August 2, 2013
#1246: Pale Blue Dot explain

[Cueball stands in front of a pull-down projection screen, upon which is displayed a large gray picture of the Pale Blue Dot. (There is no evidence that there is any blue in this comic). He holds up a stick with one hand towards it. He is interrupted by several hecklers from off-panel.]
Cueball: Consider this Pale Blue Dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. Everyone you love, every human being who ever was, every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived out their lives on this mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. All our-
Heckler 1 (off panel): I think that’s a stuck pixel. We’re the speck on the left.
Cueball: …Ok, this Pale Blue Dot is everything you-
Heckler 2 (off panel): No, you were right before. That one is earth.
Cueball: Look, it doesn’t matter!
Heckler 3 (off panel): I knew it!
Heckler 4 (off panel): I think this is just a lens cap picture.