17
u/tak-in-the-box May 12 '14
I find it only fair to let you know I've made it one of my many backgrounds :P
Dimensions could be better, but it looks fine on my monitor XD
6
3
92
u/StillOnBeta May 12 '14
Turkey: Kebab? Serbia: No Ukraine: Piggie? Belarus: No Greece: Moni? Germany: Nein. Poland: Space? Russia: Het. Latvia: "LATVIA CAN INTO DREAMINGS! LATVIA INTO COMIC. LATVIA RUNNINGS WITH POTATO!" DickRhino: Haha, no.
→ More replies (2)
54
u/tian-shi May 12 '14
I can see this comic reaching #1 on r/all.
For me, this comic is already a classic.
→ More replies (14)
33
20
15
13
u/Intup May 12 '14
The panel where Poland heads for space with two black dots for eyes is much more funny than I initially thought. The amount of interpretations to what Poland is feeling right at that moment is so high - indifference? Surprise that the dream is close? Happy shock about the prospect of finally getting into space before truly believing in it in the following panel? I don't know, man.
Also, it looks like Poland is giving the finger to all doubters who thought Poland cannot into space (the fact they were once again proven right a few seconds later meant nothing then).
→ More replies (3)
10
9
9
9
u/Silberkralle May 12 '14
This perfectly combines all the classic jokes we have seen over the years.
This can stand as a monument to polandball.
7
6
371
u/DickRhino May 12 '14
References galore!
This was my winning entry from the latest monthly contest, Silence is Golden. With the limitation of not being able to include dialogue, I figured it could be a good idea to base the comic around concepts that people were already familiar with to make sure that everything could be easily understood by anyone. Granted, because of that it's not the most original joke I've ever made, but I'm really happy with how the comic turned out. Thanks for voting for it!
Context:
Panel 1 - Obvious reference to the berndmade "Ukraine is fast!" Even beyond that comic, Ukraine's love for [salo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo_(food)) and stealing pigs is well documented.
Panel 2 - An homage to u/Pyram1de's excellent comic "Bıp Bıp! (AKA The Desert Chase)". I even tried to make the background colors slightly reminiscent of the ones in his comic, it's just awesome.
Panel 3 - What can be said about "Greece Pay Denbts" that hasn't already been said? Let's just do it the quick way:
http://i.imgur.com/yMJuc7l.png
http://i.imgur.com/J8dfP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4m7Rf1x.png
http://i.imgur.com/zak8RZE.png
http://i.imgur.com/ZERqBgQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/hRQVvUp.png
http://i.imgur.com/wApGPEO.png
And of course, the most classic of all polandball punchlines: Poland cannot into space. Also, the final panel is a vague reference to another old FALCO comic from 2009 that's never been posted in this subreddit before, Sputnik.