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2007-07-11: Demoted (Trials)
The dizzy
I blame the lack of interesting backgrounds in today's comic on my inexplicable dizziness. Fun fact: today's comic is based on a true story!
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: An army officer is demoted for ambiguous reasons
Text transcript
Dr Quickly: You are hereby demoted because of, uh, reasons!! Rabid: Say WHAT?! Rabid: I have never been to meet with a lawyer before so I am quite nervous. Giant Owl: Fear not! Your initiation will now begin -- ONWARD TO THE CAVES!! Giant Owl: FIRST, the trial of EARTH which is to EAT SOME POTATOES Rabid: I fry them into a hash! Giant Owl: SUCCESS!! Giant Owl: THE SECOND AND THIRD TRIALS which are of FIRE AND WATER have recently been combined into a DISTURBING PRIVATION -- is your mind strong enough to survive a RELAXING HOT BATH?! Rabid: Seeing a lawyer is fun! Giant Owl: THE FINAL TRIAL: AIR!! Can you BURP THE ALPHABET? Rabid: Sure! ARRUP... BARRUP... Giant Owl: Okay. Okay! You don't have to, I believe you. Giant Owl: Congratulations! You are now a first degree lawyer and your reward for passing our initiation is we hanged your adversary! Rabid: When I asked if I had legal recourse this is not what I had in mind!!