Alice as Atlas

I think I'm going to do two-fers this week. First is a toon from the excellent strip "Cul-de-Sac" by Richard Thompson.

And that can reference any number of other "Atlas"- themed cartoons. Try this one by Leo Cullum from the Feb 9, 2009 issue of the New Yorker. And it, in turn, is, possibly, a play on Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" book (this would be Atlas Slips), which is a book I should probably read but which I'm wary of reading because of some unpleasant experiences I've had with people who have read it and who evangelically recommend it: