Todd is a beginner. He shouldn’t be allowed to dive deeper than 60 ft. However there still horizontal distance to consider – the lake is frozen over so there would be no time spent swimming at the surface.
Yes, prior to the war he was just an innocent hydrolibrarian with waterproof books…. and when the time came he took up as many hardcovers as he could and jammed the pointy corners into his enemies most tender parts!\
That’s not a sarcastic reply, that’s legit what i can see going down.
How is it that Selkie is sensitive to the cold when going outside during the winter if her species natural habitat is Lake Superior. I’ve swam in that water several times. It is COLD and that’s just near shore shallow water I am talking about!
Maybe this was answered in a previous comic and I forgot?
for that matter, shouldn’t there also be pressure issues? I mean, even that shallow of water should add 2-4 atmospheres of pressure, humans can deal with that transition for a time, so there’s no reason sarthoni couldn’t go to the surface, but humans can’t survive at that depth indefinitely (bends anyone?) hmmm… it would be neat if selkie got reverse bends once at the bottom…
actually humans can survive pressure for as long as you like and as deep as you like till oxygen toxicity occurs (around 650 feet is right at the limit for saturation divers over the long term with standard mixes Triox gets you down to about 800 but you sound like a friggen chipmonk) you get the bends from coming UP to fast. the longer you are at depth the longer your decompression time will be.
I remember that being mentioned in one of the “Creature From The Black Lagoon” movies. “Rapture of the deep.” You end up trying to give your scuba equipment to the fish!
those Phallic Lamp posts sure do look like “Light Sabers”
also…. I have always really really loved your art, it’s simple and gets the point across, but man… this perspective is soooooooooooooo wonky my head hurts trying to understand it ;_; I’m not trying to be mean, it’s just the way it is
also shame on you for not painting the submarine yellow 😛
I also was disappointed that there was not even a second sub painted yellow. If not theirs then another, … But no. The Dave gives, and the Dave takes away. The Dude didn’t give us a yellow submarine, but he did give us phosphorescent peenie poles, or perhaps less crudely put; lambent tumescent luminescent lampposts.
Yeah, Dave’s art is simple and that makes it more accessible on a wide variety of options, like Android or iPad. A lot of comics are set for 9 bazillion by 12 gazillion, and the art appears so small on anything less than a 22″ monitor that the stories aren’t fun because if you can read the text you still can’t see who is doing what.
Dave makes sure you can enjoy the art and the text, and that is a joy worth savoring.
He’s trying. Perspective is a harsh mistress. With that being said I think that the bigger sub makes for most of the “wonky” perspective. Take it out and the idea is clearer.
I admire Dave’s ability in always trying to improve himself, I wish I had his courage and a cool story to tell.
Lakes tend to have murky water, and the Sarnothi live at the bottom. Why are Sarnothi so okay with harsh above-water sunlight? If they do like brighter light, why has no one seen the glow underwater on a particularly dark night? Can Selkie swim in salt water, or are they strictly fresh water creatures only? Do they have any darkness navigation abilities (echolocation, infrared vision, other such)?
I’m wondering the ability to breathe. I mean yes, they have gills, but there’s only so much oxygen in the water, and they’re using it up. With the top of the lake frozen over, the plants down there aren’t going to be doing a lot of photosynthesis, and I don’t think the current is swift enough to bring in fresh water/air. Maybe those green ‘lights’ also pump out oxygen?
Given the number of fish that live in the great lakes (i.e. a lot, some of them not that much smaller than a human), I would guess that there’s enough oxygen in the water as a whole to last for a very long time without being depleted. Presumably it’s not going to run out over one winter, or all the fish would die.
Oh, I did assume it would be much deeper down.
I was thinking the same thing, especially with Pohl’s comment about using up all the oxygen swimming down.
Todd is a beginner. He shouldn’t be allowed to dive deeper than 60 ft. However there still horizontal distance to consider – the lake is frozen over so there would be no time spent swimming at the surface.
I think it’s a perspective thing. Look how small the depot is in the background.
This isn’t to scale.
The intervening trip is glossed over.
I just see lightsabers.
Your Father’s light saber this is not!
nah, its recolored End Rods from Minecraft for me.
I could see it going either way. 🙂
Lego.
totally new topic!… before we actually MEET Scar, who wants to guess what his current/former occupation was?
I think he was a Librarian. what say yous?
I’ guessing some kind of farmer 🙂
He took part in a slave uprising – so either slave or enforcer?
wouldn’t it be weird if he was part of the SS and infiltrated it to help the rebels?
Ook?
Ran a taco-truck.
He protected children.
Yes, prior to the war he was just an innocent hydrolibrarian with waterproof books…. and when the time came he took up as many hardcovers as he could and jammed the pointy corners into his enemies most tender parts!\
That’s not a sarcastic reply, that’s legit what i can see going down.
and lmao Dave
Phallic lamppost is more refined Light Dong at least.
This reminds me of a question I had…
How is it that Selkie is sensitive to the cold when going outside during the winter if her species natural habitat is Lake Superior. I’ve swam in that water several times. It is COLD and that’s just near shore shallow water I am talking about!
Maybe this was answered in a previous comic and I forgot?
Indeed.
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior#Hydrography the temperature at the bottom of the lake is 4 degrees. That’s about the same temperature as a properly set refridgerator.
That would be 4ºC for us USAnians, which is 39ºF. Stupid double standards.
for that matter, shouldn’t there also be pressure issues? I mean, even that shallow of water should add 2-4 atmospheres of pressure, humans can deal with that transition for a time, so there’s no reason sarthoni couldn’t go to the surface, but humans can’t survive at that depth indefinitely (bends anyone?) hmmm… it would be neat if selkie got reverse bends once at the bottom…
actually humans can survive pressure for as long as you like and as deep as you like till oxygen toxicity occurs (around 650 feet is right at the limit for saturation divers over the long term with standard mixes Triox gets you down to about 800 but you sound like a friggen chipmonk) you get the bends from coming UP to fast. the longer you are at depth the longer your decompression time will be.
Oxygen toxicity causes some funky Neurological problems. Like a really good/really bad peyote trip.
I remember that being mentioned in one of the “Creature From The Black Lagoon” movies. “Rapture of the deep.” You end up trying to give your scuba equipment to the fish!
those Phallic Lamp posts sure do look like “Light Sabers”
also…. I have always really really loved your art, it’s simple and gets the point across, but man… this perspective is soooooooooooooo wonky my head hurts trying to understand it ;_; I’m not trying to be mean, it’s just the way it is
also shame on you for not painting the submarine yellow 😛
I also was disappointed that there was not even a second sub painted yellow. If not theirs then another, … But no. The Dave gives, and the Dave takes away. The Dude didn’t give us a yellow submarine, but he did give us phosphorescent peenie poles, or perhaps less crudely put; lambent tumescent luminescent lampposts.
Yeah, Dave’s art is simple and that makes it more accessible on a wide variety of options, like Android or iPad. A lot of comics are set for 9 bazillion by 12 gazillion, and the art appears so small on anything less than a 22″ monitor that the stories aren’t fun because if you can read the text you still can’t see who is doing what.
Dave makes sure you can enjoy the art and the text, and that is a joy worth savoring.
He’s trying. Perspective is a harsh mistress. With that being said I think that the bigger sub makes for most of the “wonky” perspective. Take it out and the idea is clearer.
I admire Dave’s ability in always trying to improve himself, I wish I had his courage and a cool story to tell.
Lakes tend to have murky water, and the Sarnothi live at the bottom. Why are Sarnothi so okay with harsh above-water sunlight? If they do like brighter light, why has no one seen the glow underwater on a particularly dark night? Can Selkie swim in salt water, or are they strictly fresh water creatures only? Do they have any darkness navigation abilities (echolocation, infrared vision, other such)?
Honestly just looks like green glowing candy canes with the hooks chopped off to me
I’m wondering the ability to breathe. I mean yes, they have gills, but there’s only so much oxygen in the water, and they’re using it up. With the top of the lake frozen over, the plants down there aren’t going to be doing a lot of photosynthesis, and I don’t think the current is swift enough to bring in fresh water/air. Maybe those green ‘lights’ also pump out oxygen?
Given the number of fish that live in the great lakes (i.e. a lot, some of them not that much smaller than a human), I would guess that there’s enough oxygen in the water as a whole to last for a very long time without being depleted. Presumably it’s not going to run out over one winter, or all the fish would die.
That doesn’t look like a hole to me. It’s kinda cool.