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| date = October 31, 2005 | | date = October 31, 2005 | ||
| title = Barrel - Part 4 | | title = Barrel - Part 4 | ||
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== Explanation == | == Explanation == | ||
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In the first three comics of the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], [[Barrel Boy]] explored the ocean in a barrel and then encountered a whirlpool, all with a reaction of innocent wonder. Here, the empty barrel floating adrift, the title text, and a previous announcement by Randall that this would be the conclusion of the series, imply that the boy's encounter with the whirlpool separated him from the barrel, and he may have died. | In the first three comics of the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], [[Barrel Boy]] explored the ocean in a barrel and then encountered a whirlpool, all with a reaction of innocent wonder. Here, the empty barrel floating adrift, the title text, and a previous announcement by Randall that this would be the conclusion of the series, imply that the boy's encounter with the whirlpool separated him from the barrel, and he may have died. | ||
| − | This is the fifth in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. | + | This is the fifth in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. |
| + | The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall: | ||
* [[1: Barrel - Part 1]] | * [[1: Barrel - Part 1]] | ||
* [[20: Ferret]] | * [[20: Ferret]] | ||
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* [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] | * [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] | ||
| − | + | After Randall released the full [http://liveweb.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]] was also part of the series. | |
== Transcript == | == Transcript == | ||
:[The barrel is shown on a grid paper background, floating sideways and empty in a choppy sea.] | :[The barrel is shown on a grid paper background, floating sideways and empty in a choppy sea.] | ||
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| + | ==Trivia== | ||
| + | * This was the twenty-sixth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[37: Hyphen]], and the next one was [[26: Fourier]]. | ||
| + | * The original title of this comic was "Monday's Drawing". | ||
| + | * There were no original [[Randall]] quote for this comic. | ||
| + | ** However, three hours after posting the comic, he made a new post with the following statement: | ||
| + | :::'''''Barrel series''''' | ||
| + | :::By the way, here are all the barrel comics on a single (easily linked) page: | ||
| + | :::[https://web.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html] | ||
| + | :::I cheated, and went back and lightened the gridlines in #2. It was just bothering me. I'll try not to do that much. But as I'm not destroying anyone's childhood, I don't feel like I'm really pulling a George Lucas. | ||
| + | :::I mean, I'm not destroying more than one childhood. | ||
| + | :::Oops. | ||
| + | * Since this was not (as he stated in the [[37: Hyphen#Trivia|previous comic]]) the last in the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], the last comic and [[20: Ferret]] were included later. | ||
| + | ** Randall also confesses that he changed the appearance of the 2nd Barrel comic. At this time, that must have referred to the one called [[11: Barrel - Part 2]], although Randall in the page above has moved this to after the first ferret comic. | ||
| + | * This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006. | ||
| + | ** 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 explains why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44. | ||
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