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2022-02-16

by shaenon on February 16, 2022 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon
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  1. Moe Lane
    February 16, 2022, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    Yes, U.N.I.T.Y., we knew. Today is the day you finally forgave your creator.

    • awgiedawgie
      February 16, 2022, 2:38 pm | # | Reply

      I’m picturing Unity saying “My creator has achieved entelechy! MWAHAHAHAHA!“

      • Khyrin
        February 21, 2022, 1:45 pm | # | Reply

        See, Entelechy, singular or plural, just make me think

        “Can you hear me? Do not be alarmed. I mean you no harm. I wish only to hear your words. Share your feelings. Know your thoughts. May we please… be friends?”

  2. Towering Barbarian
    February 16, 2022, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    Nice 4th of July display. No matter what day of the year it is. 🙂

    • shaenon
      February 16, 2022, 8:45 pm | # | Reply

      It’s only a little late for lunar New Year.

  3. D. Walker
    February 16, 2022, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    I like Virginia’s patience and restraint in not rolling her eyes in the first panel as she confirms that yes, DRONES are not manned craft…

    • JoB
      February 16, 2022, 1:18 am | # | Reply

      Well, USUALLY not manned. “Quarter-ton payload” is a versatile feature … and Ira one to make creative use of such.

    • greenknight32
      February 16, 2022, 1:18 am | # | Reply

      I LOVE how eager she looks whens she says “make them go boom”.

      • theysabet
        February 16, 2022, 8:24 am | # | Reply

        I totally admit, if it were me, I’d be making little “EEEEEEE!!!” noises like a kid at a fireworks display.

    • sheer_falacy
      February 16, 2022, 2:44 am | # | Reply

      There’s a short story called “The Feeling of Power” which is all about figuring out how to man things which really should be unmanned.

      • Robert Nowall
        February 16, 2022, 6:57 am | # | Reply

        Asimov, 1950s, where he predicted the calculator.

        • Pete
          February 16, 2022, 9:29 am | # | Reply

          Martin Woodhouse’s 1966 espionage novel has (spoiler) a small manned aircraft the intelligence agency announces is an unmanned drone.

  4. Nick
    February 16, 2022, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    I think a few hundred drones going boom would look better than most fireworks.

    • Duane B.
      February 16, 2022, 1:08 am | # | Reply

      I would have kept a few, just in case.

  5. Candace
    February 16, 2022, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    Nice! And what a beautiful fourth panel!

    • David B Huber
      February 16, 2022, 7:29 am | # | Reply

      I especially like the shadow effect showing how bright the collective explosions are!

  6. Robert Horton
    February 16, 2022, 1:11 am | # | Reply

    All except #20, who is into phenomenology…

    • Shadowmehr
      February 16, 2022, 1:07 pm | # | Reply

      A philosophical drone? There should be a contradiction in there somewhere.

      • Robert Horton
        February 16, 2022, 1:43 pm | # | Reply

        A reference to “Dark Star”, in which a bomb not only Smart but Eager, is taught Phenomenology to keep it from going off…

        • Andy4Hire
          February 16, 2022, 8:34 pm | # | Reply

          “Teach it phenomenology, Doolittle.”

      • Robert Horton
        February 16, 2022, 4:30 pm | # | Reply

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29pPZQ77cmI is the setup; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luaRtGn2tsI from 3:45 to 4:35 is the result!

        • Rick
          February 18, 2022, 8:59 am | # | Reply

          Best student film ever

  7. Gfrogs
    February 16, 2022, 1:20 am | # | Reply

    for some reason on this comic is when my mind connected these words so now yall must have them too : UwU.N.I.T.Y.

  8. VickiC
    February 16, 2022, 2:45 am | # | Reply

    Awww, they’re already finishing each other’s sentences … How sweet.

    • David B Huber
      February 16, 2022, 7:26 am | # | Reply

      That was my thought too. 🙂

  9. Robert Nowall
    February 16, 2022, 6:59 am | # | Reply

    So when Nick and Dr. Lee made out, there were fireworks.

    • Duane B.
      February 16, 2022, 10:28 am | # | Reply

      I get complaints if I do that…..indoors….

      • awgiedawgie
        February 16, 2022, 12:53 pm | # | Reply

        People tend to complain if you make out outdoors as well.

        • Duane B.
          February 16, 2022, 2:05 pm | # | Reply

          I thought I recognized you!!

          Everyone’s a critic

          • awgiedawgie
            February 16, 2022, 2:08 pm | #

            Or they’re just jealous.

        • Robert Nowall
          February 16, 2022, 3:36 pm | # | Reply

          Then all you’ve got to worry about is hi-res satellite photography.

  10. khn0
    February 16, 2022, 7:02 am | # | Reply

    the shadow government force, gone rogue, is becoming beautifully shadowy again.

  11. David B Huber
    February 16, 2022, 7:31 am | # | Reply

    I wonder if Ira is exclaiming “That’s IMPOSSIBLE!” or smiling “All according to plan.”?

    • Robert Horton
      February 16, 2022, 1:46 pm | # | Reply

      In this strip, the I word is not used without consequence, if only a visit from an obnoxious denizen of St. Charlie…

    • Doitean
      February 17, 2022, 12:05 am | # | Reply

      “INCONCIEVABLE!”

  12. theysabet
    February 16, 2022, 8:26 am | # | Reply

    Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, Nick… Hmm; wonder if he could do that with sattelites?

    • theysabet
      February 16, 2022, 8:27 am | # | Reply

      Also, that last panel is BEAUTIFUL. Very simple and perfect.

  13. jwghaller
    February 16, 2022, 8:41 am | # | Reply

    ♫ Skyyyy rockets in flight! ♬

    • Sheik
      February 16, 2022, 9:52 am | # | Reply

      Afternoon delight!

  14. Owlmirror
    February 16, 2022, 9:23 am | # | Reply

    *sadface* No drone synchronized flight airshow at the wedding. or at all.

    On the upside: fireworks!

    On the downside: Missed opportunity to have the fireworks form the pattern of [OBSCENITY] [ANASIGMA LOGO]

  15. bergerjacques
    February 16, 2022, 9:34 am | # | Reply

    Too bad there’s not a soundtrack. Something like this just begs for the 1812 Overture.

    • awgiedawgie
      February 16, 2022, 12:55 pm | # | Reply

      Or, conversely, the 1812 Overture is just begging for something like this.

      • Robert Nowall
        February 16, 2022, 4:35 pm | # | Reply

        “Things that Make You Go ‘Boom?'”

      • JoB
        February 16, 2022, 5:46 pm | # | Reply

        1812 will have to battle Hekla for dibs.

        • awgiedawgie
          February 16, 2022, 6:42 pm | # | Reply

          An impressive – if not slightly disturbing – piece of music. But 1812 has seniority.

  16. Canadian Mad Scientist
    February 16, 2022, 10:19 am | # | Reply

    Love that last panel! The shadows look great!

  17. skullthetroll
    February 16, 2022, 10:56 am | # | Reply

    Ginny should have told him to run “Clean Slate”

  18. David B Huber
    February 16, 2022, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

    Nick has become a bona fide hero!

  19. Robert Nowall
    February 16, 2022, 12:39 pm | # | Reply

    Non-sapient drones, they assume. So Nick’s making them all go “boom.” Abusing his powers makes for fireworks showers. And for Nick and for Ginny—“Love in Bloom.”

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