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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a TIME TRAVELING VACCINE. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | This | + | This calendar shows 15 calendars and Cueball next to them. The first three months on the calendar are January, February and March 2020. It would be expected that the months would increase in order, but the calendar month stays at March until the final panel of the comic, indicating that Cueball is "stuck" in March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic reached the United States in March 2020 and Cueball (and Randall) may feel that he is unable to move on with life. |
− | In the penultimate 2 panels, Cueball is shown getting his two doses of the vaccine, with | + | In the penultimate 2 panels, Cueball is shown getting his two doses of the vaccine, with Ponytail and Hairy administering the vaccines. In the final panel, the calendar has switched to the current month, May 2021, showing that Cueball can now resume life after getting vaccinated. |
− | The title text | + | The title text refers to films in which someone travels to the future, as the date has "jumped" from March 2020 to May 2021. COVID vaccines started to be developed, manufactured and trialled in 2020, but mass rollouts only ramped up significantly starting early in 2021 and are mostly still not universally available to all adult age-groups; or, if they are, this may be straining supply capacity. |
− | Interestingly, there are only 15 panels, so if the 'normal' months increased in sync, it would "only" be March 2021, not May 2021. This may refer to the [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7641621/ strange distortion of time during the COVID-19 pandemic] | + | Interestingly, there are only 15 panels, so if the 'normal' months increased in sync, it would "only" be March 2021, not May 2021. This may refer to the [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7641621/ strange distortion of time during the COVID-19 pandemic]. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | :[12 panels showing Cueball standing next to a calendar] | ||
:Calendar: January 2020 | :Calendar: January 2020 | ||
:Calendar: February 2020 | :Calendar: February 2020 | ||
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:Calendar: March 2020 | :Calendar: March 2020 | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball wearing a mask being vaccinated by a masked Ponytail, next to a calendar to his left] |
:Calendar: March 2020 | :Calendar: March 2020 | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball wearing a mask being vaccinated by a masked Hairy, next to a calendar to his left] |
:Calendar: March 2020 | :Calendar: March 2020 | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball stands next to a calendar] |
:Calendar: May 2021 | :Calendar: May 2021 | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
− | + | [[Category: COVID-19]] | |
− | [[Category:COVID-19]] | + | [[Category: COVID-19 vaccine]] |
− | [[Category:COVID-19 vaccine]] | + | [[Category: Calendar]] |
− | [[Category:Calendar]] | + | [[Category: Time travel]] |
− | [[Category:Time travel]] | + | [[Category: Comics featuring face masks]] |
− | [[Category:Comics featuring face masks]] | + | [[Category: Comics featuring Cueball]] |
− | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | + | [[Category: Comics featuring Ponytail]] |
− | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | + | [[Category: Multiple Cueballs]] |
− | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | + | [[Category: Comics featuring Hairy]] |