Glacier
Glacier
[Knit Cap and Beret Guy are standing to the left of a glacier.] Knit cap person: Glaciers are so neat. You can't see it, but this ice is slowly advancing.
[Zoom in on Beret Guy, who has his hand to his mouth, thinking.]
[Zoomed in, Beret Guy exits to the left of the panel.]
[Beret Guy enters the panel from the left, carrying two fencing sabres.]
[Beret Guy uses a blow dryer to attach one of the sabres to the glacier.] Whirrrr [Beret Guy is holding the blow dryer and looks at the sabre that is attached to the glacier.]
[Beret Guy stands in a defensive position with sabre in hand, ready to defend against the "advancing" glacier.]
The author of The Sword in the Stone , T. H. White, was mentioned two comics ago in 2162: Literary Opinions .
A glacier is a wall of dense ice. Though glaciers tend to appear still, they are actually slowly moving, typically by around 10 inches (25 cm)/day.
Beret Guy and Knit Cap are facing the forward edge of a glacier. Knit Cap wearing a knit cap remarks that glaciers are amazing, mentioning the fact that though we can't see it, the ice is slowly advancing. After considering this, Beret Guy leaves, then returns with two sabres and a hairdryer. He uses the hairdryer to melt a part of the glacier, which he then attaches a sabre to. This use of the hair dryer may be another example of Beret Guy's strange powers , since the dryer does not appear to be plugged into anything. After he attaches the sabre to the glacier, he then takes a defensive position. "Advancing" is a basic forward movement in fencing, and Beret Guy appears to feel it is unfair for the glacier not to have a weapon.
The title text refers to The Sword in the Stone , a famous sword in the legends of King Arthur, and Norway , a country known for its glaciers. In the original legend, the sword is set into solid rock, and enchanted so that only the true King could draw it out. The legend has been alluded to in a previous comic . The title text might be making any of several implications about a Norwegian adaptation, including:
[Knit Cap and Beret Guy are standing to the left of a glacier.] Knit cap person: Glaciers are so neat. You can't see it, but this ice is slowly advancing.
[Zoom in on Beret Guy, who has his hand to his mouth, thinking.]
[Zoomed in, Beret Guy exits to the left of the panel.]
[Beret Guy enters the panel from the left, carrying two fencing sabres.]
[Beret Guy uses a blow dryer to attach one of the sabres to the glacier.] Whirrrr [Beret Guy is holding the blow dryer and looks at the sabre that is attached to the glacier.]
[Beret Guy stands in a defensive position with sabre in hand, ready to defend against the "advancing" glacier.]
The author of The Sword in the Stone , T. H. White, was mentioned two comics ago in 2162: Literary Opinions .