The New COMIC Thread 06-04-10

HeavyVillain · June 2010

Love the comic if only fr the last panel's dialog

And that tetris video.. wow that was just insanely talented

NotASenator · June 2010

Yeah, there seems to be a good number of people who are surprised that this is still happening and don't realize that they had absolutely no contingency for a disaster at this depth.

On a side note, this twitter account gives a pretty fantastic up to date accounting of everything going on with BP:

http://twitter.com/BPGlobalPR

Rhesus Positive · June 2010

Problem is, once the gap's filled, everything disappears and they have to start again.

Efesell · June 2010

Oh man this might be my new favorite comic.

cooljammer00 · June 2010

BYToady wrote: »

Where's a line piece when you need one?

I think that piece would just slide into the tube and not do much. The T is a cap.

Anyway, I suppose the only answer is to flood the ocean floor with more pieces until you can even it out and clear most of it out with a long piece.

jackal · June 2010

The CNN user comments about the leak are gold. Every article about it has several people who failed physics proposing solutions.

L|ama · June 2010

buoyancy and how the pressure of oil works is pretty confusing, but I'm still not willing to venture there and see exactly how retarded they are

SabreMau · June 2010

jackal wrote: »

The CNN user comments about the leak are gold. Every article about it has several people who failed physics proposing solutions.

"Why not just turn the earth upside-down so the oil gushes back down into the pipe?"
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Usagi · June 2010

This is an excellent comic

Kwoaru · June 2010

This was pretty funny and also a birthday comic

Callius · June 2010

damn, this whole week has been goodness in comic form.

Fuck yeah!

BigKev · June 2010

I feel like the comic should have had the tetris reveal in the last panel, but the way it is is just so hilarious that who cares about conventions.

PiptheFair · June 2010

jackal wrote: »

The CNN user comments about the leak are gold. Every article about it has several people who failed physics proposing solutions.

WHY DON'T THEY JUST SEND DIVERS OR A SUB DOWN

uh it's a mile down

SO

it's like 200 atmospheres of pressure down there

AND?

fuck

Pixel Blue · June 2010

I really like the palette in this one.

Tarranon · June 2010

man those fatcats in washington and bp just don't have common sense

Gyral · June 2010

This comic and slice of news is a bit eerie for me. I spoke on the phone with my mother two days ago only to find out my eldest cousin had moved to Houston to take a job with BP. His current job? To co-ordinate ship logistics is the gulf. Needless to say he's working 15+ hour days right now.

Rolo · June 2010

from the newspost:

wow

KalTorak · June 2010

Goddamn Silver Surfer...

Gyral · June 2010

I fully except Mole Man and a legion of Moloids to come out of that hole and strike back at the above-ground world that shuns them.

RoyceSraphim · June 2010

Rolo wrote: »

from the newspost:

wow

So that is what happens when you pee out the back of a c130 at 20000 feet. Call me thunderpiss.

Javen · June 2010

I'd really rather not

PikaPuff · June 2010

there's a better picture looking straight down the hole because at some point it becomes pure nothingness

edit-

Spoiler:

Javen · June 2010

I also have to agree with Tycho to some point. About this whole oil thing I keep expecting them to suddenly be all 'okay we fixed it and we cleaned up the oil and nothing substantial has changed from a month ago.' It's sincerely difficult to comprehend that this is a legitimately a desperate situation that will have ramifications past how this might effect the mid term elections.

KalTorak · June 2010

PikaPuff wrote: »

there's a better picture looking straight down the hole because at some point it becomes pure nothingness

edit-

Spoiler:

"Acting swiftly, the Guademalan leaders immediately rechristened their country "Sparta"."

Beef Avenger · June 2010

Javen wrote: »

I also have to agree with Tycho to some point. About this whole oil thing I keep expecting them to suddenly be all 'okay we fixed it and we cleaned up the oil and nothing substantial has changed from a month ago.' It's sincerely difficult to comprehend that this is a legitimately a desperate situation that will have ramifications past how this might effect the mid term elections.

the great thing about fucking with the ocean is that screwing up spawning cycles now could cause massive shortages and die outs years from now

Hunter · June 2010

Talking about this at work and on the web, I always think of that great prophet George Carlin and his piece about saving the planet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw

Everyone is so worried about how this oil leak will kill the planet and the planet is doomed. No. The planet will survive. It will self heal like its done for millions of years, slowly filtering the oil and organic poisons away and spawning new life where old life has died.

On the other hand, people are fucked. Pack your shit folks, the planet is bleeding and I think it's pissed. I'm waiting for a tornado, volcanic eruption, or earthquake to hit, just to remind us who's fucking with who.

Rolo · June 2010

Beef Avenger wrote: »

Javen wrote: »

I also have to agree with Tycho to some point. About this whole oil thing I keep expecting them to suddenly be all 'okay we fixed it and we cleaned up the oil and nothing substantial has changed from a month ago.' It's sincerely difficult to comprehend that this is a legitimately a desperate situation that will have ramifications past how this might effect the mid term elections.

the great thing about fucking with the ocean is that screwing up spawning cycles now could cause massive shortages and die outs years from now

NOT IF WE FISH OUT THE SEAS FIRST

BEAT MOTHER NATURE AT ITS OWN GAME

Henroid · June 2010

You can't trust any body of water for a food source these days. The Pacific is poisoned with all the plastic floating out in it. The Gulf, duh, the oil thing. The Red Sea had a bunch of Jews crossing it. And the Atlantic has Titanic victims long since a part of that food chain or just all decomposing and making it icky. What's our world coming to?

Rolo · June 2010

Henroid wrote: »

You can't trust any body of water for a food source these days. The Pacific is poisoned with all the plastic floating out in it. The Gulf, duh, the oil thing. The Red Sea had a bunch of Jews crossing it. And the Atlantic has Titanic victims long since a part of that food chain or just all decomposing and making it icky. What's our world coming to?

That's why I only drink bottled water.

It comes from plastic bottles, so I know it's clean.

End · June 2010

Rolo wrote: »

Henroid wrote: »

You can't trust any body of water for a food source these days. The Pacific is poisoned with all the plastic floating out in it. The Gulf, duh, the oil thing. The Red Sea had a bunch of Jews crossing it. And the Atlantic has Titanic victims long since a part of that food chain or just all decomposing and making it icky. What's our world coming to?

That's why I only drink bottled water.

It comes from plastic bottles, so I know it's clean.

But, the pacific comes with plastic in it! I think that's even better.

Henroid · June 2010

End wrote: »

Rolo wrote: »

Henroid wrote: »

You can't trust any body of water for a food source these days. The Pacific is poisoned with all the plastic floating out in it. The Gulf, duh, the oil thing. The Red Sea had a bunch of Jews crossing it. And the Atlantic has Titanic victims long since a part of that food chain or just all decomposing and making it icky. What's our world coming to?

That's why I only drink bottled water.

It comes from plastic bottles, so I know it's clean.

But, the pacific comes with plastic in it! I think that's even better.

oh no my brain D:

TheCanMan · June 2010

BigKev wrote: »

I feel like the comic should have had the tetris reveal in the last panel, but the way it is is just so hilarious that who cares about conventions.

I agree. It's pretty damn great the way it is, but would have been even better hiding the punchline til the end.

the cheat · June 2010

this comic is awesome.

KalTorak · June 2010

Henroid wrote: »

End wrote: »

Rolo wrote: »

Henroid wrote: »

You can't trust any body of water for a food source these days. The Pacific is poisoned with all the plastic floating out in it. The Gulf, duh, the oil thing. The Red Sea had a bunch of Jews crossing it. And the Atlantic has Titanic victims long since a part of that food chain or just all decomposing and making it icky. What's our world coming to?

That's why I only drink bottled water.

It comes from plastic bottles, so I know it's clean.

But, the pacific comes with plastic in it! I think that's even better.

oh no my brain D:

Personally, I only drink water that's been hacked out of Mars' ice caps and shipped down here to be melted in the warm country sun.

ThatDudeOverThere · June 2010

Tarranon wrote: »

man those fatcats in washington and bp just don't have common sense

okay to be fair

the lack of any sort of viable contingency plan really is some gross incompetence on BP's part

KalTorak · June 2010

ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »

Tarranon wrote: »

man those fatcats in washington and bp just don't have common sense

okay to be fair

the lack of any sort of viable contingency plan really is some gross incompetence on BP's part

Hey, they had a contingency plan! A completely rational and feasible one!

"Jenkins, what are we going to do if this oil pump on the ocean floor breaks open?"

"How about....ahhhh.... golf balls?"

"Good work, sport!"

Olivaw · June 2010

This comic brings to light a disturbing phenomenon:

this generation's tetris players are weak

Delzhand · June 2010

Hunter wrote: »

Talking about this at work and on the web, I always think of that great prophet George Carlin and his piece about saving the planet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw

Everyone is so worried about how this oil leak will kill the planet and the planet is doomed. No. The planet will survive. It will self heal like its done for millions of years, slowly filtering the oil and organic poisons away and spawning new life where old life has died.

On the other hand, people are fucked. Pack your shit folks, the planet is bleeding and I think it's pissed. I'm waiting for a tornado, volcanic eruption, or earthquake to hit, just to remind us who's fucking with who.

Those... those things happen all the time. Are you waiting for one to hit you?

Darmak · June 2010

Delzhand wrote: »

Hunter wrote: »

Talking about this at work and on the web, I always think of that great prophet George Carlin and his piece about saving the planet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw

Everyone is so worried about how this oil leak will kill the planet and the planet is doomed. No. The planet will survive. It will self heal like its done for millions of years, slowly filtering the oil and organic poisons away and spawning new life where old life has died.

On the other hand, people are fucked. Pack your shit folks, the planet is bleeding and I think it's pissed. I'm waiting for a tornado, volcanic eruption, or earthquake to hit, just to remind us who's fucking with who.

Those... those things happen all the time. Are you waiting for one to hit you?

Come to Texas, we have plenty of tornadoes.

A Dabble Of Thelonius · June 2010

The level of preparedness for an event like this was on par with their plans to defend against a unicorn attack.

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