November 17, 2010
#820: Five-Minute Comics: Part 2 explain
Because of a family illness, instead of regular comics, this week I’ll be sharing some strips that I drew as part of a game I played with friends. Each comic had to be written and drawn in five minutes.
–Randall
;Comic #1
[A ninja is hiding under a diving board as a man runs along it.]
[The man jumps on the end of the board and hits the ninja in the head, knocking him into the pool.]
[The ninja floats in the water. A bullet passes through the man’s head.]
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[The man is lying bleeding on the diving board, the ninja is still unconscious on the pool.]
[A sniper is at the top of a hill. The sign in front of the hill says “Grassy Knoll”.]
[Someone is pointing at the diagram of the previous panel.]
Off-panel voice: Wait, so what does this have to do with 9/11, again?
Cueball: I said I’m getting there!
;Comic #2
[Cueball is studying Megan.]
Cueball: You look different.
Cueball: You have this… glow about you.
[They stare in silence.]
[A baby falls out of Megan.]
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;Comic #3
Megan: Cogito ergo cogito.
Off-panel voice: Playing it safe, huh?
;Comic #4
[Two children dressed up as ghosts are standing in front of Megan at a door, each carrying a bag.]
Children: Trick or treat!
[Megan doesn’t move.]
Child: Um hi. Why are you just standing there?
Other Child: Candy?
[Another silent panel as the children stare up at Megan.]
[The second child looks in their bag.]
Other Child: Oh God, my bag of candy.
Other Child: It’s filling with blood.
Child: We should go.
;Comic #5
[A jet is flying across the panel.]
Pilot: Bail out! Bail out! Bail out!
[The pilot and copilot have buckets, and are bailing water out of the cockpit.]
;Comic #6
The following is a dramatization of real events.
[Cueball is at a counter, with several jars.]
Cueball: AAAAAAAAAAAAA I’m making a sandwich! AAAAAAAAAA!
;Comic #7
[Two people are carrying lightsabers and wearing robes.]
Cueball: Oh God, my eyes won’t focus right! And your robe looks… really dirty!
My blacklightsaber was not a success.
;Comic #8
[Cueball is standing.]
Cueball: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury…
Off-screen voice: It seems we happen to be all ladies, actually.
Cueball: …in that case, this defense is going to appear extremely ill-advised.
;Comic #9
[Darth Vader is sitting between two people, at a table.]
Cueball: Your sad devotion to that ancient religion hasn’t helped you conjur up the stolen data tapes, or given you—
Darth Vader: HEY. Wicca is a legitimate belief system!
[Darth Vader is drawing a pentagram on the table.]
Cueball: What are you—
Darth Vader: Putting a hex on your family.