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This comic is making the point that there is a wonderful world waiting to be explored in the ocean. From above it seems so plain, endless, and boring. But underneath the surface lies the most unexplored area on the planet. This comic is a commentary on the need to head below the waves and start exploring.
 
This comic is making the point that there is a wonderful world waiting to be explored in the ocean. From above it seems so plain, endless, and boring. But underneath the surface lies the most unexplored area on the planet. This comic is a commentary on the need to head below the waves and start exploring.
  
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In this world of fill-in issues, late sceuhdles and incredibly detailed comics artwork, I think you have ever right to be proud of yourself.  When Kirkman started INVINCIBLE, he wasn't even able to make it seven issues without having to replace his artist. In the case of Wolfman, he has you, and your work has been solid, issue after issue, which just adds to your sense of accomplishment. Great work!By the way - any idea on when the next trade will be out?  I missed an issue in the run and want to read it!
[A man sits writing in a diary on a desert island, only the sandy tip of which with a palm tree on it stands above the water. Beneath the surface is a kelp forest, some sharks, a stingray, a shipwreck, a submarine, several large jellyfish, a giant squid fighting a sperm whale, a crashed plane, some coral formations, a thermal vent emitting a plume of smoke surrounded by several annelids, and a snail.]
 
 
 
Man: Day 44: Still stranded, with nothing but flat empty water as far as the eye can see.
 
 
 
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Revision as of 22:23, 5 January 2013

Desert Island
Telescopes and bathyscapes and sonar probes of Scottish lakes, Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse explained with abstract phase-space maps, some x-ray slides, a music score, Minard's Napoleonic war: the most exciting new frontier is charting what's already here.
Title text: Telescopes and bathyscapes and sonar probes of Scottish lakes, Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse explained with abstract phase-space maps, some x-ray slides, a music score, Minard's Napoleonic war: the most exciting new frontier is charting what's already here.

Explanation

This comic is making the point that there is a wonderful world waiting to be explored in the ocean. From above it seems so plain, endless, and boring. But underneath the surface lies the most unexplored area on the planet. This comic is a commentary on the need to head below the waves and start exploring.

In this world of fill-in issues, late sceuhdles and incredibly detailed comics artwork, I think you have ever right to be proud of yourself. When Kirkman started INVINCIBLE, he wasn't even able to make it seven issues without having to replace his artist. In the case of Wolfman, he has you, and your work has been solid, issue after issue, which just adds to your sense of accomplishment. Great work!By the way - any idea on when the next trade will be out? I missed an issue in the run and want to read it!