image for 1000 words

This was sent to me by a friend today:

The problem: the solution: both photos from Col Cassad’s website: https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/

This fantastic cartoon was sent to me by a friend who saw it on Moon of Alabama.  I did some looking around and the original might well be from here,

source: http://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/3584076.html