Loved it! (As usual, but it’s my first time commenting.) I think they we abducted and/or Willy Wonka has shrunk them with his transporter-ray thing. Probably NOT the latter…
Is the universe… imploding? Does this mean they’re going to wake up soon? I’m guessing not, since this new universe has yet to serve a purpose, unless… this whole universe was just a ploy to justify an unexplained costume change!
Seriously, though, I think Aric is going to break the floor and cause them to free-fall through the blackness. Oooh, in space outside the universes, can Lemmo and Aric fly, or even exist? Food for thought.
Hmm… looks like they’re not being given a choice about “going to the light at the end of the tunnel”. Though the way they’re compacting is interesting too. Reality warping itself back into a 2D plane?
New random speculation theory: They were actually caught by one of the various factions (Cookies seem to be the most antagonistic, but they also looked pretty wiped out at the end of the first chapter. The robots maybe?) and this is that faction’s idea of a prison cell. While it’s looping in on itself, it’s inescapable, and to open it, they un-loop, un-fold, and squeeze you out of it.
Maybe they’re in some kind of space below the floor and above the ceiling in the Canvas?
When Lemmo fell through the floor, creating the shovel bean (http://blankitcomics.com/2008/08/14/faulty-hippocampus/), the whatever below the floor is black, but when the penguins’ plane crashed with the ceiling (http://blankitcomics.com/2009/08/17/easy-come-go-easy/), that shows that the ceiling is white too. The background below the floor in the former strip is very similar to the background here.
this could all also serve the purpose of having no real purpose at the begining. just to get some cheap laughs. then they’ll get to the real unfolding story.
i dont think that any thing from the begining matters any more i think that this is a small universe that teared off from the previous one now its traveling through something else like planets are in space but these are universes in something bigger and i guess gravity from other universes is affecting this one ps. if u look at the copyright stuff at the bottom the authors’ names are lemuel (lemmo) and aric interesting
“Escalation” means “to become more serious,” and apparently, according to Encarta, no longer means “to use an escalator” or “to raise to a higher position.” That being said, I still think the title is a clever play on words, since our heroes are rising in position while the situation (probably) becomes more intense.
@Defier of Physics – Honestly, I was unaware that ‘escalation’ ever meant to use an escalator, but I always used it interchangeably with ‘become more serious’ or ‘raise to a higher level’.
The titles are awesome! Some of my favorites include: You can’t hug a child with nuclear pants; Defining Uninominals; Matryoshka; The Corduroys Are Helping; Crusonian Nautilus; The One Where Aric Gets Something Right; Sphengineers; and Rapscallions
July 15th, 2010 at 1:10 am
NO DON’T GO INTO THE LIGHT!!!!!
July 15th, 2010 at 1:14 am
Btw love how Lemnos so exited and the fact he doesn’t get up
July 15th, 2010 at 1:16 am
Happy at the thought of being squished flat, nice, though it coould a universal elivator to another univerce.
July 15th, 2010 at 1:21 am
Excited* @samvimes I also thought of the elevator thing
July 15th, 2010 at 1:32 am
Loved it! (As usual, but it’s my first time commenting.) I think they we abducted and/or Willy Wonka has shrunk them with his transporter-ray thing. Probably NOT the latter…
July 15th, 2010 at 2:57 am
Lol is it just me or does lemmo seem to get smarter throughout tube comic a little more irritable but smarter I present http://blankitcomics.com/2008/07/07/we-have-to-burn-it/ for evidence
July 15th, 2010 at 4:19 am
Ooh, this seems bad..
July 15th, 2010 at 5:04 am
WHAAAAAT
I don’t even understand anything anymore
July 15th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Irresponsibility, now thats progressive!
July 15th, 2010 at 6:15 am
Horrible and interesting situations can be better than safe and boring ones. That’s the moral that I took out of this one.
July 15th, 2010 at 7:31 am
@Xajek: It’s totally true! Fire is awesome (and cleans all). A puddle of water on the other hand? Safe, sure, but utterly boring
July 15th, 2010 at 7:33 am
Is the universe… imploding? Does this mean they’re going to wake up soon? I’m guessing not, since this new universe has yet to serve a purpose, unless… this whole universe was just a ploy to justify an unexplained costume change!
Seriously, though, I think Aric is going to break the floor and cause them to free-fall through the blackness. Oooh, in space outside the universes, can Lemmo and Aric fly, or even exist? Food for thought.
July 15th, 2010 at 9:41 am
@RG Swan: puddles of water are too fun!you just have to get wet to fully enjoy them.
and I think the elevator theory is correct.though maybe it’s just a metaphor or something for them waking up.
July 15th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Hmm… looks like they’re not being given a choice about “going to the light at the end of the tunnel”. Though the way they’re compacting is interesting too. Reality warping itself back into a 2D plane?
New random speculation theory: They were actually caught by one of the various factions (Cookies seem to be the most antagonistic, but they also looked pretty wiped out at the end of the first chapter. The robots maybe?) and this is that faction’s idea of a prison cell. While it’s looping in on itself, it’s inescapable, and to open it, they un-loop, un-fold, and squeeze you out of it.
July 15th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Maybe they’re in some kind of space below the floor and above the ceiling in the Canvas?
When Lemmo fell through the floor, creating the shovel bean (http://blankitcomics.com/2008/08/14/faulty-hippocampus/), the whatever below the floor is black, but when the penguins’ plane crashed with the ceiling (http://blankitcomics.com/2009/08/17/easy-come-go-easy/), that shows that the ceiling is white too. The background below the floor in the former strip is very similar to the background here.
Has this been noted before?
July 15th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
And by ’shovel bean,’ I mean ’shovel beam’. Sorry.
July 15th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
@multiversallnk: If we can have hand soda, we can have shovel beans, too.
July 15th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Is the koolaid man here? Nope Just Lemmo and his awesomeness.
and Aric.
July 15th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
this could all also serve the purpose of having no real purpose at the begining. just to get some cheap laughs. then they’ll get to the real unfolding story.
July 15th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
NO. nononononono!! NOT THE ELEVATOR!! I’ve had horrible experiences with elevators. most include fire.
July 15th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
I think in the dream world, Aric and Lemmo’s peronalities are reversed, Lemmo is smarter and more irritable while Aric is more silly and easygoing.
July 15th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Personalities* sorry, I’m a bit of a grammar Nazi.
July 15th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
I knew something bad was happening.
July 15th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
When did we decide this was a dream world? Dreams usually aren’t experienced by two people at the same time.
July 15th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
i dont think that any thing from the begining matters any more i think that this is a small universe that teared off from the previous one now its traveling through something else like planets are in space but these are universes in something bigger and i guess gravity from other universes is affecting this one ps. if u look at the copyright stuff at the bottom the authors’ names are lemuel (lemmo) and aric interesting
July 15th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
actually if my theory is correct then the title woudnt make sense so my theory is peobably wrong
July 15th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
i doubt that any one of us will guess the theory correctly there are just too many possibilities
July 16th, 2010 at 11:01 am
“Escalation” means “to become more serious,” and apparently, according to Encarta, no longer means “to use an escalator” or “to raise to a higher position.” That being said, I still think the title is a clever play on words, since our heroes are rising in position while the situation (probably) becomes more intense.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:53 am
@Defier of Physics I’m glad you guys appreciate the strip names.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:57 am
@Lemmo – We do indeed.
@Defier of Physics – Honestly, I was unaware that ‘escalation’ ever meant to use an escalator, but I always used it interchangeably with ‘become more serious’ or ‘raise to a higher level’.
July 16th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
The titles are awesome! Some of my favorites include: You can’t hug a child with nuclear pants; Defining Uninominals; Matryoshka; The Corduroys Are Helping; Crusonian Nautilus; The One Where Aric Gets Something Right; Sphengineers; and Rapscallions