82: Frame

Frame

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Explanation

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Cueball is standing in the middle of a square, which starts warping and slowly wrapping around him, then pulling him apart. The title text implies that Randall wasn't being very serious about this comic.

Transcript

[A stick figure stands alone in the centre of the panel. Tendrils from the frame develop and grow in panels 1 and 2, wind round the figure in panel 3, and finally retreat back to the frame, tearing the stick figure apart in panel 4.]

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Might be far-fetched, but this one reminded me of meiosis [1]. - XHalt (talk) 08:59, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

It's more the opposite.--Dgbrt (talk) 21:35, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Reminds me more of phagocytosis172.69.194.163 18:11, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

It reminds me of smoking DMT. 184.66.160.91 (talk) 01:44, 30 July 2013 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

This reminds me of the "Cube" movie series. 208.124.118.63 21:31, 7 October 2013 (UTC)BK

Or Hellraiser (cue the Cenobites)Squirreltape (talk) 18:52, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Hellraiser makes more sense. 173.245.55.67 22:04, 14 April 2014 (UTC)BK

Yes there is a scene in Hellraiser that reminds of this, but the idea that the room resets afterwards to be ready for the next "client" is reminiscent of Cube. --Kynde (talk) 21:37, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

What indicates that the room resets? In my imagination, the body parts keep hanging from the frame at the end. Also, the best Doctor Who episode ever also has a resetting trap: Wikipedia: Heaven Sent (Doctor Who) _{Signed: Fabian42, who is tired of being logged out almost every time he visits this Wiki.} 162.158.90.108 (talk) 13:21, 28 June 2018 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Regarding the incomplete tag: Is there really anything to explain? Anonymous 188.114.103.9 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~) 21:13, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

There had to be one. It's probably just not known yet.Pacerier (talk) 18:06, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

It feels like the third paragraph (origins of creative use of the frame) should really be in the Trivia section, rather than the explanation.141.101.76.16 17:02, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

My assumption, upon reading this strip, is that it's a representation of mental health: the universe pushing into you and pull you apart at your seams. It's very evocative; it really seems to me that it represents an abstract feeling. Maplestrip (talk) 09:00, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
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