FIRST PANEL: (two explorers, one black, one white, both with parkas and mustaches)
Black Explorer (Matt Henson): Like I said Peary, here it is.
White Explorer (Robert Peary): At last! It's mine!
SECOND PANEL: (we now see that Peary is strapped to a dog sled)
Peary: Now get me out of this sled so that I may be the FIRST to set foot on the NORTH POLE!!
THIRD PANEL:
Henson: Well, I already did, before we drove you here.
Peary: Oh, Henson, you know what I mean.
FOURTH PANEL: (Henson has a serious look on his face)
Heson: Yes, I see
FIFTH PANEL:
Henson: Man, it sure feels nice, being up here on the North Pole.
Peary: Henson let me out of this sled.
SIXTH PANEL:
Henson: Gonna do some squats.
Peary: HENSON
Henson: On the North Pole. Feels good.
SEVENTH PANEL
Henson: Phew! All those squats, they're making me tired! Who's ready to go home?
EIGHTH PANEL: (the dog sled races away. Henson is grinning ear to ear. Peary looks as mad as hell. )] - Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
"It is always interesting to note that at the very same time that Canadian immigration was insisting black people couldn't handle the cold, a black man was the first non-native person to set foot on the North Pole. This is such a stupid country sometimes." -Kate Beaton
Read It!
National Geographic Profile of Matthew A. Henson
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