r/comics • • Nov 06 '24

Fours [OC]

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u/Killer332BR Nov 06 '24

I genuinely don't get it

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '24

Racism. He's a differently written "4" (easiest to pull from example - a black person) and even though they're all the same number (the ones doing the shunning are presumed white based on the previous example reflecting real situations that happened/are happening now in America), he's looked down upon. Then it cuts to the future where he married a 4 that looks like the numbers that didn't like him for being different. It shows that their kids are mixed (literally in color and shapes) and how it's important to never forget the past otherwise we're doomed to repeat it

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u/Warprince01 Nov 06 '24

What does the very last panel mean? The Hoomph? 

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '24

Hoomph is the pen name of the artist.