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| date = September 30, 2005 | | date = September 30, 2005 | ||
| title = Barrel - Part 2 | | title = Barrel - Part 2 | ||
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| image = barrel mommies.jpg | | image = barrel mommies.jpg | ||
− | | titletext = Awww | + | | titletext = Awww. |
}} | }} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Like in the previous comic in the Barrel series, the boy is floating in the ocean in a barrel. The previous comic made a point about the uncertainty of life; here, the boy's lament at not finding a mother is pure sentimentality, as accentuated by the title text. | |
− | + | According to Freud, the first stage of psycho-sexual development is the Oral Stage, which relates to a baby's relationship with its mother. The realization that mommy cannot be found is the first point at which a person learns to stop trusting the world and realizes that the world is not always comforting and safe. | |
− | This is the | + | This is the second in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features a [[:Category:Barrel|character]] that is not consistent with what would quickly become the [[xkcd]] [[stick figure]] style. The character is in a barrel. |
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+ | After Randall released the full [http://liveweb.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on xkcd, it has been clear that the original [[Ferret]] story should also be included as part of the barrel series. | ||
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+ | The full series can be found [[:Category:Barrel|here]]. But below they are listed in the order Randall has put them in his collection linked to above: | ||
* [[1: Barrel - Part 1]] | * [[1: Barrel - Part 1]] | ||
* [[20: Ferret]] | * [[20: Ferret]] | ||
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:[A boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.] | :[A boy sits in a barrel which is floating in an ocean.] | ||
:Boy: none of the places i floated had mommies. | :Boy: none of the places i floated had mommies. | ||
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+ | Title text: Awww. | ||
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+ | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | *This was the 13th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. | ||
+ | **The previous was [[14: Copyright]]. | ||
+ | **The next was [[15: Just Alerting You]]. | ||
+ | *This comic kept it's original title: "Barrel - Part 2 " | ||
+ | *Original [[Randall]] quote: "The story continues." | ||
+ | *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]]. | ||
+ | *The drawing style is very reminiscent of the {{w|The Little Prince|Little Prince}}. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 13]] |
[[Category:First day on LiveJournal| 13]] | [[Category:First day on LiveJournal| 13]] | ||
− | [[Category:First day on xkcd | + | [[Category:First day on xkcd]] |
[[Category:Checkered paper]] | [[Category:Checkered paper]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Barrel|03]] |
[[Category:Comics sharing name|Barrel 02]] | [[Category:Comics sharing name|Barrel 02]] | ||
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