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Caitlin Boulter's avatar

The w h a t B A B Y reference came to me immediately upon seeing the upside down infant in the blender picture, and I appreciate it so much even though that reference is so old. Old as BALLS.

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Lovisa Munter's avatar

Kate Beaton our collective beloved <3

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Caitlin Boulter's avatar

Brings to mind the respective Hark! and Nimona "<3Nemesis<3" days of yore

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Karine Charlebois's avatar

Came here to say pretty much this and seeing the last drawing was so gratifying!

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danijones's avatar

Right there with you 😂

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Kat Schneider's avatar

YES came here to say that I'd know that baby anywhere

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Caitlin Boulter's avatar

Touchstone of a generation

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Stephen Hynes's avatar

Fantastic Sunday morning cartoon, thank you for the laugh

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Livi C.-Hall's avatar

I love being a gay nerd with gay nerd friends too!! 😁

The best experiences can come from the most random of places, planned or not. And enjoying ourselves is how we stay sane 💜

My bestie's birthday was yesterday and we had a pirate-themed dinner gathering, we all went the extra mile and outsiders seemed to enjoy us just as much!

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Benjamin Russell's avatar

The whole column is wonderful, but the bonus just kills me. Marvelous.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

I can just see the ads: "Got Boat Milk?"

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Evie's avatar

The cursed side of the gay-nerd-friends coin is that they will give fun, silly names to the things you worked very hard to research.

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Lauren's avatar

Echoing the other comments who immediately saw the hark a vagrant in the upside-down baby. Glad to see an even more direct reference at the end!

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Jenn Davis's avatar

This brought me so much joy :)

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Val's avatar

Nate have you seen yet—the colossal squid has a child too and science got us baby vids :O first time we got to observe a live specimen!!!

https://youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo?si=8cQTNb_RqXA25Zl-

This is unrelated to the very good comic. I just found out and thought you needed to know.

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angelEQ's avatar

I love you and I feel like I don't tell you enough

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Emma Reynolds's avatar

HahahahahAAAAAAA so so good

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Double Sketch And Soda's avatar

Hahaha the way he's being careless with a child is very funny😆

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