The Last Comic

Grady was drawing his webcomic by firelight. Eeny, Meeny, and Big Crunch were arguing, like always.

'Rock is best,' said Big Crunch, predictably.

'Scissors!' cried Meeny.

'Paper is the scariest,' said little Eeny. Grady drew Eeny's eyes very large. 'Paper is sharper than knives, but it fits through the smallest crack. Paper can carry the orders to advance. Or to launch...'

Grady stopped drawing. The fire would burn out by morning. Not that he'd see sunrise through the radioactive dust cloud, of course. He crumpled the comic and threw it into the flames.

He couldn't think of a punchline anyway.