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No. 890: Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Owl

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Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Owl

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=890

Strip by: Wibi

{Holly confronts Oliver, who is standing behind a ledge, and has turned away such that his scar is not visible.}
Holly: Hey Oliver, did you know that deducing environmental information can be difficult in an abstract, monochrome visual style?
{Zoom out. The entire scene from the previous panel belongs to the eye of a giant spider-like creature; the "ledge" was its lower eyelid, and the head of "Oliver" was its pupil. The real Oliver, whose scar is visible, is watching.}
Creature: Please stop clinging onto my eyelid and talking to my eyeball.
{Zoom back in.}
Holly: Gonna be honest, I'm not big into visual gags, so just pretend your pupil is Oliver.
Creature: No.
Holly: Do it.
Creature: No.

The author writes:

In glorious 15 colors. The title is a reference to Droodles, via an album by Frank Zappa. The comic is a reference to Droodles, via the general idea of Droodles.

4-bit PNG here.