Grim reapers usually personify death and morbid thoughts, but a photo of a man having a seemingly casual conversation with someone dressed as the grim reaper has been turned into a meme.

A Grim Reaper meme is getting popular on Instagram, and we are calling it as the best meme of the year. ... Why the Grim Reaper Is the Best Meme of 2017. By Sage Lazzaro • 03/24/17 2:59pm.

Zyglis generally doesn’t deploy the Grim Reaper in his cartoons — “it can often be overused,” he says — but in this case, he came up with a deft visual twist.