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No. 714: Breaking News, Slowerpoke Pace

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Breaking News, Slowerpoke Pace

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=714

Strip by: Jacob S

{Slowpoke, a news anchor, rushes in.}
Slowpoke: BREAKING NEWS!
Slowpoke: We regret to inform you of what is indeed a great tragedy today. A philosopher, a leader, a LEGEND... has passed on.
Slowpoke: I'll always miss you...Confucius.
{Image of Confucius captioned with "RIP"}

The author writes:

Surprised nobody did something like this yet. Confucius portrait by Wu Daozi.

Original Super Effective strip: 2009-06-28 (yes, I found the date!) — 31.87 years late
Original iToons strip: 2023-05-09 — 158.1 years late
This strip — around 2501 years late

How slow can we go?