799: Stephen Hawking
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| − | {{w|Stephen Hawking}} is a renowned theoretical | + | {{w|Stephen Hawking}} is a renowned theoretical physicist, and quite possibly the world's smartest human being. He is almost completely paralyzed due to {{w|amyotrophic lateral sclerosis}} and communicates with a speech generation box, as shown in the first panel. In this comic, [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are asked by him if they want to see a movie later, and they run to tell the papers about his "announcement", but he actually just wanted to see a movie with his friends. |
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| − | :[Stephen Hawking is facing a pair of people. | + | :[Stephen Hawking is facing a pair of people. His voice appears in a square machine readable font.] |
:Stephen Hawking: I thought maybe later we should go see a movie. | :Stephen Hawking: I thought maybe later we should go see a movie. | ||
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:[Stephen Hawking is sitting alone, looking depressed.] | :[Stephen Hawking is sitting alone, looking depressed.] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
Revision as of 23:28, 13 December 2012
| Stephen Hawking |
 Title text: Guys? The Town is supposed to be good, and I thou--' 'PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING DECLARES NEW FILM BEST IN ALL SPACE AND TIME' 'No, I just heard that--' 'SHOULD SCIENCE PLAY A ROLE IN JUDGING BEN AFFLECK?' 'I don't think--' 'WHAT ABOUT MATT DAMON?' |
Explanation
Stephen Hawking is a renowned theoretical physicist, and quite possibly the world's smartest human being. He is almost completely paralyzed due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and communicates with a speech generation box, as shown in the first panel. In this comic, Cueball and Megan are asked by him if they want to see a movie later, and they run to tell the papers about his "announcement", but he actually just wanted to see a movie with his friends.
Transcript
- [Stephen Hawking is facing a pair of people. His voice appears in a square machine readable font.]
- Stephen Hawking: I thought maybe later we should go see a movie.
- [The two people are running.]
- [The front page of a newspaper appears instead of a third panel.]
- Name of the paper - The Times
- Main headline. - Physicist Stephen Hawking Suggests We See More Films
- [A picture of Stephen Hawking is in the center of the page.]
- Picture's caption. - Smartest Man Alive
- Secondary headline. - What Does He Know That We Don't?
- Large quote in article body. - Is this a warning?
- [Stephen Hawking is sitting alone, looking depressed.]
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