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This is probably as close as I get to a political cartoon.
Before you point out that you don’t play tridimensional chess with 3 people (though you should, I mean there are three dimensions), and that all the chess pieces are in the wrong places and don’t look like real chess pieces, let’s go ahead and assume that Joel, Josh and Eli bought this 3D chess set off of Craigslist and they don’t actually know how to play (because no one does).
I know this comic really doesn’t make any sense (unless you are both ME and a SUPER STAR TREK NERD), but I was reading Wiki articles about Star Trek (specifically the ending of DS9, the Dominion War, and Worf”s family) and I got to thinking about how there really were some parallels between Worf and Obama (thin premise, I know). Then I figured it would be fun to draw Obama as a Klingon and thus I birthed the four confusing panels you see above. What can I say? This is EXACTLY how my brain works.
If you were to map out my thought process, it goes something like “need to write a comic -> I haven’t done anything about Obama (I support him) -> should I? This isn’t a political site -> I wonder if Alexander Rozhenko appeared in DS9 after he served with Worf on the Rotaran -> let’s check Wiki -> God I hated Alexander -> Oh I forgot that Sisko got Cassidy pregnant then be became black alien Jesus -> what if Obama was a Klingon?”
See? Actually, when I write it out like that it makes perfect sense.
(10:32am Central – I can’t seem to reply to comments. I’ve emailed ID. We’ll see.)
(1:04pm Central – Comments seem back-ish.)
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February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Wouldn't that be, House of Obama? -Sheesh.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I was trying to figure out some comment about Jessica Simpon's cooter for today's comic. I fail.
Excellent podcast 6.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I'm somewhat confused by this comic. Bonus points for the star trek reference of course, and major geek cred for actually being able to name the various klingon items (a feat that with the exception of the bat'leth I can't do despite seeing just about every star trek episode ever), but I'm just not sure the juxtaposition of Obama and Warf is really that funny. Now toss in Hillary as a Romulan, and that might be funny. Maybe the humor in this one is too subtle for me to really appreciate.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I can almost definitely help you with the pencils.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
What the fuck is a Worf?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I knew this would be a confusing one. Actually Joel stops talking about the Worf/Obama comparison and is ONLY talking about Worf. The closer to 1am I write these things, the less sense they make.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Ive got one for you:
Guy 1: Who are you voting for?
Guy 2: Obabma. Who are YOU voting for?
Guy 1: Jessica Simpson's Cooter.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Thanks! I updated the post to kind if give some explanation of what I was thinking when I wrote this. I know its kind of batshit nuts.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Wonderful. Keep up the great work my only two RSS feeds are you and JoCo's site you keep me plenty entertained!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Does this make Michelle Obama "Jadzia Dax?" If so, do you think her spots run all the way down? I do. Great strip, Joel.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Like her cooch is the "house?"
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
"I'm just not sure the juxtaposition of Obama and Warf is really that funny"
It's not.
"Hillary as a Romulan"
That was in the first draft but required twice the panels. Should would have looked cool (more evil) with the window's peak.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I can't answer that for you. You must look inward and find your own Worf.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
You're damn right it does (and they do). Damn you Terry Farrell for leaving to do "Becker!"
And welcome to the comments.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Then my feed is certainly in good company.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
So if Obama is a Klingon, does that make Hillary Borg?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
It all seems perfectly sensible to me…which probably indicates a problem.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I also like that you said comments were back as of 1:04p central. It's only noon central. So either Texas time is different from the rest of central (possible), or Joel, you're posting from the future (ooooooh! <spooky music>), which is also quite possible.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Maybe the Borg Queen, or perhaps a member of the Tal Shi'ar (Romulan black ops).
Agewise, McCaine is either a Q or the big bang.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
A problem with everyone else, maybe.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Worf as president is about as silly as the Terminator as….wait.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
That way, you can DRAW women and money.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Greetings! From the land of tomorrow!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Seriously, California? Seriously?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Ok, this is way off topic, but it's the most epic RR I've ever seen. If you've been watching teh internets at all lately, you should probably get this: http://www.anonymousexposed.org/
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
it's like in Parallels. Worf is time skipping. Or was it alternate dimensions? It's been so long. I think there were many Enterprises.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
"I want to be escorted by Michael Dorn, and he must address me with 'Yes, captain'"
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
He has the teeth of a Ferengi. I sure hope McCain isn't a Q.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
the baby cows ep from South Park?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Maybe a depowered Q, so he's just infinity old but cant do anything.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
It was alternate realities. He got a taste of boning Troi, and liked it so much they hooked up after he returned to his normal universe.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
wait, is this the site that Scientology set up? Did they somehow RickHack it?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Oh, its always dicks with you. Dicks this and dicks that.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Dick.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Does this mean that Obama breaks kids' necks' with his head whilst playing football?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Yes. Thats why he has to restrain himself around frail humans. He also has a redundant set of organs.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Now I have to coordinate all 3 me's (the young, the the current, and the senile ) to fire a tachyon pulse into the tear in subspace in all three times or the universe will implode. Thanks.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Can I draw me, drawing me with the pencil I'm drawing with? That's right dammit, I eschered your ass…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I went to the land of tomorrow at Disney once. It was like the 60s.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Is "Boning Troi" the sequel to "Boxing Helena"?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
All those kids on "Beyond Thunderdome" wanted Mel Gibson to take them to "tomorrow-morrow land"
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Looking into a metal sphere, walking upside down on an impossible staircase while being chased by birds that turn into fish and interlocking lizards.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Deus Ex Machina…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
WTFF was up with that movie? And the dude from Warlock was in it. I would make the menage a'troi joke but TNG already did it for me.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
That's Labyrinth not Escher, get it right please…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Just flashed to Castrovalva. And celery…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
No Bowie here:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=mc+es...
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
http://www.multinet.no/~jonarne/Hjemmesia/Favorit...
I win…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Now, where's my copy of "Spock Must Die!"?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
The Scilon site has a hyphen in it, but who hyphenates any more? There was no hacking involved. They just registered the domain.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
So describing a thing to someone implies that you used that thing to….overpower them?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
George Bush is Captain Kirk, Cheney is Mr Scott, Hurley from Lost can be Sulu…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
George Bush is Captain Kirk, Cheney is Mr Scott, Hurley from Lost can be Sulu…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
tridimentional chess with three people is just begging for an injury. I'm surprised you don't have like a broken arm or aids or something because of it.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
That's how I got type 1 diabetes( I actually have type 1 diabetes). No but, seriously I got it from drinking too much apple juice.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
By the way, that second post was accidental, the net died…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Haven't you seen Pinocchio?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
carousel of progress was the shit
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
you could learn the flute in your free time
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Obama-Worf FTW. If Obama-Worf doesn't win this election… someone else will. (It's a prolific thought, I know. I thought I might be going somewhere with that but, as fate would have it, I was wrong.)
Next comic: "I am McCain of Borg. Resistance is futile."
[Sorry if this double-posts.]
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Type 1 diabetes is genetic, you don't get it from eating or drinking anything. I should know, I have it. Type 2 on the other hand can be triggered by external stimulus (that is, eating or drinking, or in women becoming pregnant). Some people occasionally classify type 1 incorrectly by saying type 1 is insulin dependent, and type 2 isn't, but a more accurate classification is type 1 doesn't produce sufficient insulin, and type 2 is insulin resistant.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I guess if I lived an entire lifetime in the span of a few minutes I could. Sure.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Bush is Janeway. Shoots first and never asks questions.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
First post, I win harder than All-con, oh yes, I went there… Podcast reference… Give me women, money and pencils…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I love how half way through the conversation he realizes you're no longer talking about Worf. Excellent as Usual.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
If Obama is Klingon Clinton is Borg, go now, make that comic…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Oh god, someone's already said this TIME PARADOX…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I think it's akin to "dropping science" on the proverbial ass.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Step 1: 3D Chess
Step 2: ???
Step 3: AIDS
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I see McCain more as a lovable doofus like Neelix.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Call it 'Republi-Trek'…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
"Carousel" and "progress" is clearly soem form of insane juxtaposition thought up by Walt himself…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Or, alternatively you could learn soemthing manly, like the triangle…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Im so frakking lost.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
No. No it was not. It was the only "ride" that 9 year old Joel fell asleep in at Disney World.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Trapeze of Innovation
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I assume the whale bodice that Geppetto inhabits for part of the film/novel is similar to Ms. Simpson's cooch. Learn to obscure reference (actually, due to that comic up there^, that sentence is clearly some form of sarcastic irony)…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Yes, captain.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
But we all know the whole point of the Carousel of Progress was the air conditioning and chairs. It was always empty, lines were short, and it was a great way to kill time.
For those reasons and more, it was the shit. "Lemme get a sasparilla! Oh, I forgot, they're calling it ROOT BEER now!"
Of course, the ride is shut down now. Alot of old stuff is being replaced. And they really seem to be doing it poorly. Whole chunks of the park are shut down at once instead of little by little. Body works is gone. That place taught me that science can be interesting and fun. Also, cocks. And cooters.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I don't think I've ever laughed so hard at a political comic. Now I'm going to have to vote for Obama cause he reminds me of Worf
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Clearly.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Point taken. AC is divine in Florida heat. NO BODY WORKS! I loved that place. They had the optical illusion house where you friend could go inside then you looked in a whole and your friend appeared to be a giant. Oh well. I went a few years ago and Epcot had several large areas shut down for retooling. The Honey I Shrunk the Kids 3D show was rad.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Glad you liked it. I would register for the Starfleet party if they had a viable candidate.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
It really ticked me off when they closed down Body Works, it was my favorite area of the park. Used to ride body wars or whatever it was called all the time.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
However his speaking ability is about on par with Kirks.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Yeah, from a smarm and cockiness factor, he's definitely kirk. From a looks and accent standpoint, he's Trip.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
We ate at their "health food" stand when I was 9. They served me a healthy sandwich that looked like cat vomit on bread. I think it was supposed to be tuna. I like that ride where you were in the kids brain looking out of his eyes while he was attacked by a dog.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Obama-Worf (or McCain of Borg, or Hilary of Romulus) can't win this election! Haven't you been paying attention, man?!?! The terrorists have already won!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Who!? The Maquis? The Jem'Hadar? Raise sheilds, Red Alert!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
It's too late…the hails are coming from INSIDE THE SHIP!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Carousel of Progress…you mean Burt Reynolds Through The Ages?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Cranial Command?
Also the shit.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Quick! Lead them into the holodeck where Ill concoct an overly elaborate plan to confuse them while acting out a scene from a novel!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Hmm thank you for explaining that to me. It might have been some weird latened thing but, I do remeber getting it at the age of 4. I didn't mean to upset you man. But, it is good to know that we got more type ones out there. DIABETIC POWA!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
(Sings the aids song from Team America in his head)
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Don't forget Ron Paul. I think he still has a legitimate chance.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Just make sure you don't accidentally load up the Kama Sutra, unless you're into that sorta thing.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
All I have to say, is I read that wiki article on 3d chess, and the only part of it that screamed awesome was:
"The king moves just like a queen but one step at a time."
Somehow I just pictured Eddie Izzard talking about men wearing heels.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Fantastic comic! You draw well.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Thanks, Adrock. I noticed you have a political blog. How did you find HijiNKS Ensue?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
"The king moves just like a queen but one step at a time."
Thats goind to be on Eddie's tomb stone.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Yeah, type 1 typically develops during childhood, although it can develop as late as early twenties (in my case I got it sometime around 17, but wasn't diagnosed till I was 21). Type 2 usually isn't a problem until your 30s or later. Type 2 is a chemical imbalance on the cells that leads to them not properly processing insulin (hence insulin resistant), and can be treated using drugs. If Type 2 isn't medicated properly, or the person has a particularly bad diet, it can also trigger Type 1. Type 1 is caused by destruction of the islet cells of the pancreas which create insulin, typically by an autoimmune disorder (which is genetic). In essence the bodies immune system is broken and destroys the pancreas, or seen another way, you're allergic to your own pancreas. Islet cells can also be burnt out, which is how Type 2 diabetics develop Type 1. Their body sees the blood glucose levels rising and ups production of insulin to try to compensate, but since the cells never use the insulin (because they're resistant) the glucose levels never drop, and the islet cells get burnt out from running at maximum capacity constantly.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I don't know, I remember him running around pretty easily in them. I think he was just referring to when the men first try them.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I really can't believe you would post that, instead of google'ing, wiki'ing, or some other avenue of 5 second research. That would be like eating a Reese's and wondering who got their peanut butter in your chocolate!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Be nice. Im sure it was a joke.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Oh, not that high heels would kill him, just that they would be his legacy for future generations.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I wasn't trying to be mean o.O I thought that my Reese's comment illustrated the funny! I apologize to honest ape if my humor didn't shine through. I keep forgetting that smiling when you type means nothing =/
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
By the same token, typing with your pants off means nothing. Thank god.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Obama should get a shiny sash.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Yeah, when they do the Dubya story (and don't think they _won't_), Trip would be a good cast as him.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
One more day until a new comic. OH BOY OH BOY! it's like christmas.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Its up! Also your cookies and milk are gone! He must have come!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
What a legacy. Being on Enterprise, then playing Bush.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I have to be comfy with a website, been there often enough and have a bond with it, before I can type pantless. It's not something you just use stumbleupon and go 'hey Im pantless!'. Well, some do that, but I guess I have higher pantless interwebs standards.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
WHEEEEEEE! I got a firetruck. My friend didn't though. Probably because he celebrates comic Kwanza
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
oooh it'd be like bizzaro not-tasha yar! whatever her name was… sorry, i tried to block that arc (and alexander) out.
well, i think it's funny, and appreciate the parallel, however vague it may be. plus obama still makes a better klingon than christopher lloyd…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
what's that thing by my name? is this halo 3???
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
bush doesn't get to be a captain… if worf-obama is the ds9 iteration, maybe bush can be that flaky sexless 'founder'. laura bush kinda looks like weyun…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Ha! I blogged it! Awesome! I think you conviced me to support Obama now, I hadn't been decided yet, but comparing him to my second fav TNG character? Brillant!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Alright… Where's my "B'arack son of Oba'ma" babydoll tee?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Ive actually affected political change with a Klingon reference? Wow.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Hadnt planned on making one, but maybe a desktop down the road.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
*poutsniff*
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Funny comic. Although personally, I see Obama having more in common with Spock.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Don't you mean Tuvok?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Very good sir. As usual. And even though you addressed the chess pieces. I still think they look like little gold and silver penises. (Peni?)