For the record, the 4koma on the right appears to be based on a Russian joke about Stalin that goes like this...
One day, Stalin arrives at his office ready to work (probably mid-afternoon, and maybe still hung-over). He checks the drawers for his favourite pen, but can't find it. He calls Beria in. Stalin: "Comrade Beria, someone has stolen my pen! I will not stand for this! Find them and punish them!" Beria leaves, and Stalin finds another pen and gets to work signing death warrants or some such. Much later, as he is preparing to leave, he finds his pen on the shelf behind him. A little embarrassed, he calls Beria back in and asks him how the investigation is going. Beria: "Good news, comrade Stalin! Three men have confessed to stealing your pen, and they have all been executed. All of them acted independently!"
