This single panel is one of the greatest in British comics. It's a moment from the exceptionally charming Hook Jaw comic strip by artist Ramon Sola, and could be seen as a giant metaphor for many things. I know I can't look at it without seeing a great big metaphor for humanity in general in the 21st century, blithely swimming straight into a sudden, horrific death that it really, really should see coming.
The shark can also be read to represent capitalism in its purest, meanest form. It can eat anything, and those black eyes will never be satisfied.
Or maybe it's just a great panel because that is one mean-looking shark. Who needs metaphors when you've got that?
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