Editing 43: Red Spiders 2

{{comic
| number    = 43
| date      = December 2, 2005
| title     = Red Spiders 2
| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Red%20Spiders%202 Original title</span>]: '''Friday's Drawing - Red Spiders 2'''</big></big>
| image     = red_spiders_2.jpg
| titletext = This was actually drawn years before Red Spiders<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063441/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Red%20Spiders%202 Original caption</span>]: And lo, they still have six legs.
}}

==Explanation==
This was the fortieth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[38: Apple Jacks]], and the next one was [[39: Bowl]].

This is the second comic in the [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders series]], published just over 2 months after the [[8: Red spiders|first one]]. Like its predecessor, it is more of a sketch than a comic. The titular spiders appear to be ascending —or possibly building— a structure, probably to get into the window at the top of the picture. Two spiders at the top appear to be passing a block between them, implying that they are, at least, trying to change the structure.

In the title text, [[Randall Munroe|Randalll]] says the comic was drawn years before [[8: Red spiders|the previous Red Spiders]] despite being posted later.

The full series of [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders]] comics:
*[[8: Red Spiders]], the first one.
*[[43: Red Spiders 2]], this one.
*[[47: Counter-Red Spiders]], in which the humans begin a counter-offensive.
*[[126: Red Spiders Cometh]], in which the spiders attack a city.
*[[427: Bad Timing]], in which, in a style more typical to xkcd, the spiders attack a couple in the middle of a serious relationship discussion in a hot-air balloon.
*[[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]], in which it appears briefly in the 14th panel crawling over a cube.

==Transcript==
:[Nine red spiders, with round appendages at the end of each of their six legs, are seen navigating an environment of blocks and other geometric constructions. One spider appears to be holding a block down for another spider to climb onto to help it up, or they might be lifting the block together. One is almost outside the frame at the top.]

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