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2007-08-29: Actuary (history)
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this one not so good
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: Rabid becomes an actuary via correspondence
Text transcript
Rabid: Excellent! My correspondence course is complete, and now I'm a certified actuary!! Rabish: What did you have to do in order to obtain such a glamorous and begemmed diploma? Rabid: Send lots of money, mostly. Dr Quickly: You do know my experiment is bound to fail -- costing your agency millions!! It is a crafty scheme I have devised... Rabid: But I sold you an ENSURANCE policy, thereby guaranteeing its success!! Dr Quickly: You fool! You've doomed us all!! Rabid: Maybe YOU doomed us, it's not my fault you can't spell. Tour Guide: We believe this plaque marked the stela of the Wizard King "DIPLOMA"!! School Group: Ooooooh!! Wizard King Diploma: GRAVE ROBBERS! THIEVES!! IN MY DEATH I CURSE YOU ALL!!