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{{comic
 
{{comic
 
| number    = 47
 
| number    = 47
| date      = January 9th, 2006
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| date      = January 9, 2006
 
| title    = Counter-Red Spiders
 
| title    = Counter-Red Spiders
 
| image    = counter-red-spiders.jpg
 
| image    = counter-red-spiders.jpg
 
| titletext = I hope we can stop them
 
| titletext = I hope we can stop them
| imagesize =
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
The full series of [[Red Spiders]]:
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In previous comics, red spiders are seen navigating similar landscapes. Here, humanoid stick figures are standing on top of each other to reach some place above the top of the comic, in a similar manner to how the red spiders navigate. These stick figures must be extremely light, or gravity must be really weak there, because it is extremely unlikely or even impossible to have a stack of humans that tall.
* {{explain|8: Red spiders}}
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* {{explain|43: Red Spiders 2}}
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The full series of [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders]] comics:
* {{explain|47: Counter-Red Spiders}}
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*[[8: Red Spiders]], the first one.
* {{explain|126: Red Spiders Cometh}}
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*[[43: Red Spiders 2]], in which the spiders begin building.
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*[[47: Counter-Red Spiders]], this one.
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*[[126: Red Spiders Cometh]], in which the spiders attack a city.
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*[[427: Bad Timing]], in which, in a style more typical to xkcd, the spiders attack a couple in the middle of a serious relationship discussion in a hot-air balloon.
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*[[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]], in which it appears briefly in the 14th panel crawling over a cube.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
[A stack of stick figures, standing on each others shoulders extends from the bottom of the frame to the top. Cuboids hang in the air]
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:[A stack of stick figures, standing on each others shoulders, extends from the bottom of the frame to the top. Cuboids hang in the air.]
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:The counter-red-spider offensive begins...
  
The counter-red-spider offensive begins ...
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==Trivia==
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*This was the 44th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
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**The previous was [[46: Secrets]].
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**The next was [[48: Found]].
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*Original title: "Drawing: Counter-Red Spiders"
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*Original [[Randall]] quote: "[[8: Red spiders|They]] must be [[43: Red Spiders 2|stopped]]."
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**The links pointing to the first two Red Spiders comics.
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*This comic was one of the last 11 comics posted on LiveJournal.
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**These 11 comics were [[:Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd|posted both on LiveJournal and xkcd]] after the [[xkcd]] site opened on the 1st of January 2006.  
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**This comic was posted on the same day on both sites.
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**They were not all posted on the same day though.
  
==Trivia==
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{{comic discussion}}
* The original text by [[Randall] read: "[[8|They]] must be [[43|stopped]]."
 
* This is the forty-fourth comic posted to livejournal.  The previous comic was {{explain|46}}, the next is {{explain|48}}.
 
  
{{Comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 44]]
[[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]]
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[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal after xkcd]]
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[[Category:Comics with color]]
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
 
[[Category:Red Spiders]]
 
[[Category:Red Spiders]]

Revision as of 03:08, 31 August 2019

Counter-Red Spiders
I hope we can stop them
Title text: I hope we can stop them

Explanation

In previous comics, red spiders are seen navigating similar landscapes. Here, humanoid stick figures are standing on top of each other to reach some place above the top of the comic, in a similar manner to how the red spiders navigate. These stick figures must be extremely light, or gravity must be really weak there, because it is extremely unlikely or even impossible to have a stack of humans that tall.

The full series of Red Spiders comics:

Transcript

[A stack of stick figures, standing on each others shoulders, extends from the bottom of the frame to the top. Cuboids hang in the air.]
The counter-red-spider offensive begins...

Trivia

  • This was the 44th comic originally posted to LiveJournal.
  • Original title: "Drawing: Counter-Red Spiders"
  • Original Randall quote: "They must be stopped."
    • The links pointing to the first two Red Spiders comics.
  • This comic was one of the last 11 comics posted on LiveJournal.
    • These 11 comics were posted both on LiveJournal and xkcd after the xkcd site opened on the 1st of January 2006.
    • This comic was posted on the same day on both sites.
    • They were not all posted on the same day though.


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Discussion

Any reason there is a "th" in the date? --Quicksilver (talk) 15:29, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Oversight, getting everything polished right is hard. Davidy²²[talk] 16:16, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

I wish people where identical in mass to as they are in this comic but still the same size... climbing arround effortlessly would be awsome...--TheTimeBandit (talk) 21:24, 30 October 2017 (UTC)