Black Thumb

Written on 09/10/2026
War and Peas 🧿

Black Thumb

Panel 1: The Grim Reaper stands at a man's door holding a potted seedling, "I hereby hand over your father's remains." Panel 2: the Reaper continues, "It was his final wish to be planted under this seedling, so that he will grow into a mighty tree," and hands the pot over. Panel 3: The man carries the little plant into his living room which is filled with brown, withered houseplants that clearly didn't make it. Panel 4: Sweating, he holds the seedling and thinks, "One last cruel joke, right, Dad