In the AIDS-awareness eight-page comic "Death Talks About Life" by Gaiman and McKean (which was first included in various Vertigo titles, and later released as a stand-alone giveaway pamphlet), Death demonstrates safe sex by placing a condom on a banana held by John Constantine. Lightening the impact of the underlying message, she informs the reader that when one is through with the demonstration, "you can eat the banana". This was used in high school health classes and is also reprinted as an addendum to the "Death: The High Cost of Living" trade paperback.