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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] | + | {{incomplete|Edit for accuracy and grammar, possibly other references of making fun of the word blog in comics}} |
+ | It's night and [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] lie down on the earth while looking into the sky. Cueball tells a story. Cueball says all dead bloggers are in the sky and watching them, and above of them all there is the master blogger Cory Doctorow. The story is interrupted when Cueball goes on to say that the {{w|Tag cloud}} opens and {{w|Cory Doctorow}} speaks. Megan interrupts, telling Cueball that he needs to "get out more or less, I cant decide". This means he should be away from the computer more so he doesn't connect everything to Cory Doctorow, but she is afraid that if he gets out more he would creep people out. | ||
− | + | Cueball is referencing the movie {{w|The Lion King}}. The first two panels reference a scene where the protagonist, Simba, remember how his father, Mufasa, explained the night sky by saying, 'the great kings of the past are up there'. The last panel is from a scene near the climax of the movie where a the spirit of Mufasa appears to Simba in the clouds and speaks to him. | |
− | In the title text, Randall mentions that he feels that the word {{w|blog}}, a {{w|portmanteau}} and an {{w| | + | ===Title Text=== |
+ | In the title text, Randall mentions that he feels that the word {{w|blog}}, a {{w|portmanteau}} and an {{w|Elision}} of 'web log', is a silly word, and does not sound less silly despite becoming common in usage. This is a common theme in Randall writing and comics. Xkcd's blog is called "[http://blag.xkcd.com/ The blag of the webcomic]" in mockery of the word blog. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: Just look at those stars. | :Cueball: Just look at those stars. | ||
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:Cueball: My father once told me that the great bloggers of the past are up there, watching over us. | :Cueball: My father once told me that the great bloggers of the past are up there, watching over us. | ||
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:Cueball: High above the blogosphere, a gap opens in the tag clouds. Cory Doctorow's voice booms forth... | :Cueball: High above the blogosphere, a gap opens in the tag clouds. Cory Doctorow's voice booms forth... | ||
− | :Megan: You need to get out either | + | :Megan: You need to get out either more or less. I can't decide. |
{{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 featuring | + | [[Category:Comics featuring real people]] |
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