I agree, it is fairly dumb, largely because of the strawman it chooses to use.
And if the atheist argument is that John 14:6 doesn't mean that only Christians get into heaven, but rather means Jesus is the one deciding who gets into heaven, then why wouldn't the atheist want to believe in Jesus Christ?
Minor quibble before getting to answering your question, which is already covered in the cartoon. The other character is only identified as a non-Christian, not an atheist.
That character also indicates he is not interested in the "angry and exclusionary god" that he believes most Christians believe in. However, he would be interested in the heaven for which Jesus acts as the gatekeeper if Jesus is one who will judge based on the deeds of a person rather than the faith of a person.