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*Original title: "Le Petit"
 
*Original title: "Le Petit"
 
*Original [[Randall]] quote: "Another fairly old drawing that I scanned."
 
*Original [[Randall]] quote: "Another fairly old drawing that I scanned."
*This was one of the thirteen first comics posted to LiveJournal within 10 minutes on Friday September 30, 2005.
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*This was one of the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|thirteen first comics]] posted to LiveJournal within 12 minutes on Friday September 30, 2005.
 
*This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
 
*This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
**It was posted along with all 41 comics posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
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**It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
 
**The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
 
**The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
 
*One of the original drawings drawn on checkered paper.
 
*One of the original drawings drawn on checkered paper.

Revision as of 10:22, 25 April 2015

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

Explanation

The early comics sometimes do not present a particular point, but are just pictures drawn by Randall.

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 uprooted, the growth of their roots would tear the asteroid apart. In this drawing, the roots are encircling the sphere, rather than piercing it, as Le Petit Prince describes.

Transcript

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

Trivia

  • This was the 4th comic originally posted to LiveJournal.
  • Original title: "Le Petit"
  • Original Randall quote: "Another fairly old drawing that I scanned."
  • This was one of the thirteen first comics posted to LiveJournal within 12 minutes on Friday September 30, 2005.
  • This comic was posted on xkcd when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
    • It was posted along with all 41 comics posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
    • The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
  • One of the original drawings drawn on checkered paper.


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Discussion

Randall says that he only thought of the reference to Le Petit Prince while he was drawing this picture. I think that it is likely that Randall was originally thinking of "pedigrees" and the tree structure of a genealogical chart. Since royalty is often descended from earlier royal ancestors, it would not be surprising that while drawing what was originally a pun, Randall thought of the book "Le Petit Prince." 162.158.123.79 16:55, 15 November 2019 (UTC)