2: Petit Trees (sketch)

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Petit Trees (sketch)
"Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch
Title text: "Petit" being a reference to Le Petit Prince, which I only thought about halfway through the sketch

[edit] Explanation

Le Petit Prince was a novella written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in 1943, about the titular "little Prince", who lives on an asteroid and visits other inhabited asteroids and eventually the Earth. The book is filled with drawings of the asteroid, the prince, and the travels they make. It is noted how, on occasion, baobab trees can begin to grow on these asteroids, and should they not be immediately rooted, their size will make the asteroid uninhabitable.

[edit] Transcript

[Two trees are growing on opposite sides of a sphere.]

[edit] Trivia

  • This was the fourth comic originally posted to livejournal. The previous was 3: Island (sketch). The next was 1: Barrel - Part 1. View archive here.
  • Original Randall quote: "Another fairly old drawing that I scanned"
  • Original title: "Le Petit"
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its based on the baobabs
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