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2015-09-21

by shaenon on September 21, 2015 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Looking Glass Land
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  1. Candace
    September 21, 2015, 12:39 am | # | Reply

    Oops!

  2. Frank
    September 21, 2015, 12:44 am | # | Reply

    I’m guessing the fact that is jazz means something

    • Frank
      September 21, 2015, 12:45 am | # | Reply

      *it’s

      • Canthros
        September 21, 2015, 2:02 am | # | Reply

        Well, really, it’s the justice machines they don’t prepare that you need to pay attention to.

        • Frank
          September 21, 2015, 2:14 am | # | Reply

          So, there might be justice machines that run on rock’n’roll?

    • Robert Nowall
      September 21, 2015, 6:17 am | # | Reply

      That it’s pretentious and not popular?

      • Frank
        September 21, 2015, 7:55 pm | # | Reply

        I was thinking more along the lines of it being what this universe’s Tigerlily Jones listens to

    • Rick
      September 21, 2015, 6:19 pm | # | Reply

      Used to be all the cool detective shows ran on jazz intros, now we have the Who.

  3. BarGamer
    September 21, 2015, 1:06 am | # | Reply

    No matter how hard I squint, I can’t re-arrange “Captain Kinlin of the Outer Guard” into “Tigerlily Jones.” Missing LYJS.

    • Robert Nowall
      September 21, 2015, 7:42 am | # | Reply

      Perhaps this happentrack’s version goes by “Berenice.”

      • TPmanW
        September 21, 2015, 7:41 pm | # | Reply

        Or Jybernicles for the LYJS.

  4. Dave
    September 21, 2015, 1:55 am | # | Reply

    Since it’s St. Charlie, they’ve probably got some time yet.
    I’d bet that “Prepare the justice machines” actually means, “Invent and build the justice machines.”

    • darkstarling
      September 21, 2015, 1:37 pm | # | Reply

      Naturally. You wouldn’t ant to use OUTDATED justice machines would you?

    • Shadowmehr
      September 21, 2015, 7:07 pm | # | Reply

      Since this St. Charlie, they may actually have less time then they think.

      “Hey Dr. Bob! You know those reaper drones that you wanted to field test? Just shove them out airlock A-32, will you? We already have sensors recording.”

  5. B
    September 21, 2015, 3:18 am | # | Reply

    is the music they play while you wait to be executed worse than elevator music?

    • oneuniverse2
      September 21, 2015, 2:07 pm | # | Reply

      Some Thelonious Monk pieces were kinda grating on my ears, so maybe.

  6. BMunro
    September 21, 2015, 5:50 am | # | Reply

    If my exposure to science fiction over the years has taught me anything, it’s that “Justice Machines” are _never_ good news.

    • darkstarling
      September 21, 2015, 1:37 pm | # | Reply

      Buck Godot is an exception.

      • BMunro
        September 21, 2015, 4:44 pm | # | Reply

        The Law Machine in Buck Godot is only harmless because there are no laws for it to enforce on New Hong Kong, where law itself is illegal. Elsewhere they’re pretty terrifying.

        • Darkstarling
          September 22, 2015, 12:35 am | # | Reply

          Dunno, they did a pretty good job handling XTel when the loophole got closed. They just make elections REALLY important.

    • Hielario
      September 22, 2015, 11:12 am | # | Reply

      I guess that depends of which side of the Lawgiver you are facing.

  7. Robert Nowall
    September 21, 2015, 6:54 am | # | Reply

    From “I’m Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines”:

    I’m Captain Kinlin of the Outer Guard!
    This post-apocalypse is hard!
    I’m kinda Boston provost guard.
    I play this be-bop medley
    I hunt these Scourges when I can,
    When I can, when I can,
    I hunt these Scourges when I can,
    For I’m prepared with a medley.

    Chorus:
    I’m Captain Kinlin of the Outer Guard!
    I’ve found a Scourge in this courtyard!
    My duty I can’t disregard!
    I’m a Captain with a medley!

    ‘Twas not so very long before,
    Ms. Wilkin came up to our door.
    When this enemy left, an oath we swore,
    To hunt her down with a medley!
    When she left here, people we tried,
    People we tried, people we tried.
    When she left here, people we tried,
    To hunt her down with a medley!

    And now we’ve got a good machine.
    (It might’ve run on gasoline.)
    For justice now we’ll cause a scene,
    And kill her quick with a medley!
    The citizens, they shouted loud,
    They shouted loud, man, they were loud!
    The citizens, they shouted loud,
    “Just take her out with a medley.”

  8. Jabberwonky
    September 21, 2015, 7:22 am | # | Reply

    Sex positive = mass murder positive? I bet there’s a story there…

    • Prodigal
      September 21, 2015, 11:03 am | # | Reply

      Women got hit with a plague that made them murder anybody they were sexually attracted to, so yep.

  9. maarvarq
    September 21, 2015, 8:16 am | # | Reply

    “Kinlin” is almost an anagram of “Wilkin”. Coincidence?

    • Sean K.
      September 21, 2015, 7:44 pm | # | Reply

      @maarvarq, I’m afraid it is a coincidence, as it’s my actual last name.

      My first and last names together anagram to “insane link”, FWIW.

      • maarvarq
        July 1, 2021, 8:34 am | # | Reply

        Have I not done an archive trawl since 2015? Shame, past me!

        Sean, at least you weren’t eaten by zombies in your second strip!

  10. evilmidnightlurker
    September 21, 2015, 9:59 am | # | Reply

    The Justice Machine? Challenger, Diviner, Titan, Blazer, Demon, Chain, Talisman, Youthquake, and Ms. Liberty?

  11. Dr. Steve
    September 21, 2015, 10:11 am | # | Reply

    Might the justice machines have potentially useful portal parts?

    • oneuniverse2
      September 21, 2015, 2:08 pm | # | Reply

      So this is where Sergio gets Portal parts? Good thinking!

  12. Sean K.
    September 21, 2015, 7:43 pm | # | Reply

    I’m a captain!!

  13. sbaker
    September 22, 2015, 10:11 am | # | Reply

    “Enjoy this jazz medley while we prepare the justice machines” is a phrase that needs to be said far more often.

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