#xkcd No. 2961
Date: 2024-7-19
Title: CrowdStrike
Alt text: We were going to try swordfighting, but all my compiling is on hold.
https://xkcd.com/2961/
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#xkcd No. 3165
Date: 2025-11-7
Title: Earthquake Prediction Flowchart
Alt text: At least people who make religious predictions of the apocalypse have an answer to the question 'Why didn't you predict any of the other ones that happened recently?'
https://xkcd.com/3165/
![Description:
A flowchart about earthquake prediction. A diamond-shaped "START" box has an arrow pointing down to a single large rectangular box containing text.
Transcript:
[The comic presents a flowchart. Text above the chart reads:]
SOMEONE IS CLAIMING TO PREDICT THE EXACT DATE OF A FUTURE EARTHQUAKE. SHOULD YOU LISTEN?
[The flowchart starts with a diamond-shaped box labeled "START". An arrow points from it to a single large rectangular box below. The text in this box reads:]
NO
(THERE ARE BIG EARTHQUAKES CONSTANTLY, SO IF ANYONE EVER DOES FIGURE THIS OUT, IT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS THAT THEIR METHOD WORKS AND THEN THE WORLD'S SEISMOLOGISTS WILL NOT SHUT UP ABOUT IT. YOU WON'T NEED THIS FLOWCHART.)](/proxy/post_attachment/899775/a53a47e1cb.png "Description:
A flowchart about earthquake prediction. A diamond-shaped \"START\" box has an arrow pointing down to a single large rectangular box containing text.
Transcript:
[The comic presents a flowchart. Text above the chart reads:]
SOMEONE IS CLAIMING TO PREDICT THE EXACT DATE OF A FUTURE EARTHQUAKE. SHOULD YOU LISTEN?
[The flowchart starts with a diamond-shaped box labeled \"START\". An arrow points from it to a single large rectangular box below. The text in this box reads:]
NO
(THERE ARE BIG EARTHQUAKES CONSTANTLY, SO IF ANYONE EVER DOES FIGURE THIS OUT, IT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS THAT THEIR METHOD WORKS AND THEN THE WORLD'S SEISMOLOGISTS WILL NOT SHUT UP ABOUT IT. YOU WON'T NEED THIS FLOWCHART.)")
#xkcd No. 2958
Date: 2024-7-12
Title: Hatchery
Alt text: Anadromous fish are more vulnerable in rivers, since the lack of salt means you can quickly crack passwords using rainbow trout tables.
https://xkcd.com/2958/
#xkcd No. 3166
Date: 2025-11-10
Title: Big and Little Spoons
Alt text: Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?
https://xkcd.com/3166/
![Description:
A four-panel comic. The first two show a stick figure, one shows two mismatched spoons, and the last shows the figure lying alone on a couch.
Transcript:
**Panel 1:**
[A stick figure is shown.]
Narrator: SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BE THE BIG SPOON.
**Panel 2:**
[The same stick figure is shown.]
Narrator: SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BE THE LITTLE SPOON.
**Panel 3:**
[Two different-sized spoons are shown, failing to nest together neatly.]
Narrator: AND SOME BRAVE TRUTH-TELLERS POINT OUT THAT THE METAPHOR MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE DIFFERENT-SIZED SPOONS DON'T NEST RIGHT EITHER WAY. YOU NEST SAME-SIZED SPOONS.
**Panel 4:**
[The stick figure is now lying on a couch.]
Narrator: ...AND APPARENTLY WE SLEEP ON THE COUCH.
Off-panel voice: WHY ARE YOU STILL GOING ON ABOUT THE SPOON THING?
Figure on couch: BECAUSE I'M RIGHT](/proxy/post_attachment/902649/0a2d1b47db.png "Description:
A four-panel comic. The first two show a stick figure, one shows two mismatched spoons, and the last shows the figure lying alone on a couch.
Transcript:
**Panel 1:**
[A stick figure is shown.]
Narrator: SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BE THE BIG SPOON.
**Panel 2:**
[The same stick figure is shown.]
Narrator: SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BE THE LITTLE SPOON.
**Panel 3:**
[Two different-sized spoons are shown, failing to nest together neatly.]
Narrator: AND SOME BRAVE TRUTH-TELLERS POINT OUT THAT THE METAPHOR MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE DIFFERENT-SIZED SPOONS DON'T NEST RIGHT EITHER WAY. YOU NEST SAME-SIZED SPOONS.
**Panel 4:**
[The stick figure is now lying on a couch.]
Narrator: ...AND APPARENTLY WE SLEEP ON THE COUCH.
Off-panel voice: WHY ARE YOU STILL GOING ON ABOUT THE SPOON THING?
Figure on couch: BECAUSE I'M RIGHT")
#xkcd No. 3180
Date: 2025-12-12
Title: Apples
Alt text: The experimental math department's budget is under scrutiny for how much they've been spending on trains leaving Chicago at 9:00pm traveling at 45 mph.
https://xkcd.com/3180/
![Description:
Two stick figures look down at a pile of apples on the ground, while a third figure celebrates with their arms in the air.
Transcript:
[A stick figure speaks while looking at a pile of apples.]
Figure 1: OKAY, WITH MY SEVEN APPLES ADDED TO YOUR FIVE, WE HAVE... LET'S SEE...TWELVE APPLES!
[Another figure throws their arms up in celebration.]
Figure 2: INCREDIBLE! PERFECT AGREEMENT WITH THE THEORY!
[Caption below the panel]
EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICIANS](/proxy/post_attachment/930874/ef12a4c495.png "Description:
Two stick figures look down at a pile of apples on the ground, while a third figure celebrates with their arms in the air.
Transcript:
[A stick figure speaks while looking at a pile of apples.]
Figure 1: OKAY, WITH MY SEVEN APPLES ADDED TO YOUR FIVE, WE HAVE... LET'S SEE...TWELVE APPLES!
[Another figure throws their arms up in celebration.]
Figure 2: INCREDIBLE! PERFECT AGREEMENT WITH THE THEORY!
[Caption below the panel]
EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICIANS")
#xkcd No. 3233
Date: 2026-4-15
Title: Make It Myself
Alt text: It's not as big a loss as it looks, because now I have have leftover supplies, which will help me talk myself into doing this all over again with a new project!
https://xkcd.com/3233/
![Description:
White Hat and Cueball stand beside two stacked boxes bearing sale tags. Cueball gestures toward the boxes while delivering a lengthy monologue to a silent White Hat.
Transcript:
Panel 1:
[White Hat and Cueball stand looking at two stacked boxes. Both boxes have a "SALE" sticker and a "$80" price tag on them. Cueball gestures toward the boxes and speaks.]
Cueball: THEY WANT $80 FOR THIS?
I COULD MAKE ONE MYSELF FOR $10 IN PARTS, AN HOUR OF WORK, A TRIP TO THE HARDWARE STORE, ANOTHER $30 IN PARTS, ANOTHER FEW HOURS OF WORK, TWO MORE TRIPS TO THE STORE FOR $20 MORE IN PARTS, ANOTHER HOUR TO REDO THE FIRST HOUR OF WORK BECAUSE I MESSED UP, AND $80 TO BUY THIS WHEN THE ONE I MADE BREAKS.](/proxy/post_attachment/1035400/015a4041d0.png "Description:
White Hat and Cueball stand beside two stacked boxes bearing sale tags. Cueball gestures toward the boxes while delivering a lengthy monologue to a silent White Hat.
Transcript:
Panel 1:
[White Hat and Cueball stand looking at two stacked boxes. Both boxes have a \"SALE\" sticker and a \"$80\" price tag on them. Cueball gestures toward the boxes and speaks.]
Cueball: THEY WANT $80 FOR THIS?
I COULD MAKE ONE MYSELF FOR $10 IN PARTS, AN HOUR OF WORK, A TRIP TO THE HARDWARE STORE, ANOTHER $30 IN PARTS, ANOTHER FEW HOURS OF WORK, TWO MORE TRIPS TO THE STORE FOR $20 MORE IN PARTS, ANOTHER HOUR TO REDO THE FIRST HOUR OF WORK BECAUSE I MESSED UP, AND $80 TO BUY THIS WHEN THE ONE I MADE BREAKS.")
#xkcd No. 2979
Date: 2024-8-30
Title: Sky Alarm
Alt text: During the day it also activates for neat clouds and pretty sunsets.
https://xkcd.com/2979/
#xkcd No. 3190
Date: 2026-1-5
Title: Tensegrity
Alt text: Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.
https://xkcd.com/3190/
![Description:
Cueball observes a giraffe whose legs are not attached, but are instead suspended below its body by a complex web of tension cables.
Transcript:
[A single panel comic with a caption below it.]
Caption: WHILE TENSEGRITY IS RARE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, A FEW SPECIES, SUCH AS BUCKMINSTER'S GIRAFFE, ARE KNOWN TO EMPLOY IT.](/proxy/post_attachment/956478/81669a59d9.png "Description:
Cueball observes a giraffe whose legs are not attached, but are instead suspended below its body by a complex web of tension cables.
Transcript:
[A single panel comic with a caption below it.]
Caption: WHILE TENSEGRITY IS RARE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, A FEW SPECIES, SUCH AS BUCKMINSTER'S GIRAFFE, ARE KNOWN TO EMPLOY IT.")
#xkcd No. 2976
Date: 2024-8-23
Title: Time Traveler Causes of Death
Alt text: Many a hungry time traveler has Googled 'trilobites shellfish allergy' only to find their carrier had no coverage in the Ordovician.
https://xkcd.com/2976/
#xkcd No. 3167
Date: 2025-11-12
Title: Car Size
Alt text: 'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'
https://xkcd.com/3167/
![Description:
A four-panel comic showing two people observing vehicles over time. The vehicles escalate from a bike and old car to SUVs to an armored, weaponized car.
Transcript:
[Panel labeled "100 YEARS AGO"]
Person 1: IT'S TOO DANGEROUS RIDING A BIKE WITH THESE CARS AROUND. I SHOULD GET A CAR, TOO.
[Panel labeled "50 YEARS AGO"]
Person 2: SMALL CARS ARE LESS SAFE IN COLLISIONS WITH LARGER VEHICLES, SO I SHOULD GET A BIGGER ONE.
[Panel labeled "TODAY"]
Person 1: EVERYONE HAS HUGE SUVS NOW. IF I DON'T GET THE BIGGEST ONE, I'M PUTTING MY FAMILY AT RISK.
[Panel labeled "SOON"]
Person 2: IF I DON'T INSTALL MORE WHIRLING SPIKE CLUBS, I'LL BE DESTROYED BY ALL THE OTHER DRIVERS WHO...](/proxy/post_attachment/904146/703a2559e0.png "Description:
A four-panel comic showing two people observing vehicles over time. The vehicles escalate from a bike and old car to SUVs to an armored, weaponized car.
Transcript:
[Panel labeled \"100 YEARS AGO\"]
Person 1: IT'S TOO DANGEROUS RIDING A BIKE WITH THESE CARS AROUND. I SHOULD GET A CAR, TOO.
[Panel labeled \"50 YEARS AGO\"]
Person 2: SMALL CARS ARE LESS SAFE IN COLLISIONS WITH LARGER VEHICLES, SO I SHOULD GET A BIGGER ONE.
[Panel labeled \"TODAY\"]
Person 1: EVERYONE HAS HUGE SUVS NOW. IF I DON'T GET THE BIGGEST ONE, I'M PUTTING MY FAMILY AT RISK.
[Panel labeled \"SOON\"]
Person 2: IF I DON'T INSTALL MORE WHIRLING SPIKE CLUBS, I'LL BE DESTROYED BY ALL THE OTHER DRIVERS WHO...")
#xkcd No. 3168
Date: 2025-11-14
Title: Beam Dump
Alt text: We're adding some industrial flypaper to minimize reflection or scattering of customers who might complain.
https://xkcd.com/3168/
![Description:
A woman points to a complex diagram of a waterslide while presenting to three other people who are listening.
Transcript:
Woman with ponytail: IF THE EMERGENCY STOP IS ACTIVATED, ANY RIDERS ON THE WATERSLIDE WILL BE DIVERTED INTO THE BEAM DUMP, A LARGE GRAPHITE BLOCK WHICH WILL SAFELY ABSORB THEIR MOMENTUM.
[Caption below the panel]
WE REGRETTED HIRING AN ACCELERATOR PHYSICIST TO DESIGN OUR WATER PARK.](/proxy/post_attachment/905615/d240018ecb.png "Description:
A woman points to a complex diagram of a waterslide while presenting to three other people who are listening.
Transcript:
Woman with ponytail: IF THE EMERGENCY STOP IS ACTIVATED, ANY RIDERS ON THE WATERSLIDE WILL BE DIVERTED INTO THE BEAM DUMP, A LARGE GRAPHITE BLOCK WHICH WILL SAFELY ABSORB THEIR MOMENTUM.
[Caption below the panel]
WE REGRETTED HIRING AN ACCELERATOR PHYSICIST TO DESIGN OUR WATER PARK.")
#xkcd No. 2981
Date: 2024-9-4
Title: Slingshots
Alt text: In my reboot, Dennis the Menace was just trying to send Mr. Wilson a nice comet, but accidentally wiped out his dinosaur garden.
https://xkcd.com/2981/
#xkcd No. 2977
Date: 2024-8-26
Title: Three Kinds of Research
Alt text: The secret fourth kind is 'we applied a standard theory to their map of every tree and got some suspicious results.'
https://xkcd.com/2977/
#xkcd No. 3169
Date: 2025-11-17
Title: EPIRBs
Alt text: 'Oh no, the box is drifting out into the harbor!' 'Yeah, I wouldn't worry about losing it.'
https://xkcd.com/3169/
![Description:
Megan and Cueball watch as a wheeled dolly breaks, causing a large box to fall off a ramp between a ship and a dock, headed for the water.
Transcript:
[Two people are moving a large box from a ship to a dock on a dolly. The dolly has broken, and the box is falling into the water.]
Text on the box: EPIRB, WATER-ACTIVATED DISTRESS BEACONS, 1600 CT
Caption below panel: "HELLO, COAST GUARD? WE'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE ONCE AGAIN FOR THE 1,600 SIMULTANEOUS FALSE ALARMS THIS MORNING..."](/proxy/post_attachment/908411/fcb3e91482.png "Description:
Megan and Cueball watch as a wheeled dolly breaks, causing a large box to fall off a ramp between a ship and a dock, headed for the water.
Transcript:
[Two people are moving a large box from a ship to a dock on a dolly. The dolly has broken, and the box is falling into the water.]
Text on the box: EPIRB, WATER-ACTIVATED DISTRESS BEACONS, 1600 CT
Caption below panel: \"HELLO, COAST GUARD? WE'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE ONCE AGAIN FOR THE 1,600 SIMULTANEOUS FALSE ALARMS THIS MORNING...\"")
#xkcd No. 2980
Date: 2024-9-2
Title: Lava Lakes
Alt text: Hey, golf balls float on lava, so this should make recovering them from the hazards easier.
https://xkcd.com/2980/
#xkcd No. 3107
Date: 2025-6-25
Title: Weather Balloons
Alt text: Once you add the balloons into the model, it makes forecasting easier overall--the forecast is always 'cold and dark, with minimal solar-driven convection.'
https://xkcd.com/3107/
![Description: A single-panel inverse graph where the accuracy of weather models is high and then steeply drops as the number of weather balloon launches per day increases dramatically. The graph includes stick figures and balloons.
Transcript:
WEATHER MODEL ACCURACY
[Graph with x-axis labeled "NUMBER OF WEATHER BALLOON LAUNCHES PER DAY" and y-axis labeled "WEATHER MODEL ACCURACY".]
X-axis values: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 1 MILLION, 1 BILLION, 1 TRILLION
[A stick figure launches a balloon in the lower left.]
CURRENT RATE
[An arrow points from "CURRENT RATE" to a point on the curve near the peak.]
LAYER OF WEATHER BALLOONS, NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN MODELS, BLOCKS SUNLIGHT FROM REACHING EARTH
[A sun icon is in the upper right. An arrow points from the text above to a dense cluster of balloons on the far right of the graph, showing the accuracy plummeting.]](/proxy/post_attachment/751586/fbd8a79b79.png "Description: A single-panel inverse graph where the accuracy of weather models is high and then steeply drops as the number of weather balloon launches per day increases dramatically. The graph includes stick figures and balloons.
Transcript:
WEATHER MODEL ACCURACY
[Graph with x-axis labeled \"NUMBER OF WEATHER BALLOON LAUNCHES PER DAY\" and y-axis labeled \"WEATHER MODEL ACCURACY\".]
X-axis values: 1, 10, 100, 1,000, 1 MILLION, 1 BILLION, 1 TRILLION
[A stick figure launches a balloon in the lower left.]
CURRENT RATE
[An arrow points from \"CURRENT RATE\" to a point on the curve near the peak.]
LAYER OF WEATHER BALLOONS, NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN MODELS, BLOCKS SUNLIGHT FROM REACHING EARTH
[A sun icon is in the upper right. An arrow points from the text above to a dense cluster of balloons on the far right of the graph, showing the accuracy plummeting.]")
#xkcd No. 2978
Date: 2024-8-28
Title: Stranded
Alt text: At least they're not alone down there.
https://xkcd.com/2978/
#xkcd No. 3170
Date: 2025-11-19
Title: Service Outage
Alt text: Now, if it were the *Canon* wiki, it's possible to imagine someone with a productivity-related reason for consulting it, but no one's job requires them to read that much about Admiral Daala.
https://xkcd.com/3170/
![Description:
A line graph shows productivity over time. At a point labeled "Outage Begins," a single line splits. One line plummets, while the other bumps up.
Transcript:
Title: PRODUCTIVITY WHEN A MAJOR INTERNET SERVICE GOES DOWN
[A line graph plots productivity on the Y-axis against time on the X-axis. A single line represents steady productivity until it hits a dashed vertical line.]
Label on dashed line: OUTAGE BEGINS!
[After this point, the line splits into two:]
1. A lower line that curves sharply downward.
Label for lower line: PEOPLE WHOSE WORK RELIES ON THE SERVICE
2. An upper line that bumps up slightly and then levels off. Next to it is a stick figure at a desk with a laptop, thinking.
Label for upper line: PEOPLE WHOSE WORK DOESN'T RELY ON THE SERVICE
Figure's Thought Bubble: AW MAN, THE OUTAGE TOOK DOWN THE STAR WARS LEGENDS WIKI.
Label on X-axis: TIME→](/proxy/post_attachment/909775/dcbbdc180b.png "Description:
A line graph shows productivity over time. At a point labeled \"Outage Begins,\" a single line splits. One line plummets, while the other bumps up.
Transcript:
Title: PRODUCTIVITY WHEN A MAJOR INTERNET SERVICE GOES DOWN
[A line graph plots productivity on the Y-axis against time on the X-axis. A single line represents steady productivity until it hits a dashed vertical line.]
Label on dashed line: OUTAGE BEGINS!
[After this point, the line splits into two:]
1. A lower line that curves sharply downward.
Label for lower line: PEOPLE WHOSE WORK RELIES ON THE SERVICE
2. An upper line that bumps up slightly and then levels off. Next to it is a stick figure at a desk with a laptop, thinking.
Label for upper line: PEOPLE WHOSE WORK DOESN'T RELY ON THE SERVICE
Figure's Thought Bubble: AW MAN, THE OUTAGE TOOK DOWN THE STAR WARS LEGENDS WIKI.
Label on X-axis: TIME→")
#xkcd No. 2983
Date: 2024-9-9
Title: Monocaster
Alt text: My competitors say the tiny single tiny caster is unsafe, unstable, and offers no advantages over traditional designs, to which I say: wow, why are you guys so mean? I thought we were friends!
https://xkcd.com/2983/
#xkcd No. 2988
Date: 2024-9-20
Title: Maslow's Pyramid
Alt text: The local police, building inspector, and fire marshal are all contesting my 'safety' assertion, or would be if they could reach me past all the traps.
https://xkcd.com/2988/
#xkcd No. 2984
Date: 2024-9-11
Title: Asteroid News
Alt text: Their calculations show it will 'pass within the distance of the moon' but that it 'will not hit the moon, so what's the point?'
https://xkcd.com/2984/
#xkcd No. 3171
Date: 2025-11-21
Title: Geologic Core Sample
Alt text: If you drill at the right angle and time things perfectly, your core sample can include a section of a rival team's coring equipment.
https://xkcd.com/3171/
![Description:
A long, cylindrical geologic core sample is shown diagonally, broken in the middle to indicate its length. It has many layers of varying textures.
Transcript:
Title: TYPICAL GEOLOGIC CORE SAMPLE
[A long, cylindrical core sample is displayed diagonally, with labels pointing to its various layers from top to bottom.]
Labels on the top part of the core:
TOPSOIL
TILL
BOTTOMSOIL
GRANITE BEDROCK
ROOF OF SUBWAY CAR
FLOOR OF SUBWAY CAR
MORE GRANITE
MUNICIPAL WATER MAIN
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT GRANITE
PIECE OF SCREAMING SPELUNKER'S FOREARM
COOL CRYSTALS WITH NO RESALE VALUE
MANGLED FRAGMENTS OF DRILLBIT FROM PREVIOUS ATTEMPT
SOME BORING INTRUSIVE ROCK THAT'S BASICALLY GRANITE BUT HAS A NAME LIKE "DIORITE" OR "ANDALITE" THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK UP
NETHERRACK
BALROG WING
[The core is broken, indicating a jump to a lower section.]
Labels on the bottom part of the core:
GRANITE
TOPSOIL
CEMENT
FLOORBOARDS
CARPET
POSSESSIONS OF A CONFUSED AND ANGRY HOMEOWNER IN THE OTHER HEMISPHERE](/proxy/post_attachment/911000/3c2a2872aa.png "Description:
A long, cylindrical geologic core sample is shown diagonally, broken in the middle to indicate its length. It has many layers of varying textures.
Transcript:
Title: TYPICAL GEOLOGIC CORE SAMPLE
[A long, cylindrical core sample is displayed diagonally, with labels pointing to its various layers from top to bottom.]
Labels on the top part of the core:
TOPSOIL
TILL
BOTTOMSOIL
GRANITE BEDROCK
ROOF OF SUBWAY CAR
FLOOR OF SUBWAY CAR
MORE GRANITE
MUNICIPAL WATER MAIN
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT GRANITE
PIECE OF SCREAMING SPELUNKER'S FOREARM
COOL CRYSTALS WITH NO RESALE VALUE
MANGLED FRAGMENTS OF DRILLBIT FROM PREVIOUS ATTEMPT
SOME BORING INTRUSIVE ROCK THAT'S BASICALLY GRANITE BUT HAS A NAME LIKE \"DIORITE\" OR \"ANDALITE\" THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK UP
NETHERRACK
BALROG WING
[The core is broken, indicating a jump to a lower section.]
Labels on the bottom part of the core:
GRANITE
TOPSOIL
CEMENT
FLOORBOARDS
CARPET
POSSESSIONS OF A CONFUSED AND ANGRY HOMEOWNER IN THE OTHER HEMISPHERE")
#xkcd No. 3071
Date: 2025-4-2
Title: Decay Chain
Alt text: If you have an old phone in a drawer, and you listen very carefully, you can occasionally hear the occasional tap of an emitted SIM card hitting the side of the drawer as the phone transmutes to a lower-end model.
https://xkcd.com/3071/
#xkcd No. 2985
Date: 2024-9-13
Title: Craters
Alt text: It's annoying that the Nastapoka Arc isn't a meteor impact crater, but I truly believe that--with enough time, effort, and determination--we could make it one.
https://xkcd.com/2985/
#xkcd No. 3172
Date: 2025-11-24
Title: Fifteen Years
Alt text: "Want to feel old?" "Yes."
https://xkcd.com/3172/
![Description:
A long series of panels shows Cueball and Megan's life together, from a hospital visit to watching the aurora borealis years later.
Transcript:
Title: Time
(The comic follows a couple, Cueball and Megan, over 15 years after Megan is diagnosed with cancer.)
Megan receives a scary call. During treatment, Cueball supports her, and they play Scrabble, where she jokes about "Caaancer." They anxiously await scan results.
Caption: TWO YEARS
Years pass. They hike, rock-climb, and explore. Megan has moments of health anxiety, which Cueball grounds with humor. They face another cancer scare, which turns out to be nothing.
Caption: SEVEN YEARS
Megan, with her hair grown back, jokes she looks like the girl from *The Ring*. They adopt rescue rabbits.
Caption: TEN YEARS
More time passes. Cueball gets sick (appendicitis), and Megan enthusiastically insists on taking care of him. Later, while driving, she makes him pull over to see something amazing.
[A large color panel shows them watching the aurora borealis.]
Caption: FIFTEEN YEARS. NO SIGN OF THE CANCER.
Megan: I am having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I'm losing my close-up vision.
Cueball: Yeah. Me too.
Cueball: I think we're getting old.
Megan: I guess that's okay.
Megan: It's all I wanted.](/proxy/post_attachment/913149/4380032044.png "Description:
A long series of panels shows Cueball and Megan's life together, from a hospital visit to watching the aurora borealis years later.
Transcript:
Title: Time
(The comic follows a couple, Cueball and Megan, over 15 years after Megan is diagnosed with cancer.)
Megan receives a scary call. During treatment, Cueball supports her, and they play Scrabble, where she jokes about \"Caaancer.\" They anxiously await scan results.
Caption: TWO YEARS
Years pass. They hike, rock-climb, and explore. Megan has moments of health anxiety, which Cueball grounds with humor. They face another cancer scare, which turns out to be nothing.
Caption: SEVEN YEARS
Megan, with her hair grown back, jokes she looks like the girl from *The Ring*. They adopt rescue rabbits.
Caption: TEN YEARS
More time passes. Cueball gets sick (appendicitis), and Megan enthusiastically insists on taking care of him. Later, while driving, she makes him pull over to see something amazing.
[A large color panel shows them watching the aurora borealis.]
Caption: FIFTEEN YEARS. NO SIGN OF THE CANCER.
Megan: I am having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I'm losing my close-up vision.
Cueball: Yeah. Me too.
Cueball: I think we're getting old.
Megan: I guess that's okay.
Megan: It's all I wanted.")