43: Red Spiders 2 - Revision history

FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

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New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

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FaviFake at 16:10, 26 March 2025

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172.68.55.12: /* Explanation */

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‎Explanation

FaviFake at 07:54, 31 August 2023

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FaviFake: Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

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Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

FaviFake at 10:11, 29 July 2023

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172.70.126.11: Added to title-text explanation to make it more than a restatement.

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Added to title-text explanation to make it more than a restatement.

FaviFake: New category name

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 | date      = December 2, 2005
 | title     = Red Spiders 2
-| ognumber =40
+| ognumber  = 40
-| ogtitle =Friday's Drawing - Red Spiders 2
+| ogtitle   = Friday's Drawing - Red Spiders 2
-| oglink =https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Red%20Spiders%202
+| oglink    = https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Red%20Spiders%202
-| ogprev =38
+| ogprev    = 38
-| ognext =39
+| ognext    = 39
 | image     = red_spiders_2.jpg
 | titletext = This was actually drawn years before Red Spiders<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Red%20Spiders%202 Original caption</span>]:'' And lo, they still have six legs.
 }}
-This was the fortieth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[38: Apple Jacks]], and the next one was [[39: Bowl]].
+This was the fortieth comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[38: Apple Jacks]], and the next one was [[39: Bowl]].
 ==Explanation==

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 | ognext =39
 | image     = red_spiders_2.jpg
-| titletext = This was actually drawn years before Red Spiders<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Red%20Spiders%202 Original caption</span>]: And lo, they still have six legs.
+| titletext = This was actually drawn years before Red Spiders<br><br>''<span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Red%20Spiders%202 Original caption</span>]:'' And lo, they still have six legs.
 }}

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 | date      = December 2, 2005
 | title     = Red Spiders 2
-| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Red%20Spiders%202 Original title</span>]: '''Friday's Drawing - Red Spiders 2'''</big></big>
+| ognumber =40
 | image     = red_spiders_2.jpg
 | titletext = This was actually drawn years before Red Spiders<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Red%20Spiders%202 Original caption</span>]: And lo, they still have six legs.

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 }}
 This was the fortieth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[38: Apple Jacks]], and the next one was [[39: Bowl]].
 This is the second comic in the [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders series]], published just over 2 months after the [[8: Red spiders|first one]]. Like its predecessor, it is more of a sketch than a comic. The titular spiders appear to be ascending —or possibly building— a structure, probably to get into the window at the top of the picture. Two spiders at the top appear to be passing a block between them, implying that they are, at least, trying to change the structure.

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 This is the second comic in the [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders series]], published just over 2 months after the [[8: Red spiders|first one]]. Like its predecessor, it is more of a sketch than a comic. The titular spiders appear to be ascending —or possibly building— a structure, probably to get into the window at the top of the picture. Two spiders at the top appear to be passing a block between them, implying that they are, at least, trying to change the structure.
-In the title text, [[Randall Munroe|Randalll]] says the comic was drawn years before [[8: Red spiders|the previous Red Spiders]] despite being posted later.
+In the title text, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] says the comic was drawn years before [[8: Red spiders|the previous Red Spiders]] despite being posted later.
 The full series of [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders]] comics:

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 [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 40]]
-[[Category:First day on xkcd]]
+[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
 [[Category:Comics with color]]
 [[Category:Checkered paper]]
 [[Category:Red Spiders]]
 [[Category:Comics sharing name|Red Spiders02]]

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 ==Explanation==
 This is the second published comic in the [[:Category:Red Spiders|red spiders]] story arc, published just over 2 months after the [[8: Red spiders|first one]]. Like its predecessor, it is more of a sketch than a comic. The titular spiders appear to be ascending —or possibly building— a structure, probably to get into the window at the top of the picture. Two spiders at the top appear to be passing a block between them, implying that they are, at least, trying to change the structure.
-According to the title text, it was drawn years before [[:8: Red spiders|the previous Red Spiders]] despite being posted later.
+In the title text, [[Randall]] says the comic was drawn years before [[8: Red spiders|the previous Red Spiders]] despite being posted later.
 The full series of [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders]] comics:
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 ==Trivia==
-*This was the 40th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
+* This was the fortieth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[38: Apple Jacks]], and the next one was [[39: Bowl]].
-**The previous was [[38: Apple Jacks]].
+* Original title: "Friday's Drawing - Red Spiders 2"
-**The next was [[39: Bowl]].
+* Original [[Randall]] quote: "And lo, they still have six legs. "
-*Original title: "Friday's Drawing - Red Spiders 2"
+** In the comments on LiveJournal, he made the following remark. "This is the original that inspired the other one. It's my favorite of the two."
-*Original [[Randall]] quote: "And lo, they still have six legs. "
+** This latter comment is reflected in the title text the comic received when posted on xkcd.
-**In the comments on LiveJournal, he made the following remark. "This is the original that inspired the other one. It's my favorite of the two."
+** It shows that the original comment did not really make sense, since it was really the spiders in the first, [[8: Red spiders]], which still had six legs.
-**This latter comment is reflected in the title text the comic received when posted on xkcd.
+* This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
-**It shows that the original comment did not really make sense, since it was really the spiders in the first, [[8: Red spiders]], which still had six legs.
+** It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
-*This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
+** The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
-{{Comic discussion}}
+{{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 40]]