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==Explanation==
 
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The early comics sometimes do not present a joke, but are just pictures drawn by [[Randall]].
 
The early comics sometimes do not present a joke, but are just pictures drawn by [[Randall]].
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The title text words 'Hello, island' is a reference to the popular programming print statement {{w|Hello world program|'Hello World'}}. The first thing you learn in programming is to make a program that prints out this text.
 
The title text words 'Hello, island' is a reference to the popular programming print statement {{w|Hello world program|'Hello World'}}. The first thing you learn in programming is to make a program that prints out this text.
  

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Island (sketch)
Hello, island
Title text: Hello, island

Explanation

The early comics sometimes do not present a joke, but are just pictures drawn by Randall.

The title text words 'Hello, island' is a reference to the popular programming print statement 'Hello World'. The first thing you learn in programming is to make a program that prints out this text.

Trivia

Transcript

[A color sketch of an island.]


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Discussion

It looks a bit like Saba, in the Caribbean. 82.161.213.206 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

It's a hippo

I think the bumps on the top of the peak make a look like a hippopotamus-shaped island. 173.245.56.200 19:48, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Is it just me or is the title text explanation trying to say something? 108.162.216.112 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

This looks a lot like the island with an old airfield in Kerbal Space Program. 162.158.238.112 09:15, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

The first beta release of Kerbal Space Program was in 2015, this comic is form 2005. --Dgbrt (talk) 19:44, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
I know. Clearly Randall is a time-traveler! (The beta release was in 2011, by the way.) 162.158.238.118 13:31, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

If the Boy and his Barrel series had gone a different way, this could be part of it. RadiantRainwing (talk) 00:59, 26 July 2024 (UTC)