Page ### – Pop Tarts Spiraling Towards the Earth
Okay, let me level with you guys. I TOTALLY forgot that April Fool’s Day was coming until around 10 PM the night before. That left no time to make a “real” looking page, but I didn’t want to skip it after doing an April Fool’s page the past two years (that equals A TRADITION!) So, instead, you get this… experiment in a new art/writing style.
The funny thing is, I could name five webcomics of the top of my head where this could pass as a “real” comic. And honestly, this was WAY more fun that doing another Fake Out Ending.
Anyway, if you’re just now tuning in and are really confused, don’t worry. The ACTUAL Friday page did update as usual, so just hit that little “BACK” button to see it.
Oh, and you wanna know something really odd? This little brainfart is technically the 400th page of Far Out There, if you count all the holiday pages (which I don’t, because I needlessly complicate things)
(Historical Notes: The though occurs as I look at this again that it’s pretty much the EXACT sort of nonsense I used to draw for the old Digimon forums I’d frequent back in the day. So, in a way, this is a key glimpse into the primordial origins of Far Out There itself. How terrifying.)
I’m curious if you still remember which other webcomics you had in mind “where this could pass as a ‘real’ comic.” I think it would sorta fit in xkcd, at least art-style-wise, but I don’t think it would work in any other comic I’m familiar with.
There was this one really absurdist comic I vaguely remember from back in the day, which partially inspired the random dialog here. Sadly, it was SO absurdist that the title was some random nonsense I’m struggling to recall off the top of my head. Like, I think it was some sort of radio frequency? It was that level of random.
EDIT: I finally tracked down the name of the thing, “Listening To 11975 M Hz.” As near as I can tell, it no longer exists on any part of the public-facing internet.