The Year of Four Emperors - Sheldon® Comic Strip

PANEL 1: GRAMP, an older bald man with a grey mustache and half-moon glasses, sits on his easy chair, eating a slice of cherry pie with ice cream on the side. ARTHUR, a yellow duck, sits on GRAMP’s head.
ARTHUR: You ever hear of “The Year of Four Emperors”?
GRAMP: the WHAT?

PANEL 2: Close up on ARTHUR sitting on GRAMP’s head.
ARTHUR: “The Year of Four Emperors.” There was a year where Rome had FOUR different emperors. The Praetorian Guard kept making sure mysterious things would happen to Emperors who didn’t BRIDE THEM ENOUGH.

PANEL 3: GRAMP lows his fork as he thinks about what ARTHUR just said. ARTHUR sits silently. No text.

PANEL 4: GRAMP, now annoyed, replies to ARTHUR, as ARTHUR stands up and faces his butt towards the camera.
GRAMP: How do you always manage to say things like this when I have dessert???
ARTHUR: [music note] Faaaascinating people, the Romans.

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Aug 19, 2025

Aug 19, 2025

Alt Text Transcript of the Comic: The comic features an outdoor nighttime scene of a dumpster illuminated by a single overhead lamp. It shows a group of raccoons peeking out from or standing on a green dumpster filled with trash bags and garbage. A rat holding a staff like the character Rafiki stands beside one raccoon,. The tone of the comic is humorous, parodying a famous line from The Lion King. Text in the Comic: • A raccoon stands on the edge of the dumpster, holding up a baby raccoon dramatically.  "LOOK, SIMBA!" "EVERYTHING THE LIGHT TOUCHES IS OUR KINGDOM." • Two raccoons poke their heads out of the garbage inside the dumpster, and another raccoon peers cautiously around the back edge of the dumpster. They all seem to be part of this "kingdom." Closing Note: Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the FULL Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

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