Endtown by Aaron Neathery for January 19, 2022

Well isn’t that something! Am I actually first?

Hmm, I must be having dejavu? Or have I seen that before? Hmm…

Oh, Wally…you’re a thought that thinks itself, according to Aaron Marx…

Ah, that thing on the horizon. A flying boat would help right now. You know how far is the horizon??

This looks familiar, Vaguely familiar, Almost unreal yet, It’s too soon to feel yet,Close to my soul, And yet so far away, I’m going to go back there, Someday..

Dang! I was hoping for an answer by this strip. Maybe by the fourth or fifth in the future?

Maybe you wonder where you are

I don’t care

Here is where time is on our side

Take you there, take you there

We’re on a road to something

We’re on a road to something

We’re on a road to something

It’s plain to see. A rather plain, plain.

Don’t you guys want to check out that squiggly signature on the horizon first though? Look at how majestic it is. It must be 10 stories tall! So grand…. What’s two vertical lines ever done for anyone though? Nothing but clash with the horizon. That’s what. (This message brought to you by the Signature Appreciation Society of Endtown)

“Beyond the blue event horizon…”

They’re taking this in stride in true Wally & Co. fashion. They must mentally run through a checklist every time they get dropped into a situation.

1. Is anyone hurt? No.

2. Are we in imminent danger of destruction? No.

3. Is there anything in the immediate vicinity that’s useful? No.

4. Do we have a goal or destination in mind? The original destination was Eden Colony which doesn’t appear to be here. Next?

5. If the original goal isn’t achievable then look around and figure something out.

Will Wally think of the dittoes this time? Are they around to help him this time? A “conjured conveyance” to speed them across this empty plain would be useful. No one’s mentioned food or water yet. Anyone have a granola bar in their pocket to share?

Here’s where Wally saw it before:

https://www.gocomics.com/endtown/2015/07/20?ct=v&cti=1915365

I’ve definitely seen that horizon before. It’s a Halo installation. Well, not really, but similar. So then….some sort of circuitous space as theorized previously.

That, or it’s this: https://www.gocomics.com/endtown/2015/07/20?ct=v&cti=1621572 Which honestly feels more likely.

maybe this is what it’s like in between the panels of the comic, and that line is the edge of the next panel

Remembering the line “Your end chose your beginning” from that 2015 strip……….are we about to jump back to Engineer/soldier Wally where all of his nightmare existence started?

Speculate all we want, but Mr. Neathery will make sure we NEVER guess!

Prior to today, there was no sense of a horizon. But now we have one, and the fountain of souls. But no souls floating by, on their way to the fountain.

And other than Marxes, all the people we have seen here were dead. (I am not counting Wally’s dream.)

But maybe Kirby, Chic and the others rescued from Eden are/will be at the fountain, waiting or frozen in time.

Mind the bubbles if you meet them…..they have priority.

These are rolling out more quickly and are of a much lighter fare than what I’ve grown used to.

Aaron must be feeling very well!?? :D

Life is but a dream, sweetheart,

It’s the spine of the Book.

This cartoon reminds me of the line:

experience is a good thing, it helps you recognize a mistake when you make it again.

The land of imagination. Maybe a representation of the Noosphere. Only with so many dead not so much now to it.

Something… Always something…

Ah, yes. The great zoot chute to the grand recycler in the sky. No Marx for anyone making the obvious comments.

I hope he finds what he is looking for!

We dream… but do we really dream?

When you’re wandering around in a nearly featureless landscape, go for the only feature!

I wonder how much it’s costing Aaron for all this white ink?

“To get the right answer, you must first ask the right question.” – Master Po