by zbicyclist

Balloons

Darren sends this in: “Just don’t get it. Are those giant alligators and it’s a Godzilla sort of reference (but the bricks look normal). Or are they regular alligators and the balloons have some sort of tiny people in them? I feel like it’s supposed to be a “reverse”, but I’m not aware of toy balloons with alligators being common.”

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  1. Unknown's avatar

    That is clearly a live person in the balloon the little reptile (crocodilian? Godzilla?) is buying. I think it’s just a play on the familiar trope of a man selling balloons to children. Only, when the buyers are Godzilla types, naturally there are people in the balloons. As for the bricks, I think that is just an artifact of the cartoonist’s style and not a guide to size.

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  2. Unknown's avatar

    Whamond turns up quite a bit in CIDUs. Perhaps the ‘reality check’ is that this feature just isn’t funny.

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  3. Unknown's avatar

    Yes. those back plates are supposed to indicate this is Godzilla. They just happen to be in a kaiju city.

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  4. Unknown's avatar

    The “fins” along the spine/tail are very Godzilla, so I think that’s clear. But I have no clue about the people in the baskets, unless it’s just the whole thing about Godzilla terrorizing people.

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  5. Unknown's avatar

    Ahh, thank you. I didn’t really parse the spines/back plates on it and just read it as a “gator”. At least as a Godzilla, the people make more sense.

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  6. Unknown's avatar

    If it’s supposed to be Godzilla then artwork more in line with the standard model would have been much better. It’s not like it’s difficult to find reference images.

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  7. Unknown's avatar

    I had no issues recognizing them as the species Godzilla. I just wasn’t sure what hot air balloons and what looks like distressed creatures in the baskets would have to do with him. Maybe a mix of the human equivalent of balloons for kids and cotton candy???

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  9. Unknown's avatar

    I think it’s as simple as hot air balloons (with people in them) are the same size to Godzillas as regular balloons are to us. I was actually amused by this one.

    The brick size is just a mistake, I have to think.

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