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Thursday, 25 December, 2008 by Newtkiller
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You shoot a crossbow"God save thee, ancient Mariner!
From the fiends, that plague thee thus! -
Why look'st thou so?" - With my cross-bow
I shot the Albatross.
        [ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor
         Coleridge ]

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bolt. The bolt hits the floating eyeFloating eyes, not surprisingly, are large, floating eyeballs
which drift about the dungeon. Though not dangerous in and
of themselves, their power to paralyse those who gaze at
their large eye in combat is widely feared. Many are the
tales of those who struck a floating eye, were paralysed by
its mystic powers, and then nibbled to death by some other
creature that lurked around nearby.

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! #####+....|# |....-# |..@.| |....| |..e.| ------
The floating eyeFloating eyes, not surprisingly, are large, floating eyeballs
which drift about the dungeon. Though not dangerous in and
of themselves, their power to paralyse those who gaze at
their large eye in combat is widely feared. Many are the
tales of those who struck a floating eye, were paralysed by
its mystic powers, and then nibbled to death by some other
creature that lurked around nearby.

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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breaks in tears! You drown... #####+}}}}|# |}}}}-# |}} }| |}}}}| |}}e}| ------
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  /  REST  IN   \   
 /     PEACE     \  
/                 \ 
|     Dudley      | 
|Killed by abusing| 
|   his power     | 
|    *   *   *    | 
/\(\//\_\/\\(/\(//\ 


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Average rating: Good
Number of ratings: 8

Comments

@ December 25, 2008 00:47
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
I doubt that... stuff... in the last panel is actually not part of the comic. Either way I don't entirely get it.
@ December 25, 2008 00:48
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
Er I meant, actually part of the comic...

Apologies the for sentence malformed.
  December 25, 2008 00:52
First comment: 1 April, 2004 431 comments written
It's postmodern, @.
Wellan December 25, 2008 01:38
First comment: 27 November, 2007 247 comments written
Notice that there's a blank line above the gravestone in the last panel? "That stuff" is what happens when the comic has too many lines. There was an extra line break in there somewhere.

'K, enough technical stuff. This comic was funny, but a bit unrealistic (you can't fit that many tears in one floating eyeFloating eyes, not surprisingly, are large, floating eyeballs
which drift about the dungeon. Though not dangerous in and
of themselves, their power to paralyse those who gaze at
their large eye in combat is widely feared. Many are the
tales of those who struck a floating eye, were paralysed by
its mystic powers, and then nibbled to death by some other
creature that lurked around nearby.

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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), so I rate it fair.
SomeoneElse December 25, 2008 09:09
First comment: 11 September, 2006 143 comments written
Comic ruined by weird glitchiness.
Newtkiller December 25, 2008 10:26
First comment: 28 October, 2008 127 comments written
Too bad. Comic ruined by One little line.
Quint Sakugarne December 25, 2008 18:40
First comment: 1 January, 2008 233 comments written
Dion: PLEASE FIX END OF COMIC.

Unless that gibberish is supposed to be the sound of Dudley's ghostAnd now the souls of the dead who had gone below came swarming
up from Erebus -- fresh brides, unmarried youths, old men
with life's long suffering behind them, tender young girls
still nursing this first anguish in their hearts, and a great
throng of warriors killed in battle, their spear-wounds gaping
yet and all their armour stained with blood. From this
multitude of souls, as they fluttered to and fro by the
trench, there came a moaning that was horrible to hear.
Panic drained the blood from my cheeks.
[ The Odyssey, (chapter Lambda), by Homer ]

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growling gibberish about being killed by something really stupid and random.

The rest of the comment is awesome, so I rate it Excellent.
Newtkiller December 25, 2008 19:35
First comment: 28 October, 2008 127 comments written
Dion, it's the line under the text on pannel 3 that needs to be erased. That way everything turns back to normal.
Nate879 December 25, 2008 23:00
First comment: 11 October, 2008 8 comments written
Does Dion even view these to make sure they look right?
f December 25, 2008 23:16
First comment: 19 June, 2007 3 comments written
I like the surrealism provided by the error.
motty December 26, 2008 03:30
First comment: 22 November, 2006 9 comments written
Yes. The error makes the comic. It would be nice to see a fixed version posted separately.
Nesman December 29, 2008 14:55
First comment: 4 January, 2005 112 comments written
Dion's going to fix the comic and leave these comments. I wonder which will be more surreal; the comments without the error, or the original comic.
Dion December 31, 2008 11:22
First comment: 2 February, 2004 100 comments written
Apologies. Fixed.
Newtkiller January 2, 2009 19:40
First comment: 28 October, 2008 127 comments written
Thanks. No apologies needed on my side. I'll look twice before sending the comic next time.

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