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Gone with the Blastwave #1 (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Shard to c/comicstrips

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https://www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=1

Not my OC. Just wanted to bring attention to a little underated comic strip. Great artwork. Different tone and topic to what's commonly posted here. Enjoy.

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[–] MisterNeon 102 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow an internet relic.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 11 months ago

I loved this comic back in the days.

[–] Aqarius 67 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Oh wow, it's still updated!

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago

Every few months or years.

[–] Zoomboingding 3 points 11 months ago

Wow, that's incredible :O Time to read through the archive!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago (4 children)

In the immortal words of Griff: "Do you ever wonder why we're here?"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Because they put a blue base on the other side of this box canyon.

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot 11 points 11 months ago

I don't know man, but it keeps me up at night...

[–] Possible_EmuWrangler 2 points 11 months ago

I could call command to ask them. Ive been meaning to call them anyway. Some parts are missing off the robot kit.

[–] PP_BOY_ 2 points 11 months ago

Came here for a RvB reference and wasn't disappointed

[–] Jumi 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's been a long time since I've seen that comic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

So long I'm not quite sure if it's the right one I'm remembering

[–] Xanthrax 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I love this comic series!

Also, if you like them you should check out "Mad God":

https://youtu.be/jas8OABbn0Y?si=rMmW2cvZc8CXUy1q

It felt like it could have been in the same universe. Warning, it's very NSFW.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Mad God was incredible. I was blown away the first time I watched it.

[–] Echo5 14 points 11 months ago

Just spent an hour reading the whole series. Highly amused. Thanks for the rec!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

"Hey guys! I found a way out!"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Thank you OP ist, i was searching this Comic for over an year now askin myself eaht the Name was again and if its still going!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Have you seen the 1977 movie "Wizards?" There's a scene in it which is this. Almost exactly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I love these :)

[–] aluminium -2 points 11 months ago

In the end you fight for which government is gonna shit on your head from now on.

[+] [email protected] -21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Best depiction of Ukraine in a few months or years, if it keeps going.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At least on Russia side. Ukrainians defending their country.

[+] [email protected] -42 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

But will their lives really be any different whether they win or lose? It's not like they're being invaded by a country with a different economic system.

Edit: Look at Crimea, how'd that go for the average Crimean? Any significant differences in their quality of life?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you see no differences between the Ukrainian government, flawed as it has been, and the Russian government under Putin... you may need to look a little deeper.

[+] [email protected] -23 points 11 months ago (5 children)

No differences worth fighting for.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ukrainians disagree. And they are the ones that matter. If you want to live in slavery or without political rights, it is your choice, of course.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Says you, an anonymous nobody on the internet.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm going to over to your place, take over the nicest room, lock a few people in the basement if they complain, and you'll be going to work everyday to pay for this. Sound good?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

Weak sauce.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

lol that's like using household finances to describe how government debt works. Not an accurate analogy at all.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I guess I can head on over.

Edit: the reason you should not use household finances as an analogy in this is because households do not control monetary policy and most people don't really understand national and international financial policy (or their own finances half the time).

In this case, a neighbor making an unprovoked takeover of your house in order to take advantage of the people living there is exactly what happened. The invasion hinges on "might makes right" so it stands to reason that should be fine in the locale of your home if it's ok for a Ukrainian's home near the border.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

So by that logic, Ukraine and in fact every country that Putin sets his eyes on should just roll over and surrender?

The mere threat of violence should allow a dictator to take over, as long as the country is moderately corrupt?

I hate to break it to you, that's nearly every country in the world, so Putin (or any other dictator) could become the world's emperor if they just made a credible threat?

This is why total pacifism is insanity folks.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What a braindead take.