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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

The delicate art of blowing up only the things that you don't want to exist.

Chapter 48 – Page 21

on August 18, 2017
Chapter: Chapter 48
└ Tags: Goblaurence, Penk
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  1. Alice Macher
    Alice Macher
    August 18, 2017, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    Later, Goblaurence would contribute the section on “Exploserus Devices” to Bandit’s radical underground guide, Steal This Tome.

    • StLOrca
      StLOrca
      August 18, 2017, 8:13 pm | # | Reply

      Well played, madame. Well played.

  2. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    August 18, 2017, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Looks like Gobularence got some minions.

    • Ganurath
      Ganurath
      August 18, 2017, 12:19 am | # | Reply

      Nah, they’re lab assistants.

      When you’re a mad engineer, all the world is your lab, and Goblaurence is an engineer who’s every sort of mad.

  3. Kennerly
    Kennerly
    August 18, 2017, 12:27 am | # | Reply

    Listen number 1: See everything I’m doing right now? Don’t do that, we’ll all die.

    • Thrawcheld
      Thrawcheld
      August 18, 2017, 11:35 pm | # | Reply

      Rule one: No smoking. *puff*

    • MidnightDStroyer
      MidnightDStroyer
      August 20, 2017, 4:36 pm | # | Reply

      No, no, you’re off the mark there. Glob wants to instruct them on the responsible USE of explosurus devices, not the safe HANDLING or STORAGE thereof.

  4. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    August 18, 2017, 12:34 am | # | Reply

    Those bombs look like they were made by Steampunk Batman.

    • Tsapki
      Tsapki
      August 18, 2017, 2:56 am | # | Reply

      Sir Flittermouse? Is he about once more?

      • Baldur
        Baldur
        August 18, 2017, 8:14 am | # | Reply

        • Baldur
          Baldur
          August 18, 2017, 8:16 am | # | Reply

          *googles*

          • CjRayn
            CjRayn
            August 19, 2017, 7:36 pm | # | Reply

            It wasn’t THAT exciting.

  5. biggmac
    biggmac
    August 18, 2017, 1:04 am | # | Reply

    Gobby! – When you’re on an airship, DON’T say “it’s time for a CRASH course”!

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      August 18, 2017, 1:08 am | # | Reply

      Do you prefer “exothermic instruction vector”?

      • StLOrca
        StLOrca
        August 18, 2017, 8:17 pm | # | Reply

        Delurking to suggest “demonstration of rapid energetic disassembly”.

        • Dr.beaver
          Dr.beaver
          August 20, 2017, 10:58 pm | # | Reply

          i think that regardless of how well or pleasant said course is to go, it is going to be a blast!
          then again, most deflagrating objects tend to be quite fun… for those not on the receiving end.

  6. Messenger
    Messenger
    August 18, 2017, 2:44 am | # | Reply

    I know the situation is dire, but I can’t help but say:
    HAVE FUN!!! :-D (Sincerely.)

  7. foducool
    foducool
    August 18, 2017, 2:58 am | # | Reply

    “responsible” XD

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      August 18, 2017, 3:34 am | # | Reply

      Well, you DO want those few survivors to know who was responsible for using the exploserus devices. That way they won’t ever mess with you again!

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      August 18, 2017, 1:17 pm | # | Reply

      I love the emphasis on that.

  8. minando
    minando
    August 18, 2017, 3:17 am | # | Reply

    1. Ignite
    2. Release
    3. Boom.

    Now to the finer points of proper bombing…

    ad 1: ignite FAR end of fuse.
    ad 2: don’t drop within blast radius.
    ad 3: when Boom, have another round ready.

    Skip ‘ads’ for more fun.

    Goto1.

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      August 18, 2017, 3:31 am | # | Reply

      Don’t skip the ads, they need the revenue to help pay for the site’s bandwidth.
      Just be sure to report the really annoying ones that auto-play audio. Screw those ads.

      • minando
        minando
        August 19, 2017, 3:05 am | # | Reply

        We’re working on outlawing those Gastonian adblockers.

    • Fairportfan
      Fairportfan
      August 18, 2017, 6:44 am | # | Reply

      4. Once you light the fuze, Mr Bomb is no longer your friend.

      • Arvo Katsuya
        Arvo Katsuya
        August 18, 2017, 8:46 pm | # | Reply

        I disagree.

        • minando
          minando
          August 19, 2017, 3:08 am | # | Reply

          ..huh.
          It’s important to keep an open mind.
          I think.
          :-)

        • Psolo Ghoti
          Psolo Ghoti
          August 19, 2017, 4:26 pm | # | Reply

          I’m sooooo tempted to go on a Hyadain binge right now.

  9. The Gorram Batguy
    The Gorram Batguy
    August 18, 2017, 4:11 am | # | Reply

    The facial expressions to the right of the last panel indicate that these underlings have already been through the crash course on the irresponsible use of exploserus devices.

    • Psolo Ghoti
      Psolo Ghoti
      August 18, 2017, 4:48 pm | # | Reply

      I don’t think they have; they’re still alive.

  10. Nathanyel
    Nathanyel
    August 18, 2017, 6:20 am | # | Reply

    BLOW STUFF UP! responsibly.

  11. Fairportfan
    Fairportfan
    August 18, 2017, 6:44 am | # | Reply

    WONDERFUL toy chest.

  12. Gabi
    Gabi
    August 18, 2017, 9:48 am | # | Reply

    Right, Goblaurence… I’m feeling the responsibility already.

  13. Toecutter
    Toecutter
    August 18, 2017, 9:49 am | # | Reply

    In explosives as with real estate: Location, Location, Location.

    • Lirazel
      Lirazel
      August 18, 2017, 11:06 pm | # | Reply

      “See that string of little lakes with the high-priced houses all around them? That was the LAST war.”

  14. TxGator
    TxGator
    August 18, 2017, 10:57 am | # | Reply

    Hmmm… That brings up an interesting question. How effective is a rail gun against aerial targets? Presuming of course that this Magitek weapon follows most of the same rules as real world rail guns.

    • Borg
      Borg
      August 18, 2017, 11:00 am | # | Reply

      Very, assuming you don’t miss. A massive projectile is a massive projectile.

    • tlhonmey
      tlhonmey
      August 18, 2017, 1:18 pm | # | Reply

      It was slow enough for the folks on the ground to see it coming. It seems to take several minutes between shots. Might be able to force an airship down with enough shots if they don’t have enough time to regain altitude between them, but knocking one out of the sky would be mostly a matter of luck.

    • LookieLouE1707
      LookieLouE1707
      August 18, 2017, 5:38 pm | # | Reply

      Besides its long refractory period, this weapon doesn’t seem to have a targeting system sophisticated enough to hit fast-moving flying objects. Even if it could take out an airship, the avians whose names nobody’s arsed to know could evade and close on it easily enough. But I presume it has magical shielding which will be the subject of a subsequent reveal, which it why it will have to be kasmitten.

      • CjRayn
        CjRayn
        August 19, 2017, 7:37 pm | # | Reply

        Kasmitten: when Frigg finally meets a man as badass as herself.

    • Dr.beaver
      Dr.beaver
      August 21, 2017, 11:33 am | # | Reply

      well unless those big magic canon rounds can blow in midair like flack, i dont think it is any good for hitting an airship.
      it a bit like trying to hit a duck with a .12 slug… there is a good reason to use bird-shot.

  15. Apple Barrel
    Apple Barrel
    August 18, 2017, 10:59 am | # | Reply

    I love the last panel so much!! XD

  16. Eric
    Eric
    August 18, 2017, 4:46 pm | # | Reply

    First thing to remember about explosives: You don’t want to be next to explosives, let alone holding explosives, when explosives explode! It’s bad. Makes parts of you no longer part of you.

    Second thing to remember is that explosives are however quite useful when you want other things – or people – to no longer be in one piece, and preferably in many very small pieces.

    • Jack Vermicelli
      Jack Vermicelli
      August 19, 2017, 1:16 am | # | Reply

      Sometimes the parts of you are all the parts of you.

  17. Lirazel
    Lirazel
    August 18, 2017, 11:10 pm | # | Reply

    I love the casual way Goblaurence is lighting his ciggy while he reveals his horde of Highly Impactful Objects.

    • Ved
      Ved
      August 19, 2017, 9:23 pm | # | Reply

      The best part is that he’s talking about their responsible use.

  18. zero
    zero
    August 19, 2017, 8:11 am | # | Reply

    GO GET EM, GOBLAURENCE! :D :D

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