I overheard someone commenting on a cooling tower in Florida and they stated that it was a nuclear plant. It wasn’t and when I told them that he responded “What? Are you an expert? You know the location of every nuclear plant in the country?” Yes I am and yes I do.
While this a very real – indeed, probably inevitable – scenario, the far bigger problem is that the waste is deadly for something in the range of 500,000 years – and we can store it (sort of) safely for all of 150 years.
Wait, I have a question, and since Mike Balwin is auditing the class, here it is: A long time reader once told me that the reason Mike’s characters always wear glasses is because he himself does as well. But his self-posted photo shows no glasses. So Mike, why do all your characters, and most of the animals wear glasses?
When I started Cornered my thinking was the characters were a little short-sighted, intended to just see the world through a narrow lens of the odd situation they found themselves in. The paradox of needing corrective eyewear, which helps you see better but also adds another layer between you and the world tickled my fancy. It also worked well given that my characters were full-bodied, with small heads. In many other cartoons the opposite is true, the eyes are drawn to express the emotions of the characters, in Cornered I express the emotions of the characters through their bodies. From a practical standpoint, because the heads are quite small in relationships to the bodies, using glasses to cover their eyes means that viewers have to glean more from the way the bodys are drawn. And, because the heads were smaller it just made more sense to cover up the eyes. I like the way the characters are more layered and insulated – and that includes the eyewear. I just carry that over to pets and other animals because they’re part of the same troop that inhabit Cornered.
SHAKEDOWNVILLE about 1 year ago
Small: Avoid “false” positives. Large: Too much gamma "gob"ulin in his blood.
Superfrog about 1 year ago
For both, we’re looking at a melt-down.
BigBoy about 1 year ago
Wow, somebody blew up the water filled cooling tower and the Nuclear plant building next door is OK
samuli creator about 1 year ago
Small: They will get the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Egrayjames about 1 year ago
For both….I can hear Ricky saying to Lucy…..“You got some ‘splaining’ to do!”
purepaul Premium Member about 1 year ago
I thought CIA meant the Culinary Institute of America. I was hoping for a good spread at the morning break. Bummer!
Bill The Nuke about 1 year ago
I overheard someone commenting on a cooling tower in Florida and they stated that it was a nuclear plant. It wasn’t and when I told them that he responded “What? Are you an expert? You know the location of every nuclear plant in the country?” Yes I am and yes I do.
Cozmik Cowboy about 1 year ago
While this a very real – indeed, probably inevitable – scenario, the far bigger problem is that the waste is deadly for something in the range of 500,000 years – and we can store it (sort of) safely for all of 150 years.
billdaviswords about 1 year ago
Pentothol… now THAT might explain all our press conferences lately…
WCraft Premium Member about 1 year ago
Guest speaker: Jason Bourne.
cuzinron47 about 1 year ago
Doing whatever it takes without anyone knowing about it.
T... about 1 year ago
Get into your HazMat suits, dummies…
T... about 1 year ago
CIA have been trained and conditioned to withstand all sort of truth serums…
Mike Baldwin creator about 1 year ago
Still worth the wait to see if all that training paid off!
Doug K about 1 year ago
I’d like (finally) to hear the truth (some truth) out of James Clapper and John Brennan.
22Wu33/es Premium Member about 1 year ago
Truth serum? to a CIA speaker? I’d like to hear that talk.
wildlandwaters about 1 year ago
(steps in front of ’im): “Uh…just two!”
gopher gofer about 1 year ago
best dentist visit i ever had involved pentothal given for a root canal. man, was i blissed out…
davewhamond creator about 1 year ago
Sodium Pentothal… now with Pumpkin Spice!
hubbard3188 about 1 year ago
Wait, I have a question, and since Mike Balwin is auditing the class, here it is: A long time reader once told me that the reason Mike’s characters always wear glasses is because he himself does as well. But his self-posted photo shows no glasses. So Mike, why do all your characters, and most of the animals wear glasses?
Mike Baldwin creator about 1 year ago
When I started Cornered my thinking was the characters were a little short-sighted, intended to just see the world through a narrow lens of the odd situation they found themselves in. The paradox of needing corrective eyewear, which helps you see better but also adds another layer between you and the world tickled my fancy. It also worked well given that my characters were full-bodied, with small heads. In many other cartoons the opposite is true, the eyes are drawn to express the emotions of the characters, in Cornered I express the emotions of the characters through their bodies. From a practical standpoint, because the heads are quite small in relationships to the bodies, using glasses to cover their eyes means that viewers have to glean more from the way the bodys are drawn. And, because the heads were smaller it just made more sense to cover up the eyes. I like the way the characters are more layered and insulated – and that includes the eyewear. I just carry that over to pets and other animals because they’re part of the same troop that inhabit Cornered.