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| date = September 30, 2005 | | date = September 30, 2005 | ||
| title = Red Spiders | | title = Red Spiders | ||
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| image = red_spiders_small.jpg | | image = red_spiders_small.jpg | ||
| − | | titletext = They are six-legged spiders | + | | titletext = They are six-legged spiders |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | The early comics often feature a style different to what would become the signature xkcd stick-figure style. This comic is the first in an arc of comics, spaced out over 3 years (so far), in which Red Spiders are seen attacking humans. Its objective is not to be funny, philosophical, or scientifically interesting; it just tells a story, in a {{w|Questionable Content}}-esque way. | |
| − | + | Interestingly, the red spiders actually more closely resemble opiliones, the order of arachnids that includes the Daddy Longlegs, and which are actually more closely related to mites than to spiders. Of course, the number of legs is incorrect. | |
| − | This comic is the first in an arc of comics, spaced out over 3 years (so far), in which Red Spiders are seen attacking humans. Its objective is not to be funny, philosophical, or scientifically interesting; it just tells a story, in a {{w|Questionable Content}}-esque way. Interestingly, the red spiders actually more closely resemble | ||
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The full series of [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders]] comics: | The full series of [[:Category:Red Spiders|Red Spiders]] comics: | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Many six-legged red spiders standing on and hanging from cuboids. The cuboids hang in the air with no visible means of support. Some of the spiders have made a bridge out of themselves.] | :[Many six-legged red spiders standing on and hanging from cuboids. The cuboids hang in the air with no visible means of support. Some of the spiders have made a bridge out of themselves.] | ||
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| + | ==Trivia== | ||
| + | *This was the 8th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. | ||
| + | ** The previous was [[13: Canyon]]. | ||
| + | **The next was [[6: Irony]]. | ||
| + | *Original title: "Spiders" | ||
| + | *Original [[Randall]] quote: "They're not spiders; they have six legs!" | ||
| + | *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]]. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal| 08]] |
[[Category:First day on LiveJournal| 08]] | [[Category:First day on LiveJournal| 08]] | ||
| − | [[Category:First day on xkcd | + | [[Category:First day on xkcd]] |
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Checkered paper]] | [[Category:Checkered paper]] | ||
[[Category:Red Spiders]] | [[Category:Red Spiders]] | ||
[[Category:Comics sharing name|Red Spiders01]] | [[Category:Comics sharing name|Red Spiders01]] | ||
