In The Cross Hairs 2016-04-07

[AnotherFairportfan]

Poor Phix. All this can't possibly be happening...

[AmriloJim]

Somebody called it...

Next we'll see a Mk II torpedo blowing through the stacks after Pickle raises the periscope and gets a bearing...

[AnotherFairportfan]

Is that balloon a case of "This space intentionally left blank"?

[AnotherFairportfan]

Somebody called it...

Next we'll see a Mk II torpedo blowing through the stacks after Pickle raises the periscope and gets a bearing...

When they get to SUBROCS or ASROCS, i'll be ... Somewhere Else.

[GlytchMeister]

They can function because they aren't loaded, just firing blanks?

[FreeFlier]

Is that balloon a case of "This space intentionally left blank"?

I was wondering that myself . . .

Or is it the sound of one hand clapping?


I note that Shelly is nearly the same size as Connie and Pickle . . . that supports the dream idea.

--FreeFlier

[AmriloJim]

Second the dream idea... note Connie's eyesockets in the last panel.

[Dave]

Is that balloon a case of "This space intentionally left blank"?

Don't see a blank balloon now... Pablo fixed?

Second the dream idea... note Connie's eyesockets in the last panel.

The arrow through the head is a nice classic touch... but I'm not sure just who is touching whom.

[TheCollector]

Am I the only one enjoying this insanity more then they've enjoyed the comic in a long time? Please let this continue forever.

[DilyV]

Somebody called it...

Next we'll see a Mk II torpedo blowing through the stacks after Pickle raises the periscope and gets a bearing...

When they get to SUBROCS or ASROCS, i'll be ... Somewhere Else.

Made me think of this Cold War Classic....

"You know the Bedford will never fire first... but if he fires one I'll fire one..."

"FIRE ONE!!!"

[FreeFlier]

Is that balloon a case of "This space intentionally left blank"?

Don't see a blank balloon now... Pablo fixed?

Yep. It's the one that now says "Just one good pull and we should have the good doctor back on her feet."

--FreeFlier

[Lee M]

Did somebody mention Euclid?

[oldmanmickey]

I dont know what Phix is smoking or drinking but seems like nows the time to just follow along behind all the little animals

[Akasha]

They can function because they aren't loaded, just firing blanks?

Could it be that it's just an illusion putting me back in all this confusion?
Could it be that it's just an illusion now?
Could it be a picture in my mind? Never sure exactly what I'll find.

[illiad]

well maybe she fell asleep watching the film.... *of course* the library has a decent copy on disc!!!


only 9-ish RL hours left, unless.... :O

[AmriloJim]

only 9-ish RL hours left, unless.... :O

Huh? Update usually occurs at midnight CDT (UTC -6 hours), so it's 15-or-so hours out.

[illiad]

well you are 6 hours behind me, but I have had early updates at just after midnight in UK... I guess he is posting it early, needs sleep!

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock to check..

[Dave]

If this actually is a "Phix fell asleep during a movie, and incorporated the plot into a dream" sequence, then Phix has a problem: she dare not ever tell anyone about it.

• Pickle would be dreadfully disappointed about all of the fun that she missed, by not actually being there.
• Of the four participants (Castela, Shelly, Nudge, and Connie), can you pick even one of them who would not immediately insist "Hey, that's a great idea, let's do it for real right now!" as soon as she heard the story?

The only problem with this whole scenario is that it came a bit early. As our local college station KFJC points out every year, the Month of Mayhem doesn't start for another three weeks or so.

[Gyrrakavian]

On the off chance it's not a dream, it's some sort of trickster(s) screwing with Phix. Fae, tanuki, mujina, kitsune, or Coyote, or some combination thereof are all likely culprits and working in cahoots with Shelly, Connie, and Pickle. In the event it's not a dream, anyways.

Who knows, maybe Raven has gotten involved.

[Opus the Poet]

On the off chance it's not a dream, it's some sort of trickster(s) screwing with Phix. Fae, tanuki, mujina, kitsune, or Coyote, or some combination thereof are all likely culprits and working in cahoots with Shelly, Connie, and Pickle. In the event it's not a dream, anyways.

Who knows, maybe Raven has gotten involved.

Two of those (Coyote and Raven) are actually Nudge in the Wapsiverse. Fae are not normally allowed in the library IIRC (Cricket was an exception because she was summoned to the Library). The rest are unknowns in the Wapsiverse as far as I know. They may exist there, they probably exist there, but we haven't had contact with them that I can remember. If we have it has been a brief glimpse in the background or a single-panel encounter.

I think it was an extra-large pepperoni pizza before falling asleep in front of a 3 stooges marathon.