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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are looking at modern | + | [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are looking at modern windmills harnessing wind energy into electrical energy. They comment that there's something creepy about the windmills.They allude to ''The War of the Worlds'' by H.G. Wells (the Jeff Wayne rock version of {{w|Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds|War of the Worlds}} has paintings of the martian tripods somewhat like these windmills) and also "The Tripods" from John Christopher's {{w|The Tripods|tripods trilogy}} a children's series of books about aliens who ride in walking tripods. |
− | + | Suddenly the windmills pylons split into three legs, becoming the tripods suggested. | |
− | + | {{w|Al Gore}} is a former Vice President of the United States, known for his environmental activism and support of green energy sources, relevant because windmills like the ones here are one of the alternative energy sources he backs. | |
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+ | In the final frame, the 16th century literary figure {{w|Don Quixote}} arrives (Randall's depiction seems to be inspired by {{w|Don Quixote (Picasso)|the drawing}} by {{w|Pablo Picasso}}). In the original story, Don Quixote is a wandering knight of questionable sanity who fights windmills, which he believes to be giants. Hence, he is the appropriate person to deal with this threat. Also, he is "batshit insane." | ||
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+ | The title text is another reference to the {{w|H. G. Wells}} book/radio play/movie {{w|The War of the Worlds}}. "But there are no bacteria in Mars...when I watched them they were irrevocably doomed... By the toll of a billion deaths man has bought his birthright of the earth, and it is his against all comers" | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A field | + | :[A field of windmills is silhouetted against dusk sky.] |
− | :[Cueball standing and | + | :[Cueball and Megan are standing and sitting on the ground overlooking the windmills.] |
:Cueball: I'm all for green energy, but those turbines creep me out. They remind me of War of the Worlds, or the Tripod books. | :Cueball: I'm all for green energy, but those turbines creep me out. They remind me of War of the Worlds, or the Tripod books. | ||
− | + | :Megan: They -are- unnerving. | |
− | :Megan: They | ||
:Cueball: I can't shake the feeling that at any moment they'll— | :Cueball: I can't shake the feeling that at any moment they'll— | ||
− | :'' | + | :''RUMBLE'' |
− | + | :[A leg begins to split off one windmill.] | |
− | :[A leg begins to split off one | + | :''crack'' |
− | :'' | ||
− | :[The leg separates from the body of the | + | :[The leg separates from the body of the windmill.] |
:[The new leg lands on the ground.] | :[The new leg lands on the ground.] | ||
− | :'' | + | :''BOOM'' |
− | :[Another leg begins to split off the other side of the | + | :[Another leg begins to split off the other side of the windmill's body.] |
− | :'' | + | :''crack'' |
:[The new leg hits the ground, forming a tripod base.] | :[The new leg hits the ground, forming a tripod base.] | ||
− | :'' | + | :''BOOM'' |
− | :[ | + | :[Smoke rises from destroyed buildings as the windmills rampage across the field.] |
− | :[Cueball and Megan are now | + | :[Cueball and Megan are now standing.] |
:Megan: Oh no. | :Megan: Oh no. | ||
:Cueball: Al Gore, you've doomed us all. | :Cueball: Al Gore, you've doomed us all. | ||
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:Cueball: Run! | :Cueball: Run! | ||
− | :[One of the enormous tripod | + | :[One of the enormous tripod windmill feet lands right behind the running couple, sending debris flying.] |
− | :'' | + | :''BOOM'' |
− | :[Cueball and Megan run | + | :[Cueball and Megan run.] |
:Megan: What now? | :Megan: What now? | ||
:Cueball: Someone has to stop them. | :Cueball: Someone has to stop them. | ||
:Megan: But who could- | :Megan: But who could- | ||
− | :Voice | + | :Voice from next panel: Stand aside! |
− | :[ | + | :[Don Quixote sits mounted at the top of a hill, lance at the ready.] |
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | * | + | *The windmills also look like the fictional plants {{w|Triffid}}s from {{w|John Wyndham}}'s book "{{w|The Day of the Triffids}}" or the 1962 {{w|The Day of the Triffids (film)|film version}}. |
− | * There is a [https:// | + | |
− | + | *There is a fan-created [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRuqPKcxMZY animation of this comic.] | |
{{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:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Windmills]] |
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