MythTickle by Justin Thompson for July 29, 2011

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    LadyThornewood  over 13 years ago

    I love that he’s reading the Watchmen

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    Sisyphos  over 13 years ago

    98 to go.

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    bmwk12ltc  over 13 years ago

    is this what you meant Sisyphos? http://youtu.be/14IRDDnEPR4

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    niaje  over 13 years ago

    lucky guy doesnt need a lamp to read at night

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    wwcameralab  over 13 years ago

    Good call, Lady. It was the firs thing I noticed.

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    celeconecca  over 13 years ago

    I remember watching that movie! I think it was intoduced by Kukla, Fran and Ollie when I saw it on TV!

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    celeconecca  over 13 years ago

    This time, though, I think it’s just a kiddo who keep hold to his balloon. So nice to know where lost balloons go…

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    Justin Thompson creator over 13 years ago

    To Night-Gaunt49: In comic strips one must often go with stereotypes so as not to be too cryptic. I needed to make it clear this was an angel without having a tacky sign pointing to him saying “Angel”. A glowing head might not register as ‘angel’ to everyone.

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    ReallyNow!  over 13 years ago

    why does it have to be a careless kid…maybe I just wanted to see how high it went

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    TheSkulker  over 13 years ago

    Thanks for the link. I had never even heard of this film let alone seen it. Very elegant and touching. The entire movie is viewable on YouTube in four parts starting with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiGFcVf34PM

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    Durak Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Must have been hard for all those guys to sleep at night, what with their heads glowing and all. At least with a halo you can throw a blanket over it.

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    Durak Premium Member over 13 years ago

    I remember watching The Red Balloon in elementary school. On a 16mm movie projector shown on a sheet hanging in the cafeteria. And we thought it was cool.

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    bmonk  over 13 years ago

    I liked C.S. Lewis’s take on the nimbus in Perelandra, where the light was something like an otherworldly light, since angels are made of stuff that moves with the speed of light (for us) and their light is even faster. Also, to stay at one spot on a planet, they must be moving and whirling rather quickly, and they are not quite vertical to us—or better, our vertical is seen as being slightly off of true when they are present.

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    oldwaver  over 13 years ago

    :D What are we going to do with them?

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    crystalwizard  over 13 years ago

    yeah, and it’s part of pagan sun worship.

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    Justin Thompson creator over 13 years ago

    I remember watching The Red Balloon in elementary school too, Dypak. It made quite an impression, and that’s why I chose red for this balloon. It’s a great memory, watching that film on a rickety old projector in the school library.

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