Comments on: Madness: October 2-7, 2006 https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/ By Shaenon K. Garrity Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Lars H https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/#comment-16692 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:05:25 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3773#comment-16692 Hmm… original publication of this was 2 years before the ’08 financial crisis, so the hamsters screaming “Bailout!” can’t be a reference to that. Still, that was the first association I made; sometimes words pick up completely new aspects.

]]> By: Adept Arcanist https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/#comment-16096 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 02:19:19 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3773#comment-16096 I rather like that after the incredibly dramatic last few weeks, you gave us a bit of a break with Mell and Zeta strafing hamsters with a giant robot foot (along with one last(if I recall correctly) fourth-wall break) before diving back into the drama.

]]> By: Jon Stout (brasswatchman) https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/#comment-15432 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:45:19 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3773#comment-15432 @Tetra – Hey, she’s made the stupid work for her. That’s even better.

]]> By: Tetra Valent (4_valent) https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/#comment-15431 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:45:18 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3773#comment-15431 I’m with Andrew on this one. Clearly, Zeta failed to achieve the goal she set in the Sept 1 strip.

]]> By: Brad Jones (kazrak) https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/#comment-15430 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:45:17 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3773#comment-15430 What faxpaladin said. When the cartoonist wins, everybody wins. (Except the hamsters.)

]]> By: Leon Arnott (l) https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/#comment-15429 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:45:16 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3773#comment-15429 Saturday:

Mell isn’t even bothering to aim – then again, does she ever? She’s surely the sort of gunner who subconsciously tries to prolong her gun battles as much as possible.

Regarding the background: my theory is that most of the island’s ground-level buildings got jettisoned when the humans were captured, to save fuel. The others were blown off by high-altitude arctic wind, I guess.

(Incidentally, if the word balloon stalks are correct, then one of the mechas has wisely responded to this attack by turning invisible.)

]]> By: Joseph Abbott (faxpaladin) https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/#comment-15428 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:45:15 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3773#comment-15428 This. Is. My Favorite. Strip. In the whole series.

And that’s saying a lot.

]]> By: Sam Ashley (evilmidnightlurker) https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/#comment-15427 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:45:14 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3773#comment-15427 GO GO KURIBO

]]> By: Andrew Cole (andy4hire) https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/#comment-15426 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:45:13 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3773#comment-15426 The third panel is so awesome that apparently it’s the only part of this strip that my brain ever remembers. Every time I see this strip, the first, second, and fourth panels feel new and surprising and unfamiliar.

]]> By: Tetra Valent (4_valent) https://narbonic.com/comic/october-2-7-2006/#comment-15425 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:45:12 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3773#comment-15425 Is anyone keeping score of ironic questions?

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