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Gone with the Blastwave #1 (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=1

Not my OC. Just wanted to bring attention to a little underated comic strip. Great artwork. Different tone and topic to what's commonly posted here. Enjoy.

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[-] [email protected] 101 points 2 years ago

Oh wow an internet relic.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago

I loved this comic back in the days.

[-] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago

Oh wow, it's still updated!

[-] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago

Every few months or years.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Wow, that's incredible :O Time to read through the archive!

[-] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago

In the immortal words of Griff: "Do you ever wonder why we're here?"

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Because they put a blue base on the other side of this box canyon.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

I don't know man, but it keeps me up at night...

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I could call command to ask them. Ive been meaning to call them anyway. Some parts are missing off the robot kit.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Came here for a RvB reference and wasn't disappointed

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

It's been a long time since I've seen that comic

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

So long I'm not quite sure if it's the right one I'm remembering

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I love this comic series!

Also, if you like them you should check out "Mad God":

https://youtu.be/jas8OABbn0Y?si=rMmW2cvZc8CXUy1q

It felt like it could have been in the same universe. Warning, it's very NSFW.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Mad God was incredible. I was blown away the first time I watched it.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Just spent an hour reading the whole series. Highly amused. Thanks for the rec!

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

"Hey guys! I found a way out!"

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Thank you OP ist, i was searching this Comic for over an year now askin myself eaht the Name was again and if its still going!

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Have you seen the 1977 movie "Wizards?" There's a scene in it which is this. Almost exactly.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I love these :)

[-] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

In the end you fight for which government is gonna shit on your head from now on.

[+] [email protected] -21 points 2 years ago

Best depiction of Ukraine in a few months or years, if it keeps going.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

At least on Russia side. Ukrainians defending their country.

[+] [email protected] -42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But will their lives really be any different whether they win or lose? It's not like they're being invaded by a country with a different economic system.

Edit: Look at Crimea, how'd that go for the average Crimean? Any significant differences in their quality of life?

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

If you see no differences between the Ukrainian government, flawed as it has been, and the Russian government under Putin... you may need to look a little deeper.

[+] [email protected] -23 points 2 years ago

No differences worth fighting for.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Ukrainians disagree. And they are the ones that matter. If you want to live in slavery or without political rights, it is your choice, of course.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Yeah, not only Ukraine, but pretty much every country that's next to Russia.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Says you, an anonymous nobody on the internet.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'm going to over to your place, take over the nicest room, lock a few people in the basement if they complain, and you'll be going to work everyday to pay for this. Sound good?

[-] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

Weak sauce.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

lol that's like using household finances to describe how government debt works. Not an accurate analogy at all.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I guess I can head on over.

Edit: the reason you should not use household finances as an analogy in this is because households do not control monetary policy and most people don't really understand national and international financial policy (or their own finances half the time).

In this case, a neighbor making an unprovoked takeover of your house in order to take advantage of the people living there is exactly what happened. The invasion hinges on "might makes right" so it stands to reason that should be fine in the locale of your home if it's ok for a Ukrainian's home near the border.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

So by that logic, Ukraine and in fact every country that Putin sets his eyes on should just roll over and surrender?

The mere threat of violence should allow a dictator to take over, as long as the country is moderately corrupt?

I hate to break it to you, that's nearly every country in the world, so Putin (or any other dictator) could become the world's emperor if they just made a credible threat?

This is why total pacifism is insanity folks.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yet somehow almost every nation that's neighboring Russia is ready to fight Russia just for the privilege of not being in Russia. We cannot all be just delusional.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

What a braindead take.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

But will their lives really be any different whether they win or lose?

yes

this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2023

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