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2006-04-05: Escape Phrase 29
Horrible Pun
I've been wanting to do that for a while. I HOPE YOU LIKED IT.
The more astute readers will be saying "WHICH pun?"
This comic is in the storyline:
- Escape Phrase
This was intended to be a 24-hour comic but my hand hurt too much twelve pages in. And then it turned into a crazy experimental study of the interaction between form and content in the comics medium.
Text transcript
[[The top of the page is text, driving through the layers of comic panels]] Attackers: AND AS THE TWO YOUTHFUL HEROES STOOD IDLY LISTENING TO THE MAD AND USELESS DRIVEL OF Q WE STRUCK BOLDLY AND WITH GREAT FORCE INTENDING TO DESTROY ALL THREE IN A SINGLE BLOW Dr Quickly: THEY'VE BROKEN THROUGH THE FOURTH WALL ALREADY! THERE'S NO TIME!! [[Dr Quickly opens a hatch in the floor labeled "EMERGENCY EXIT".]] Dr Quickly: QUICK, USE THE ESCAPE (PHRASE) CHUTE! Oh, I wish we had more time. There's so much you still haven't learned! [[Jimothy and Tsamantha are falling down the chute, screaming.]] Jimothy and Tsamantha: AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! Dr Quickly: DON'T FORGET YOUR LEFTOVERS! <<TOSS!>>