Kliban by B. Kliban for March 26, 2021

God Bless America, land that I love, stand beside her, and guide her, through the night, from the light of a bulb!

She may be holy, but she sure looks wired!

Edison’s baby.

As Mike Doonesbury said of a Nativity scene in a stage play, “And the part of baby Jesus is being played by a 40 watt light bulb.”

When they said the “Light of the World” I was picturing something else.

Let there be light, shone upon thee!

…old school. Now it’s the holy fibre optic…

The blessed Mazda lamp. It had a cotton filament. My Latin teacher in high school had one and turned it on for a few seconds for the edification of the class.

Makes me think of my kids asking “What’s a typewriter?” “What’s a filament?”

A real energy savior…

Is this enLIGHTenment?

I wonder if this comic inspired Mr. Bungle.

Please do not show us the Holy Fundament.

Incandescent, the stage before prepubescent.

Was this inspired by “firmament”?

Oh, Kliban! Really?