Some context on this comic:

Transcript:

The clear intention of this cartoon was to imply that, for large carnivores, eating human beings must be our equivalent of eating Spam—nothing too difficult about it.

A greeting card based on this cartoon was later produced, and the copy written on the inside (by a staff writer) said, “Thinking of you.”

Obviously, this addition gave the cartoon a whole new twist—one which I must have unwittingly approved.