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| | | number = 22 | | | number = 22 |
| − | | date = October 24, 2005 | + | | date = October 19, 2005 |
| | | title = Barrel - Part 3 | | | title = Barrel - Part 3 |
| − | | before = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A30%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-The%20saga%20of Original title</span>]: '''Monday's Drawing'''</big></big>
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| | | image = barrel_whirlpool.jpg | | | image = barrel_whirlpool.jpg |
| − | | titletext = A whirlpool!<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A30%20pm-,Monday%27s%20Drawing,-The%20saga%20of Original caption</span>]: The saga of the boy and his barrel continues! ([http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_cropped_(1).jpg Part 1] and [http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_mommies.jpg Part 2]) | + | | titletext = A whirlpool! |
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| − | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
| − | This was the twenty-third comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[40: Light]], and the next one was [[23: T-shirts]]. | + | This is the third in a five-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features a [[:Category:Comics featuring Barrel Boy|character]] that is not consistant with what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. The character is in a barrel. The full series is: |
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| − | In the first two comics in the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], the boy is floating in the ocean in a barrel, making fairly innocent points about life's uncertainty. In this comic, the view has zoomed out considerably, and the boy is seen to be on the edge of a gigantic {{w|whirlpool}}. Thus, there is now a palpably heightened sense of danger, though the boy's reaction continues to be innocent wonder. The comic's visual composition is reminiscent of {{w|File:Maelstrom-Clarke.jpg|a classic 1919 illustration}} by {{w|Harry Clarke}}, made for {{w|Edgar Allan Poe}}'s 1841 short story "{{w|A Descent into the Maelström}}." In the short story, the main character escapes from drowning by using a barrel to escape The Maelström.
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| − | The two links in the original caption used to link to the pictures of the first and third comic in the series, but they are now defunct. Here is the last part of the caption containing links to the archived pages: "([https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_cropped_(1).jpg Part 1] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel_mommies.jpg Part 2])".
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| − | This is the fourth in a six-part series of comics whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. The series features [[Barrel Boy]], a character that is different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style. The full series can be found [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|here]]. After Randall released the full [http://liveweb.archive.org/web/20070207052159/http://www.xkcd.com/barrel.html The Boy and his Barrel] story on the site, it became clear that the original comic [[20: Ferret]] was also part of the series. The comics are listed in the order chosen by Randall:
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| | * [[1: Barrel - Part 1]] | | * [[1: Barrel - Part 1]] |
| − | * [[20: Ferret]]
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| | * [[11: Barrel - Part 2]] | | * [[11: Barrel - Part 2]] |
| | * [[22: Barrel - Part 3]] | | * [[22: Barrel - Part 3]] |
| | * [[25: Barrel - Part 4]] | | * [[25: Barrel - Part 4]] |
| | * [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] | | * [[31: Barrel - Part 5]] |
| | + | == Transcript == |
| | + | [Large vortex, spinning water covers the whole panel. A boy in a floating barrel is near the edge, apparently about to be sucked in.] |
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| − | ==Transcript== | + | Boy: Wow! |
| − | :[A large and deep vortex is in the center; spinning water covers the whole panel. A boy in a floating barrel is near the edge, apparently about to be sucked in.]
| + | == Trivia == |
| − | :Boy: wow!
| + | * This is the twenty-third comic posted to livejournal. The previous was {{explain|40}}. The next was {{explain|23}} |
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| − | {{comic discussion}}
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| − | [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 23]]
| + | {{Comic discussion}} |
| − | [[Category:First day on xkcd.com]] | + | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]] |
| − | [[Category:Checkered paper]]
| + | [[Category:Barrel|03]] |
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| − | [[Category:The Boy and his Barrel|04]]
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| − | [[Category:Comics sharing name|Barrel 04]]
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| − | [[Category:Comics featuring Barrel Boy]]
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