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2007-06-25: Snub (Power)
Keith Wins
Now we enter a glorious full summer of Keith magic. This particular comic comes from a suggestion from Keith: "Dr. Quickly creates two robots programmed to snub each other"
This comic is in the following storylines:
- Variations
A long-running series, maybe the crux of the site. Reader submits a suggestion, and I draw three comics based on that suggestion. Originally all three had to start the same, but it evolved. - Summer of Keith
Good old Keith! I used his suggestions, and only his suggestions, for comics all summer long. It was a pretty nice summer.
This comic includes the contribution:
- Keith Prestwich suggested: Dr. Quickly creates two robots programmed to snub each other
Text transcript
Dr Quickly: These two little fellows have been programmed to snub each other! Rabid: Fascinating! [[Being interviewed on TV AND RADIO NEWS TIME.]] Host: Environmental issues are yesterday's news with Dr Quickly's BRUNCH ENGINE Dr Quickly: By offering tasty foods, the robots are drawn toward the table -- then mutually repelled when they recognize each other, thus driving a generator with their oscillations. <<chug chug>> Host: And now, Rabish with the weather. [[Rabid is driving a car and listening to the radio.]] Host: Today's sneer index is a record high of 10.3 kilspurns -- be sure to wear shoes on whose heels you can quickly pivot, people! Now for Rabish with the traffic report. <<SPUTTER CHOKE STALL>> Rabid: Uh, oh... that engine doesn't sound so good. [[Looking under the hood while pulled up on the shoulder.]] Rabid: No wonder the car's busted -- I'm fresh out of Eggs Benedict! I hope the spare picnic basket in the trunk is still fresh. [[On a spaceship.]] Public Address System: CENTRAL SYSTEM ALERT: SNUBDRIVE ACTIVATED, APPROACHING LIGHT SPEED BARRIER Rabish: To think we have hoity-toity-ness to thank for opening the gates of the great interstellar diaspora! Rabid: It's pretty crazy! First Snub Robot: So secretly we are, we are in love... Second Snub Robot: No-one must ever know! Society's burden of energy production rests on our shoulders! First Snub Robot: Oooh, smoked salmon.