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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] | + | {{incomplete|Edit for accuracy and grammar. Add other references for making fun of the word blog in comics}} |
+ | It's night and [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] lie down on the earth while looking into the sky. Cueball tells a story. Cueball says all dead bloggers are in the sky watching them, and above them all there is the master blogger, Cory Doctorow. The story is interrupted when Cueball goes on to say that the {{w|Tag cloud}} opens, and {{w|Cory Doctorow}} speaks. Megan interrupts, telling Cueball that he needs to "get out more or less. I cant decide". | ||
− | + | Cueball is referencing the movie {{w|The Lion King}}. The first two panels reference a scene where the protagonist, Simba, remembers how his father, Mufasa, explained the night sky by saying, 'the great kings of the past are up there'. The last panel is from a scene near the climax of the movie, where a the spirit of Mufasa appears to Simba in the clouds, and speaks to him. | |
− | In the title text, Randall mentions that he feels that the word {{w|blog}}, a {{w|portmanteau}} and an {{w| | + | In the title text, Randall mentions that he feels that the word {{w|blog}}, a {{w|portmanteau}} and an {{w|Elision}} of 'web log', sounds silly, and has not become any less silly over the years, despite entering common usage. This is a common theme in Randall's writings and comics. For example xkcd's blog is called "[http://blag.xkcd.com/ The blag of the webcomic]", in mockery of the word blog. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Curbar and Megan are lying on the ground stargazing] |
:Cueball: Just look at those stars. | :Cueball: Just look at those stars. | ||
:Cueball: My father once told me that the great bloggers of the past are up there, watching over us. | :Cueball: My father once told me that the great bloggers of the past are up there, watching over us. | ||
− | :[Cueball sits up, and then stands up, stretching his arms in the air as if to encompass the whole night sky | + | :[Cueball sits up, and then stands up, stretching his arms in the air as if to encompass the whole night sky] |
:Cueball: High above the blogosphere, a gap opens in the tag clouds. Cory Doctorow's voice booms forth... | :Cueball: High above the blogosphere, a gap opens in the tag clouds. Cory Doctorow's voice booms forth... | ||
:Megan: You need to get out either ''more'' or ''less''. I can't decide. | :Megan: You need to get out either ''more'' or ''less''. I can't decide. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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