[0844] The Divine Comedy, Page 41
└ posted on Monday, 19 December 2016, by Novil
- Larisa: I came as fast as I could. Is there a problem?
- The Devil: There was. But Odin already sorted it out for us.
- Odin: Now back to Valhalla and–
- Manager: Odin, I don’t think I have to list all the rules you violated by bisecting the human god.
- Odin: Oh, no! Not these guys again!
- Manager: Assistant, please put Odin into his new cell.
- Assistant: Grunt
- Odin: Nooooo!!
- Larisa: Upper management really has no chill.
- The Devil: Tell me something new.
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How did TJG get to be THE human god anyway (Why not Vishnu, for example?) Is the post elected? Appointed by upper management? Awarded by competitive examination? Is it the prize to the winner of a divine power competition TV show?
Is TJG dead dead, or just godly dead? “Gods can die. It doesn’t necessarily make them less dangerous” (line from webcomic Digger. Highly recommend it).
Who are this upper management guys?
Never says TJG is the Judeochristian God, maybe he’s Mammon.
MidoriLuna wrote:
Unlikely… Mammon is one of the Seven Princes of Hell, so he would be on the other side (or neutral)…
Now Odin goes into this tiny box: □
The lizard people!
I take it that Odin got crammed into a new box?
All I can think of now is the novel ‘Job, A Comedy of Justice’ where God isn’t the only god around and there are entire levels way above him.
Luna must be so very overwhelmed. Good thing she has a nice couch to relax in as she tries to process this otherworldly event! Maybe have a steak, too!
So, is TJG… dead? Incapacitated?
wow … i really wonder who controls the upper management to be honest here.
@ Nightmask:
OOOoooooo…..was thinking that as well. Good book.
phenomenal cosmic power
itty bitty living space
The way things seem to be, the absence of the human god will not be noticed. It will probably improve things.
I like the image of Larisa running up to help the devil with something. Sounds like she’s moving up in this New World
So…. God is Dead?
It’s probably for the best. Larissa and Valhalla… I think we all know how that combination would have ended.
@ Raen:
Walk on through the fire
Let it bur-urn
Let it bur-urn
Let it burn
Raen wrote:
Well… Valkyra or a Succubus? that would be a difficult choice I guess…
but the is already sold out to succubus…
However… I just hope that when Elysium finally burns Kevin and Larisa will remember this day and help Odin out 😀
really the human god, odin is also the human god.
so is all of the indian gods.
Wait, are they overlooking that God was the original culprit AGAIN? (I guess God’s got their support)
Mr. Random wrote:
I guess Nietzsche was right, he was just early.
Tomana wrote:
He’s only mostly dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.
Morbid Mobius wrote:
“IMMORTALITY IS ONLY A WORD. ALL THAT EXISTS CAN DIE. EVERY LIVING THING HAS A WEAPON AGAINST WHICH IT HAS NO DEFENSE. TIME. DISEASE. IRON. GUILT.” Coaxmetal, Planescape: Torment
The upper managment… Sigh… Likeif the Asatru is not being a human religion…
@ Mr. Random:
Remeber the first panel of the story? Where they announced “somebody will die”?
So, yes. Dead.
Soo who are those Uppermanagement guys anyways ? Also Odin is also a ”Human God” so to speak…
@ weirdee:
Ah, you made my day!
Mr. Random wrote:
You’ll have to wait for Thursday to find out. (We Patreon supporters get a neat time machine!)
The important question here is, what happens when they’re done with Odin?
Actually, there’s another question – who’s going to get the next plot device?
@ Lookfar:
I read it more as ‘singular human god’ not ‘only human god’. It was worded rather ambiguously though.
@ Wowlock:
Maybe upper management gives the title of human god to the one with the most human followers at a given time. If we take into calculation that Jews, Christians and muslims all explicitely worship the same god (Just with some harsh disagreements about who might be his son and/or his Prophet and how we actually should worship him), Jehova/God/Allah should have first place here.
As for the question who is this ominous upper management, mabe it is a form of the really omnipotent one god, who is not to be named or depicted and who essentially is the god of all monotheistic religions in one, while Thomas J. God in his very humanized form, as well as the other “gods” are really just some kind of more accessible ambassadors to deal with the human and animal worshippers of the different religions.
@ Trimutius:
Probably some aliens. That “ZAP” in panel two looks a lot like the transporter effect in Star Trek.
Trimutius wrote:
Gah, forgot to add the quote. Well, here you go.
@ Mechwarrior:
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.”
H.P. Lovecraft
@ weirdee:
Well played.
Technically aren’t all gods that are around now technically human gods?
Anon wrote:
Even if the bisected god could not die, his *body* died, hence somebody died.
Guys, GUYS!!! You see that eye-triangle on the floor? Could it be a way for upper management to have an eye on someone? Could Devil get this one now?
Loki, with Hulk in thrall.
@ Miri:
LOL reminds me of Buffy the vampire (The musical) last song. xD Just priceless..
@ argentlupus:
Not See-oh-atla-maka-skay.
MatthewTheLucky wrote:
Yup. And in that line of thinking, the “Human God” starts to make sense. Apparently, humans are awful.
Welp, this comic arc wasn’t my Cup of Tea. If there is no dramatic Twist in the end, then I have to accept that this comic isn’t for me.
Making God evil and (D)evil good?
I can undersrand that some People have a negative image of God, but i feel this is just too… Blasphemous? Ignorant?
Edalnas wrote:
I agree that the story arc wasn’t particularly strong, but I feel like at least the commenters here have formed a hesitant consensus that T.J.G. isn’t exactly the god of the Abrahmic religions.
@ Grah:
If you read the old testament, the god of the Abrahamic religions is a petty, jealous dick, so I could see them being the same person…
Edalnas wrote:
Well some of us have no image of God, and we actually have negative image of believing in God. Because for is its just imaginary concept which we really do not need in our lives.
in general we do not even need Devil as a concept.
Well I would call my opinion a blasphemy against all of religion. but since I do not believe in any religion its just other people opinion which I really cant care much about.
However- I would point a somewhat different thing to you – the Devil in the story arc said in the beginning “what is in it for me?” and answer was Larisa´s soul.
Its not action of a “good” entity. Its just action of entity with own agenda which it pursues. And well… the arc simply says that people often die for no good reason. So “God” cant really care too much about everyone if he exists.
And some people simply do their best to just not accept some destiny and carve out their own.
but you know… thats just thinking about the “art”.
Paeris Kiran wrote:
Though I am a Christian, I certainly won’t cry blasphemy here, it is just fun after all and I do believe god has a sense of humor that by far exceeds that of many of his followers :-). But nevertheless you did almost nail the point what believers may find a little disturbing about this arc and what really keeps me from liking it. This arc does not go like “People die for no good reason and God just doesn’t care / can’t care about everything”, which would lead to the classic theodice topic which I would have somewhat expected here and would certainly not held any hard feelings if novil didn’t go for one of the Christian explanations and concluded that god just doesn’t care. But this arc goes far further: Thomas J. God does care and is a dick about it, he let’s the angels show him the plan, positively approves it (“Excellent”, not “Meh, whatever”) and goes out of his way to kill Sandra, he sends his Bataillon of angels to make it happen, has them actively thwart rescue attempts, tells them off if something doesn’t go according to plan, is totally pissed about the rescue and sends his lawyers to punish Devil for it, it is even hinted at that he is ready to cheat to get his way. And I read it and ask myself WTF is this Thomas J. God protrayed as a total asshole that has nothing better to do than obsessing about violently killing a school kid for no given reason? There is not even the slightest hint at a higher purpose or some twisted form of judgement scheme, he just wants to have Sandra killed. Even if Thomas J. God is not supposed to be the Christian god, I just don’t get it, it does IMHO not make a good story, it’s just like some bad Fantasy writing were Fantasy villains plot senseless villainy stuff just for the sake of being evil. I just hope that it is not the end of the arc yet and that we will get some twist or some insight why Thomas J God acts that way.