264. Hellscape
You know the secret to having a successful webcomic? Don't make comics about 700 year-old Christo-propaganda work of art. Last month I started reading this book of poems, The Divine Comedy. Why? No frigging clue. I may just be grasping for any vestiges of meaning on this cosmic toilet that is election year 2024 in the United States. The book acts as a barely disguised philosophical argument for embracing Christianity and yet it's fascinating to this atheist's mind. It's internally consistent, and you have to commend the workmanship and world-building accomplished here. It's another win for humanity's ability to create art and another nail in the coffin to the belief that books like the Bible or the Quran could only come by divine hands. Human hands are plenty capable. The nine circles of hell according to Dante are: lust , gluttony, greed, wrath , heresy , violence , fraud, and treachery. I'd like to suggest that there's room for more. How about