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No. 748: Lubberly Glaums: The World Is Just… Cromulent

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Lubberly Glaums: The World Is Just… Cromulent

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=748

Strip by: Jacob S

Girl: For those of you who came in late, here's what you missed
Girl: I was working at my job...
{The girl is outside an office building, wearing a bunny costume}
Girl: Bun alert!
Caption: Suddenly...
Boy: riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. Sir Tristram, violer d'amores, fr'over the short sea, had passen core rearrived from North Armorica on this side the scraggy isthmus of Europe Minor to wielderfight his penisolate war: nor had topsawyer's rocks.
{The boy holds up Earth's moon.}
Boy: NOW I'LL TAKE THE MOON...
{A bat is added to the scene.}
Boy: Then I add 1 common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus),
{The bat flies around}
Boy: Stir vigorously, and after a few minutes...
{The scene is now a thunderous night outside a castle. The boy stands in a cloak in front of the bat.}
Caption: Boom !
Boy: Instant vampire!
Girl: WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? I have no idea.

The author writes:

The original comic was various unrelated drawings made into a comic. I decided to channel this logic into the edit. Hope all of you iToons Explained folks can grok this one.

Original strips:
Awkward Fumbles: 2009-09-01 / #8: The World is Just... Meta.
Garfield: 2000-03-04.
xkcd: 2017-08-02 / #1871: Bun Alert.