Comments on: Metaphysical Speculation Into The Nature of This Comic, or: Lovelace and Babbage vs The Salamander People

By: Warron

Warron — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:09:37 +0000

So there are going to be vampires, eh? In that case are we going to see a reference to “The Vampyre,” the short story about a vampire originally misattributed to Lord Byron and possibly based on him?

By: SomthingWithGears

SomthingWithGears — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:45:21 +0000

I can just imagine Babbage going in there with some fancy hat with a miners
light attached. Which could lead to a part where the hat explodes or something.
(Comedy+Hats = Scenarios (unknown number of) let number of scenarios be S.
S1 hat catches fire
S2 hat explodes
S3 hat falls into ravine & Babbage risks life to retreive it
S4 Salamander person eats hat
S5 Salamander person steals hat
S6 hat is carried away on underground river
S7 hat blows off and is crushed by falling rock.)
The possabilitys are endless!

By: Theodore Mihajlich

Theodore Mihajlich — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:40:22 +0000

Spelunking cries out for a pith helmet.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:33:58 +0000

“The cavern has stalactites. Stalactites would not be conducive to hat-wearing,”

We’re talking caving here (called potholing by the Brits, these days), and I have been a caver for a long time. Entering a cave mandates almost wearing a hat, preferably a hard hat, something Isambard Kingdom Brunel could have been familiar with. Just watch the James Mason version of “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” and you’ll see why. Stalactites can be annoyingly stabby without a hard hat.

By: 2D Goggles » Well It’s About Time

2D Goggles » Well It’s About Time — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:32:52 +0000

[...] spending today cleaning up the sole page of the Salamander People quasi-episode for Steampunk Reloaded. I’m disconcerted by the Borgesian metaphysics surrounding the [...]

By: The Iron Rose

The Iron Rose — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:19:20 +0000

For some reason, in the picture of them entering the cave Babbage looks like Captain Robert of Abney Park to me.

By: Kit

Kit — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:37:24 +0000

I would be careful around the problem of convection. Babbage actually was rather reckless around a volcano, but there’s only so reckless before you star to cook from the heat.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:53:18 +0000

Babbage reminds me of Bilbo Baggins. On an expedition to an active volcano, only a hobbit would bring biscuits.

By: Roberto Keller

Roberto Keller — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:47:22 +0000

Your website has GIANT ANTS!

Nah, it just happens to be a very small website.

P.S. love the meta-analysis going on here.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:18:27 +0000

The story which you linked to is quite fascinating, and a remarkably good read I might say! To think with what precision Babbage encountered the volcanic eruptions, he was quite the fellow it seems!