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| date      = December 2, 2005
 
| date      = December 2, 2005
 
| title    = Red Spiders 2
 
| 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
 
| 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.
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| titletext = This was actually drawn years before Red Spiders
 
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==Explanation==
 
==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.
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This is the second-published comic in the [[:Category:Red Spiders|red spiders]] story arc, 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.
  
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.
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According to the title text, it was drawn years before [[:8: Red spiders|the previous Red Spiders]].
  
The full series of [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders]] comics:
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The full series of [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red spiders]]:
*[[8: Red Spiders]], the first one.
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*[[8: Red spiders]]: the first one.
*[[43: Red Spiders 2]], this one.
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*[[43: Red Spiders 2]]: this one.
*[[47: Counter-Red Spiders]], in which the humans begin a counter-offensive.
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*[[47: Counter-Red Spiders]]: in which we see the beginnings of a counter-offensive against the attack.
*[[126: Red Spiders Cometh]], in which the spiders attack a city.
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*[[126: Red Spiders Cometh]]: in which we see the red spiders attacking 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.
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*[[427: Bad Timing]]: in which the red spiders pounce on an unfortunate couple having a conversation about their relationship mid-hot air balloon ride, in a more typical xkcd style.
*[[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]], in which it appears briefly in the 14th panel crawling over a cube.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==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. The second-from-the-top spider appears to be holding a block down for the spider just below to climb on 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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:[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.]
  
{{comic discussion}}
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==Trivia==
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*[[Randall]] has been quoted as saying "And lo, they still have six legs", and that "This is the original that inspired the other one. It's my favorite of the two."
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*This is the fortieth comic originally posted to livejournal. The previous was [[38: Apple Jacks]]. The next was [[39: Bowl]].
  
[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 40]]
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{{Comic discussion}}
[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
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[[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]]
 
[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
[[Category:Comics with color]]
[[Category:Checkered paper]]
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[[Category:Red Spiders|0043]]
[[Category:Red Spiders]]
 
[[Category:Comics sharing name|Red Spiders02]]
 

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