuff with your hand for my eyeballs to see!
Hooray! I am so glad your eyeballs saw that!
I had to read up on these two guys but often when I get discouraged I remind myself that at least I’m not Sisyphus or a hunter gatherer or a serf. Cheers me right up.
Meanwhile Tantalus is like “Meh, not thirsty today”
That’s a dark place you’ve gone Ali…dark but funny!
Lovvvvvvvvvvve it.