Even taken out of context, this picture strikes me as fabulous. It reminds me of the faux-Lichtenstein images depicting apathetic modern day attitudes that ran through Generation X (complete with dialogue such as "Hey, Dad - you can either have a house or a life...I'm having a life"). Here, one man has accepted his lot in life without troubling himself too much about what he might be missing. To him, first class is unreachable, and he has long since learnt to live with that.

It's actually taken from the 23rd June Spider-Man strip that is widely syndicated in American newspapers, despite the fact that it is absolutely woeful. It's still penned by Stan Lee, and is the subject of a great deal of internet mockery (for examples, click here and here). The main criticism tends to be that Peter Parker spends far too much of his time sat around watching TV, or feeling inadequate compared to the earning power of his semi-famous wife rather than, say, fighting supervillains, or doing anything that could be construed as heroic. Here, he's shirking any sense of duty - of responsibility, even - in favour of kicking back and relaxing, his body language screaming "what, me worry?" in a situation that may very well require action. But Peter Parker remains either oblivious, or completely unconcerned. Way to keep that Gen-Xer spirit alive, Parker!