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2010-11-12: Vacuum and Clock (a week at most)
Uh oh!
Time travel never works out well. Be happy where you are, right now. Not that you've ever been anywhere else.
This comic is in the storyline:
- 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.
This comic includes the contribution:
- Leon suggested: Someone accidentally holds a vacuum cleaner up to a clock and causes time to rewind.
Text transcript
Rabid: It has been a lot of fun, hasn't it? Rabid: But I think it's time for me to return home. Mysterious Figure: WE WILL BE SAD TO SEE YOU GO... BUT, UH, BEFORE YOU GO MAY WE ASK FOR A FAVOUR -- A TASK TO PERFORM IN YOUR OWN TIME Rabid: I've been thinking, and although I don't understand your request -- I'll still do it!! Mysterious Figure: OH GOOD. Rabid: So long, future friends! Mysterious Figure: BYEEE! Dr Quickly: I should stop my experiment because of people from the FUTURE?! Rabid: Yes!! Dr Quickly: That's stupid and anyway we'll be wearing these protective suits.