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[[Cueball]] notices that if you draw a lot on an {{w|Etch_A_Sketch|Etch-a-Sketch}}, the aluminum powder in it can be cleared from enough of the screen to allow a view of the interior (as seen [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/EtchASketch_Inside_Shown.jpg here]). | [[Cueball]] notices that if you draw a lot on an {{w|Etch_A_Sketch|Etch-a-Sketch}}, the aluminum powder in it can be cleared from enough of the screen to allow a view of the interior (as seen [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/EtchASketch_Inside_Shown.jpg here]). | ||
− | Cueball then proceeds to clear a window into the device, which shows him that there's a girl | + | Cueball then proceeds to clear a window into the device, which shows him that there's a girl inside whose job is to act as the stylus for the Etch-a-Sketch. She suggest that they be friends, and little hearts pop up. |
− | As the dream | + | As the dream clears, it then becomes clear that this is just a fantasy, and Cueball sighs at the rather more mundane reality that the lines get drawn by a stylus moving on a simple arrangement of rods. The comic ends with Cueball shaking the Etch-a-Sketch (perhaps in frustration or anger), which resets it and will re-conceal the mechanism. |
The title text notes that sometimes the mysteries surrounding us turn out to be much more boring than we dream they are. | The title text notes that sometimes the mysteries surrounding us turn out to be much more boring than we dream they are. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball is | + | :[Cueball is playing with an Etch-a-Sketch.] |
:Cueball: Hey. If I draw enough lines, I can see what's behind the screen. | :Cueball: Hey. If I draw enough lines, I can see what's behind the screen. | ||
:[Close up on the Etch-a-Sketch's screen.] | :[Close up on the Etch-a-Sketch's screen.] | ||
− | :Cueball | + | :Cueball: Oh man, almost... |
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:Etch-a-Sketch: Hi! | :Etch-a-Sketch: Hi! | ||
− | :[Head of Megan appears | + | :[Head of Megan appears behind the Etch-a-Sketch screen.] |
:Megan: You're cute! | :Megan: You're cute! | ||
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:Cueball: Wha— | :Cueball: Wha— | ||
− | :Megan | + | :Megan: I'm the one who draws when you turn the knobs. It's lonely in here. |
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:Cueball: It's lonely out here too. | :Cueball: It's lonely out here too. | ||
− | :Megan | + | :Megan: I'm glad you found me, then! |
− | :[ | + | :[Panels start to break away into thought bubbles.] |
− | :Megan | + | :Megan: Let's be friends, and never be lonely again. |
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− | :[ | + | :[Three hearts are shown, one of which looks like it was drawn with an Etch-a-Sketch.] |
− | + | :Cueball: *sigh* | |
− | :Cueball: * | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Etch-a-sketch shows what is behind the glass; it is just the mechanics of the machine.] |
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball shakes etch-a-sketch.] |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Romance]] | [[Category:Romance]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics with color]] |