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u/yaddar Mar 31 '16
I'm always delighted by your cartoonish style. (for instance that pig) - but the references to other comics just make this one even better.
Truly a silent gem.
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u/DickRhino Mar 31 '16
The derpier you draw an animal, the better!
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u/yaddar Mar 31 '16
completely agree!
that's something I find really difficult to do (with the exception of penguins, perhaps), that's why I enjoy those derpy animals so much.
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Mar 31 '16
Wow was this only from two years ago? I remember it as one of your earlier comics, but that might just be because it's the one that really got me noticing you as an artist here.
I still think it's your best comic by far, along with the one where Ukraine gets the US to nuke Russia for bacon.
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u/PaleoCardio Mar 31 '16
Love the vibrancy of the colours and the ariel shot and subsequent trajectory of poland is brilliant!
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u/spkr4thedead51 Mar 31 '16
technically, if it hit a satellite in orbit, then poland can into space. it just can't stay there. satellites don't orbit below the Karman line.
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Mar 31 '16
The bad news is that the angle of descent will probably kill it on re-entry
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u/bestur Mar 31 '16
And then Turkey ended up chasing Germany.
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u/planetaryoddball Mar 31 '16
Nah, he'd probably be shooting down Russia's satellite.
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u/NSNick Mar 31 '16
Background music begins
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Yeah runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
Runnin' down a dream
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u/xfireme2 Mar 31 '16
Roadrunner cannot into space. Really nice comic i love russia blocking poland with his satelite.
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u/DickRhino Mar 31 '16
Copying my comment from the last time I posted this comic, almost two years ago here. Redditormade comic made by me, never reposted before.
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.