The snowman is probably named Christine ; after the cannon, they’ll try a bulldozer.
I kept checking back to see if someone had explained it. It made no sense to me, I could not figure out what was going on. Then…I think I get it. The Wizard used magic to build a snowman, which then came to life. The snow is rolling itself into balls to create the snowman. Glorp, glorp. Now that the creature is threatening, Wiz wants to blow it apart with the canon. Maybe it was obvious to everyone else, but I was slow today.
The cannon has already been used Mona: it’s a hit ! But the blown apart snow is rolling itself back into the original snowman; so, it’s a fail (“a no”). Flamethrower would probably work better.
The cannon has not already been used. Sir Rodney has forbidden its use.
(Why is he saying no? Not sure. But there are no cannonballs in any of the previous frames.)
Longer:
The Wizard used his magic to create a snowman. This worked (panels 1 and 2), but the result isn’t the just stand there until the sun melts it kind of snowman, it’s the “terrify the countryside” type. The Wizard has a plan to resolve the problem (maybe. Probably?), the cannon, but Sir Rodney said no (perhaps he doesn’t think it will work, or he doubts the Wizard’s aim and fears cannonfire raining down on the subjects of Id IN ADDITION TO the rampaging snow monster would result in some bad press.
The snowman was created on Monday http://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2018/01/29
This does not look like a flashback either: no children or wizard are around the snowman as it is being made.
Yes, it makes more sense (not much, but a bit more) if you start with Monday and follow thru.
I’m pretty sure the cannon has already been used; it blew the snowman apart, and it’s now reassembling itself.
The comic does not make this clear.
I not only don’t understand this comic, I don’t understand any PANEL in this comic.
I agree, this is the aftermath of a cannon trial. It didn’t work.
Thanks Olivier, this makes more sense as part of a continuing story. Snowman built in previous strip, goes on rampage, used cannon to destroy it but it put itself back together. So, that’s a no on the cannon, as a way to destroy the snowman. Got it.
I think this is a play on the ending of the Iron Giant movie, where the parts (some in the arctic) work their way back to re-form the robot…
“Thanks Olivier, this makes more sense as part of a continuing story. ”
Makes more sense… but is far less funny. Just redundant.
“I think this is a play on the ending of the Iron Giant movie, where the parts (some in the arctic) work their way back to re-form the robot…”
I think it’s more Terminator II. which launched the de rigeur scene in nearly all block-busters of the Big Bad pulverized and as you think it is defeated and but then slowly in CGI splendor (which in 1990 was *truely* astonishing, but is now simply expected) reassemble itself, does a slow burn smirk to the protagonist/audience to let the fleet feeling of elation drop to dumbfounded dread, and then lets at a nasty roar to let you know it’s still as bad and perilous as it always was.
“I think it’s more Terminator II. which launched the de rigeur scene in nearly all block-busters of the Big Bad pulverized and as you think it is defeated”
Horror movies (notably slasher films) had this back in the 80’s, as did the first Terminator movie (with practical effects, rather than CGI).
For that matter, the first act of pretty much every Toho Gojira movie has the monster almost, but not quite, contained by the JDF in the first act.
“Horror movies (notably slasher films) had this back in the 80’s, as did the first Terminator movie (with practical effects, rather than CGI).”
True. Very true. I was thinking more of the literally blown to bits and reassembling itself via CGI.
I hadn’t read the other strips, so I had my own theory. The snowman was formed by a bunch of snowballs that incorporated themselves into a snowman. If they shoot it with the cannon, the cannonballs might become part of the snowman as well, and now he’ll be much more formidable.
Hi Mona – glad you are here. I was confused when I read it in the newspaper, but it made more sense here.
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The snowman is probably named Christine ; after the cannon, they’ll try a bulldozer.
I kept checking back to see if someone had explained it. It made no sense to me, I could not figure out what was going on. Then…I think I get it. The Wizard used magic to build a snowman, which then came to life. The snow is rolling itself into balls to create the snowman. Glorp, glorp. Now that the creature is threatening, Wiz wants to blow it apart with the canon. Maybe it was obvious to everyone else, but I was slow today.
The cannon has already been used Mona: it’s a hit ! But the blown apart snow is rolling itself back into the original snowman; so, it’s a fail (“a no”). Flamethrower would probably work better.
The cannon has not already been used. Sir Rodney has forbidden its use.
(Why is he saying no? Not sure. But there are no cannonballs in any of the previous frames.)
Longer:
The Wizard used his magic to create a snowman. This worked (panels 1 and 2), but the result isn’t the just stand there until the sun melts it kind of snowman, it’s the “terrify the countryside” type. The Wizard has a plan to resolve the problem (maybe. Probably?), the cannon, but Sir Rodney said no (perhaps he doesn’t think it will work, or he doubts the Wizard’s aim and fears cannonfire raining down on the subjects of Id IN ADDITION TO the rampaging snow monster would result in some bad press.
The snowman was created on Monday http://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2018/01/29
This does not look like a flashback either: no children or wizard are around the snowman as it is being made.
Yes, it makes more sense (not much, but a bit more) if you start with Monday and follow thru.
I’m pretty sure the cannon has already been used; it blew the snowman apart, and it’s now reassembling itself.
The comic does not make this clear.
I not only don’t understand this comic, I don’t understand any PANEL in this comic.
I agree, this is the aftermath of a cannon trial. It didn’t work.
Thanks Olivier, this makes more sense as part of a continuing story. Snowman built in previous strip, goes on rampage, used cannon to destroy it but it put itself back together. So, that’s a no on the cannon, as a way to destroy the snowman. Got it.
I think this is a play on the ending of the Iron Giant movie, where the parts (some in the arctic) work their way back to re-form the robot…
“Thanks Olivier, this makes more sense as part of a continuing story. ”
Makes more sense… but is far less funny. Just redundant.
“I think this is a play on the ending of the Iron Giant movie, where the parts (some in the arctic) work their way back to re-form the robot…”
I think it’s more Terminator II. which launched the de rigeur scene in nearly all block-busters of the Big Bad pulverized and as you think it is defeated and but then slowly in CGI splendor (which in 1990 was *truely* astonishing, but is now simply expected) reassemble itself, does a slow burn smirk to the protagonist/audience to let the fleet feeling of elation drop to dumbfounded dread, and then lets at a nasty roar to let you know it’s still as bad and perilous as it always was.
“I think it’s more Terminator II. which launched the de rigeur scene in nearly all block-busters of the Big Bad pulverized and as you think it is defeated”
Horror movies (notably slasher films) had this back in the 80’s, as did the first Terminator movie (with practical effects, rather than CGI).
For that matter, the first act of pretty much every Toho Gojira movie has the monster almost, but not quite, contained by the JDF in the first act.
“Horror movies (notably slasher films) had this back in the 80’s, as did the first Terminator movie (with practical effects, rather than CGI).”
True. Very true. I was thinking more of the literally blown to bits and reassembling itself via CGI.
I hadn’t read the other strips, so I had my own theory. The snowman was formed by a bunch of snowballs that incorporated themselves into a snowman. If they shoot it with the cannon, the cannonballs might become part of the snowman as well, and now he’ll be much more formidable.
Hi Mona – glad you are here. I was confused when I read it in the newspaper, but it made more sense here.