[1234] Under A Killer Balloon: Into Darkness, Page 15
└ posted on Thursday, 24 December 2020, by Novil
- Guard: We overlooked something?
- Sandy South: Yes. That you have no natural defenses against all the nasty germs I introduced to your island.
- Sandy South: According to my calculations, they’ll start their destructive work in three, two, one….
- Guard: ACK
- Woo: What a fitting end to 2020…
- Sandy South: The one who wants to throw Sandy South into a volcano will pay dearly for it. It’s as simple as that!
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What kind of virus is that?
@ What:
All of them, in perfect balance. It’s called Three Stooges syndrome.
I think you forgot to draw one of her hands in panel three. Either that or she’s tucking her shirt in, but I’d recommend avoiding a Borat scandal on that count.
First comment wrote:
Good catch. Will fix that later.
You know what they say: hindsight is 2020.
Blah… cheap trick! 😛
I think this trick was as bad as the blackhole the press caused in the yard in that nudes case.
The Ark of the Covenant has got nothing on Sandy South’s germs…
So… what sort of germs is she getting from them then?
ONE: She infected them before being told she’d be sacrificed. Unprovoked attack!
TWO: How did she and Qoo get out of the handcuffs?
Heh, I was wondering from the beginning why the tribe did not just kill her on sight for this very reason, like some actual tribes do. I guess they just simply did not think of it. I’m not sure does this actually explain anything or not…
They have international airport, iphones, and speak same language as Sandy. Can’t blame them for overlooking cooties.
Just 2020? Going by the last couple years of the strip, one would think there is nothing decent it the world:-).
Mark wrote:
Because they aren’t in handcuffs. Where would the natives get handcuffs? If you look back, you’ll notice these aren’t handcuffs at all, it’s just rope. It shouldn’t be too hard getting rid of rope if you’re unattended, your hands are in front of you, and you aren’t relieved of your possessions (see Sandy using her phone).
Meant to say “in the world”, not “it the world”:-(.
Let’s see, pretty blond white girl is menaced by superstitious half-naked brown savages (a scenario right out of one of those 1950s “adventure” comics), but is saved by genocidal Western pathogens (thus freeing up the island for European colonization). This story arc could not be more politically incorrect. I approve! 🙂
Huh, I thought (depending on the country they’re in) they’d be caught for having a public gathering of more than 5 people…
This is… a weird story line.
Hi,
sorry, but I realy do not like any of the “Under a Killer Baloon” arcs.
Still liking nearly all ofther strips.
Greetings
Juy Juka
JuyJuka wrote:
The one where she met Zoey in search of herself was hilarious.
Politically incorrect, perhaps. Historically correct? Dead on. The Neolithic Eurasian habit of living with their livestock had long, deadly consequences.
@ What:
You know, since they are melting, it looks like it might be the Lifeeater virus from Warhammer 40k. However, her immunity, in this case, is astounding.
@ First comment:
Borat scandal?
Novil, H.G. Wells would approve!
@ TimesNewLogan:
Here: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/21/rudy-giuliani-faces-questions-after-compromising-scene-in-new-borat-film
Well that’s a downer ending. Permadeath for all, and semi-peaceful co-existence for none. There must have been better ways to solve that then “The War of the Worlds ending.” They had an entire volcano to work with. Whatever, on with what’s next.
Vicious Sand wrote:
More stories “subtly” mentioning how the world is damaged beyond repair.:-)
I mean that’s how it feels at times. Since 2018 the sole purpose of the strip is all about how life is hopeless and striving for improvement is a futile thing. Not subtle, but still feels like the writer is holding back for some reason.
His work, his right. I’d just like some input if I’m possibly misreading the strip or not. At least besides the Hitomi stuff, anything uplifting/optimistic (unironically so) is much more of an exception (compared with say 2000, 2008-2017).
Heck this one from last year: http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2019/10/11/1122-masters-and-slaves/
Last minute upload which is cool, but surely there has to be something on the flipside worth that kind of treatment.
Did you know? The (probably – I’m just assuming this) most effective incidental bioweapon virus used by Europeans (and their descendants) has officially been eradicated since 1980. We are far less deadly now (to the point where the younger ones among us would once again be vulnerable to old style European colonization)!
Not sure how I feel about this conclusion. The only thing that hints at them actually being uncontacted is the contradictory sign in the beginning. The proliferation of a cargo cult and technology necessitates outside contact (though those two things are themselves contradictory). None of this makes the slightest bit of sense. This leaves but one option: These people aren’t uncontacted indigenous island-dwellers at all but a conspiracy theorist cult who just happen to be dark-skinned. And the reality of Covid-19 just caught up to them. Let’s hope they have a good healthcare system. Oh wait, of course they don’t.
Or whatever.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
@ 627235:
If it’s a real-world reference you’re looking for, ebola would fit better, ’cause “flesh-eating”. Not much for ebola, political gotcha-USA-wise though.
What wrote:
That’s a quintessential case of SCP-001, S.D. Locke proposal. Our heroes better start running.
@ Novil:
Just assumed she needed a little ‘readjustment’
And then the punchline is that this was all Sandra’s fever dream while she’s hooked to some breathing apparatus that is sustaining her while the rest of the cast are only allowed to look at her through a window and even then they’re wearing masks.
Well, I was partially on target. It was a plot device. Just way more devastating than my idea.
A very “Hernán Cortés” inspired strategy there, Sandra…
@ Giff:
Not very hero-like behavior there…
First comment wrote:
that ,or she gets turned on by melting ppl (dirty minds ahoy)
@ Mark:
It’s the old ‘disappearing/reappearing hand’ trick. (See panel #3)
I figured in panel 3 she was finally reaching for her swiss army knife she had tucked away (for just such emergencies).
A typo – the transcript names the racoon as “Woo”, when I believe he’s called “Qoo” in this context.
@ Novil:
Yeah, as it is, it really looks like she’s stuck said hand down her pants…
Dude, not funny.
Too soon.
Libraries of the Carolingian era). IN
And here I thought that she would invoke Social Distancing – “You can’t chuck me in from 3 metres away!”
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!