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| date = September 30, 2005 | | date = September 30, 2005 | ||
| title = Canyon | | title = Canyon | ||
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| image = canyon_small.jpg | | image = canyon_small.jpg | ||
− | | titletext = They're standing at the lip of the canyon, which isn't clear at all | + | | titletext = They're standing at the lip of the canyon, which isn't clear at all. |
}} | }} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This | + | This is one of the early comics that explores a theme [[xkcd]] returns to often: the wonder around us, if we would just look. |
− | [[Cueball]] and his friend (who also looks like Cueball) are having a discussion. After the friend asks Cueball what the time is, Cueball simply states that it is | + | [[Cueball]] and his friend (who also looks like Cueball) are having a discussion. After the friend asks Cueball what the time is, Cueball simply states that it is ''now.'' Then there is a beat panel showing the two standing at the lip of a great canyon drawn in detail and color. |
− | The title text explains that they stand on the lip of the canyon, which may not be clear if you do not look very carefully at the color drawing. There are two tiny stick figures at the edge of the canyon, near the center of the panel. On the other six panels, there is just a ragged line, which thus obviously is this lip of the canyon. | + | The friend claims that ''now'' is a boring answer, since it's a tautology, a functionally useless answer, and a bad joke all at the same time. Cueball, however, asserts that ''now'' is the least boring answer he could give. |
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+ | It is typical for human beings to focus on mundane concerns, like a meeting they might be late for or a bus they have to catch, and take their familiar environment for granted, no matter how fabulous it might have been at first sight. | ||
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+ | The title text explains that they stand on the lip of the canyon, which may not be clear if you do not look very carefully at the color drawing. There are two tiny stick figures at the edge of the canyon, near the center of the panel. On the other six panels, there is just a ragged line, which thus obviously is this lip of the canyon. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Two guys, both Cueball-like, are standing at | + | :[Two guys, both Cueball-like, are standing at some kind of cliff edge.] |
:Friend: What time is it? | :Friend: What time is it? | ||
− | :[Cueball looks at his watch in silence.] | + | :[The second guy (Cueball) looks at his watch in silence.] |
− | :[ | + | :[Then he answers the question] |
:Cueball: Now. | :Cueball: Now. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Full scene is revealed: The two men (barely visible) are standing at the lip of a huge canyon in a rocky, barren landscape. A pock-marked moon and a ringed planet are visible in the burgundy-colored sky.] |
− | :[The two guys are again seen standing at what is now | + | :[The two guys are again seen standing at what is now know to be the lip of the canyon.] |
:Friend: That's a pretty boring answer. | :Friend: That's a pretty boring answer. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Next panel is the same as before.] |
:Cueball: Is not. | :Cueball: Is not. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Last panel is the same as before.] |
:Cueball: It's the least boring answer imaginable. | :Cueball: It's the least boring answer imaginable. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | This is the first | + | *This was the 7th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. |
+ | **The previous was [[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]. | ||
+ | **The next was [[8: Red spiders]]. | ||
+ | *This comic kept its original title: "Canyon" | ||
+ | **This is the first of the original comics that kept it's title unchanged after transfer to xkcd. | ||
+ | *Original [[Randall]] quote: "I'm not sure where they are, but they should be more excited! I would be." | ||
+ | *This was one of the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|thirteen first comics]] posted to LiveJournal within 12 minutes on Friday September 30, 2005. | ||
+ | *This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006. | ||
+ | **It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others. | ||
+ | **The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44. | ||
+ | *One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]]. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 07]] |
[[Category:First day on LiveJournal| 07]] | [[Category:First day on LiveJournal| 07]] | ||
− | [[Category:First day on xkcd | + | [[Category:First day on xkcd]] |
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Checkered paper]] | [[Category:Checkered paper]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | ||
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