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2017-10-21

by shaenon on October 21, 2017 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Unsinkable
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  1. Pygar
    October 21, 2017, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    So, when do the original Robins go on sale?

    • awgiedawgie
      October 21, 2017, 12:46 am | # | Reply

      And when is Robin going to start his own comic strip?

      • Candace
        October 21, 2017, 2:12 am | # | Reply

        Might have to wait a couple more years for that one, but by the look of his drawing, maybe not too long.

    • Robert Nowall
      October 21, 2017, 10:44 am | # | Reply

      How much? And is he past the terrible twos?

      • Shay Guy
        October 21, 2017, 9:49 pm | # | Reply

        Born in mid-2014, so three.

  2. thejoemoose
    October 21, 2017, 12:27 am | # | Reply

    It’s always a pleasure to see them breaking the 4th wall. [waves] Hallo!

  3. Urlance Woolsbane
    October 21, 2017, 1:28 am | # | Reply

    This almost guarantees that it’s not Mr. Green driving that car.
    Dr. Lee, mayhaps?

    • awgiedawgie
      October 21, 2017, 2:07 am | # | Reply

      Doubtful, since they know Dr. Lee, and also since they announced the driver’s impending arrival by saying “He‘s coming”.

      • Urlance Woolsbane
        October 21, 2017, 3:48 am | # | Reply

        Good point, that.
        I suppose that means he at least looks like Dr. Ao..
        Although he could always be a drone…

        • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
          October 21, 2017, 6:15 am | # | Reply

          Or Ira.

          Shit, they’re gonna have to set up a whole new mysterious Big Bad soon, aren’t they?

    • Robert Nowall
      October 21, 2017, 10:46 am | # | Reply

      Well, Jonah Yu and Nera identified the “shadow President,” and trailed him to the building and then to the car. They said “he,” but they didn’t say “Mr. Green.” (Though I’d certainly believe it if it was him.)

      • awgiedawgie
        October 21, 2017, 2:03 pm | # | Reply

        How about this strip, where Jonah says “my partner’s been kidnapped by Mr. Green!”

      • awgiedawgie
        October 21, 2017, 7:16 pm | # | Reply

        And also back here:
        http://skin-horse.com/comic/one-indeed/

  4. thedoctor55
    October 21, 2017, 1:38 am | # | Reply

    And Robin wins the internet today! šŸ™‚

    • Candace
      October 21, 2017, 2:17 am | # | Reply

      Clearly Robin should draw the next bit! šŸ˜‰

  5. BRGR
    October 21, 2017, 1:51 am | # | Reply

    First the long distance communication Nera had with Jonah while he was falling towards the ground, and now an Osprey is going to chase and eat a flying rocket car. I would say that’s impossible, but I’ll settle for impossible to draw.

    • awgiedawgie
      October 21, 2017, 2:09 am | # | Reply

      Hah! You said “impossible!”

      • s854
        October 21, 2017, 3:34 am | # | Reply

        awgiedawgie: Take care. The last person who said that was thrown into a dungeon.

        • awgiedawgie
          October 21, 2017, 9:26 am | # | Reply

          When was that?

          • Sheik
            October 21, 2017, 2:28 pm | #

            Last Thursday night.
            I died there.

  6. reynard61
    October 21, 2017, 3:35 am | # | Reply

    Okay, I’ve officially overdosed on my daily allowance of cute…

  7. mittfh
    October 21, 2017, 3:55 am | # | Reply

    I love how Jonah just mentally acknowledges Sweetheart then continues regardless – just another tick on his “weird or impossible things that have happened to me” tally.

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      October 21, 2017, 5:38 am | # | Reply

      No, that’s just his “weird or impossible things that have happened to me today” tally. It doesn’t get added to the master list ’til he gets home.

    • mickeyjf
      October 21, 2017, 12:46 pm | # | Reply

      He doesn’t merely acknowledge, she’s the one he’s addressing in panel one, intuitively recognizing the one “in charge”.

  8. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
    October 21, 2017, 5:36 am | # | Reply

    Looks more like a long-necked gryphon with the head of a ninja…

  9. Dr. Steve
    October 21, 2017, 9:19 am | # | Reply

    huh… does the occurrence of a DEM tend to break 4th wall? perhaps beyond… as there appears to have been some kind of break within and between the minds of the artists …

  10. Robert Nowall
    October 21, 2017, 10:18 am | # | Reply

    I think somebody should break it to Jonah Yu that climbing inside somebody’s car trunk and hiding there isn’t quite kidnapping…

  11. Shadowmehr
    October 21, 2017, 10:20 am | # | Reply

    Reminds me of a Twain short story, where he put the protagonists into an impossible position . . . , and then realized this, apologized to the readers, and stopped right there.

    • Robert Nowall
      October 21, 2017, 11:04 am | # | Reply

      Can’t think of it off-hand. One that does end something like that is ” ‘Thou Art the Man!’ ” but I don’t recall an apology to the readers.

      • Pygar
        October 21, 2017, 12:29 pm | # | Reply

        https://nebushumor.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/mark-twain-awful-terrible-medieval-romance/ does not directly apologize, but comes close. I’m trying to remember the story in which each character he’s done with, drowns.

  12. Fred McGalliard
    October 21, 2017, 12:31 pm | # | Reply

    Ahem!. And we now return you to a previous alternate reality, primarily for the jaring transition. Disorientation is approved “fun” so enjoy it. (that was not a request.)

  13. darwinskeeper
    October 21, 2017, 12:31 pm | # | Reply

    The easy way out of this problem is to have Nick to argue that what Jonah is asking for is ā€œFARMING impossibleā€, which it is unless Mr. Green’s rocket car is much slower and less maneuverable than the V-22. Then, Nick could use his bleeding edge sensors to follow Mr. Green at a safe distance and the team could rescue Nera on the ground.

    • awgiedawgie
      October 21, 2017, 2:14 pm | # | Reply

      Well, Nick was developed for the Air Force, and can reach speeds approaching mach 1 (might not be able to go faster, since his body is not pressurised). Whereas anything much over 150mph would tear that car to pieces, mainly because of its complete lack of aerodynamics.

  14. Matthew
    October 21, 2017, 1:07 pm | # | Reply

    “Kidnapped” is maybe not the right word here…

    • awgiedawgie
      October 21, 2017, 2:18 pm | # | Reply

      True. But between “kidnapped” and “riding in his trunk”, which one creates the greater sense of urgency?

  15. Valerie Kaplan
    October 21, 2017, 6:03 pm | # | Reply

    And a very good airplane it is, Robin!

  16. Robert Nowall
    October 21, 2017, 6:08 pm | # | Reply

    Oh, by the way…I’m sure most of us thought Shaenon wrote this and not Jeff. The swear-filter-substitutes are always so much cleverer when Shaenon writes.

    • awgiedawgie
      October 21, 2017, 7:22 pm | # | Reply

      And then there’s the comment on Thursday from one “andrewfarago” that said it’s one of his scripts.

  17. lxndr
    October 21, 2017, 9:38 pm | # | Reply

    I really hope that the script for this actually includes Shaenon breaking the fourth wall as she doesn’t know how to draw the loading-ramp/rocket-car intersection.

    • Pygar
      October 22, 2017, 12:39 am | # | Reply

      Think “KITT entering the Knight truck”…

      • awgiedawgie
        October 22, 2017, 5:15 am | # | Reply

        But KITT entered the truck willingly. Unless Nick has a tractor beam, or for some reason Mr. Green is willing, it may be a little tough to get the car into the cargo hold, especially if the loading ramp is in the rear of the aircraft.

        Of course, Mr. Green may in fact decide that it’s time to share at least a small portion of his plan — probably just enough of it to throw them off. Especially considering the fact that it was a couple of unemployed kids who identified him and tracked him down.

        On the plus side, he may also offer the kids a job. It would be less problematic than making civilians disappear.

  18. gyrre
    October 24, 2017, 12:23 am | # | Reply

    That’s a good airplane, sprout! Keep drawing (^-^)

  19. Knuckles
    February 4, 2022, 1:10 pm | # | Reply

    Is that an airplane with feathered wings?

    Robin is a genius artist.

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