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A Successful Failure [[Aaron and Harold are sitting in the forest at dusk.]] / Harold: How do I know if I'm a failure or not? / Aaron: If you're asking that question, then you probably know the answer.
Philosophy is Dead [[Aaron is talking to an obvious philosopher. You can tell because of the pretentious ponytail, and the lack of a tie.]] / Aaron: Hey postmodern philosopher. What's up? / Philosopher: Just the usual... / Philosopher: ... misapplying the theory of relativity, misappropriating Heisenburg's uncertainty...
That's Why There's Reader's Digest [[Alp and Harold are looking at a bookcase in Alp's bathroom.]] / Harold: What's with all the books in the bathroom? / Alp: I used to be impatient because I hated wasted time in here. / Alp: So I put a little bookcase by the toilet. Now I can go to my heart's content! I actually get smarter the more I'm...
The Crackpot Conundrum [[Aaron and Harold are walking outside in some sort of weird area with red -leaved tress and strange rock formations.]] / Aaron: There are so many crazy ideas to debunk. Creationism. Astrology. Aliens. The future survival of newspapers. / Harold: But is it even worth engaging in debates on non-sensical...
Paradox Resolved [[Aaron and Harold are walking through a park or forest.]] / Harold: Consider the following, if someone says, "I always lie," are they telling the truth or lying? / Harold: There's no way to know without creating a paradox. / Aaron: No, obviously he's lying. You're assuming he can only tell the truth...
 
Paradox Created [[Ferdinand is standing near Harold at the table. Harold is arranging different previous comic strips from Calamities of Nature.]] / Ferdinand: What the heck are you dong? / Harold: Ferd, you're known for making ridiculous remarks, so I'm helping the readers by organizing the strips you appear in. / Harold:...
Maybe He'd Like a Churro [[Aaron is walking down the street, eating a churro. A man is standing on the sidewalk with a sign reading "Stop the invasion! Secure our borders" The man is wearing dark sunglasses, has a plaid shirt, and a Dale Earnhardt hat. The sign has two American flags attached.]] / Man: You know why the economy...
An Uplifting Invention, Part 1 [[Alp and Ferdinand are in Alp's house. A phone is sitting on a nearby table.]] / Alp: You know how chicks want to weigh less and have bigger breasts? I have the perfect invention to solve both problems at once! / Ferdinand: What's that? / Alp: Helium-filled breast implants!! / Ferdinand: Spiffy! / [[The...
An Uplifting Invention, Part 2 [[Raymond and Alp are standing in Alp's lab. Alp is hold two helium-filled breast implants in either hand.]] / Raymond: So this is the invention everyone's talking about? Helium-filled breast implants? / Alp: Yup, you can go to a size double D and lose 20 pounds. / Alp: In fact, these are my very first...
An Uplifting Invention, Part 3 [[Harold and Alp and standing in Alp's lab. Alp is holding two helium-filled breast implants, suspended on strings. On the lab bench sits a hammer, a beaker with pink liquid in it, and a telephone.]] / Harold: Helium-filled breast implants?! That's your new invention?! I hope you realize how offensive...
 
An Uplifting Invention, Part 4 [[Harold and Aaron are walking along a hill above a lake. The tree leaves are red and orange on this cool autumn day.]] / Harold: Alp's helium-filled breast implants are selling like crazy. / Aaron: Yup, people can't get enough breasts. / Harold: It makes me wonder if people have the same fascination...
An Uplifting Invention, Part 5 [[Raymond and Ferdinand are walking through the forest. Ferdinand still has his helium-filled breast implants. The trees are turning red on this autumn day.]] / Ferdinand: Ever since Alp gave me helium implants, it's weird having people stare at my chest. / Ferdinand: I'm beginning to think there's a...
An Uplifting Invention, Part 6 [[Raymond and Ferdinand are standing on a grassy plain. Purple hills sit in the background. Ferdinand still has his grossly over-sized, helium-filled breast implants.]] / Raymond: Still enjoying your breast implants? / Ferdinand: They're only the best thing ever! / [[The two characters stare at each other...
An Uplifting Invention, Part 7 [[Raymond and Alp are talking in Alp's lab. Thousands of helium-filled breast implants are suspended on strings in the background.]] / Raymond: Congrats on your helium-filled breast implant invention. I heard they're selling like crazy! / Alp: Yeah, too bad I had to stop production. / Raymond: Really?...
An Uplifting Invention, Part 8 [[Harold and Alp are sitting out on an island on a cool, autumn day. The tree leaves are a bright red.]] / Harold: Too bad your helium-filled breast implant invention didn't work. How's Ferd taking the loss of his breasts? / Alp: He's still crying and rocking in the fetal position / Alp: Oh well, at least...
 
Part of Me, Part of You [[Aaron and Ferdinand walk along with a sunset in the background.]] / Aaron: It's hard to believe we've known each other for 20 years. / Aaron: Since we're continually being replenished as we eat, what fraction of the material that makes up our bodies is the same as 20 years ago? It's like we're completely...
One Too Many Worlds [[Alp and Ferdinand are sitting at a bar with a woman having drinks. The woman has a martini and Alp and Ferdinand are drinking bears.]] / Ferdinand: Hey baby. / Woman: What do you want? / Ferdinand: You know, according to the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, right now there's a universe...
What Goes Up Must Come Down [[Raymond walks in on Ferdinand sitting in a cushy chair and watching TV.]] / Raymond: I ate way too much corn last night. / Ferdinand: Why do you say that? / Raymond: Let's just say that this morning it made a return visit. / Ferdinand: Interesting... / [[Ferdinand sits at kitchen table, eating glitter....
Preventive Medicine [[Harold sits in a doctor's office, talking to a nurse with a syringe]] / Harold: Okay doctor, I'm ready for my shot. / Doctor: Good thing you're doing this. It'll protect you from the epidemic that's currently going on. / [[Outside shot of the clinic that Harold is leaving from. Sign says: Get your...
The Future is Messy [[Harold is sitting in a chair, reading, when Ferdinand jumps at him.]] / Ferdinand: AHHHH!! / [[Ferdinand rips Harold's book in two, breaks his reading glasses, and knocks over his cup of tea.]] / [[Ferdinand then breaks the lamp, and uses it to knock over Harold's chair.]] / [[Harold lays on the...
 
Lil' Calamities and the Future [[The younger versions of Harold and Ferd are talking, with the header "LIL' CALAMITIES" explaining their appearance.]] / Lil' Harold: Isn't it great being young? we have our whole lives ahead of us. / Lil' Ferdinand: Yup, we can do or be anything we want. / Lil' Harold: Just think, someday soon it'll...
Being Agreeable [[Aaron sits at a doctor's office]] / Doctor: You blood pressure is too high. You need to reduce your stress by not arguing so much. / Aaron: You mean I have to be... agreeable? / [[Aaron talks to a man]] / Man: Evolution never happened. / Aaron: You're right! *You* clearly never evolved from being a monkey. / [[Aaron...
The Real Giving Tree, Part 1 [[Raymond and Aaron are walking through the forest.]] / Raymond: There are so many good reasons to become a vegetarian. / Raymond: There's the moral issue of killing and eating another creature. / Raymond: And there's the environmental consideration because raising animals as food is resource intensive. / [[Ferdinand...
The Real Giving Tree, Part 2 Ferdinand: You made some good arguments about the negatives of eating meat. / Ferdinand: So I'm going to become a vegetarian. / [[Ray puts both thumbs up]] / Raymond: That's great! / [[We see Ray and Ferd standing in the archetypical countryside. Behind Ray we see a tree. Ray is looking away from the...
The Real Giving Tree, Part 3 [[Ferd and Raymond are standing in front o f the pig tree]] / Ferd: See! And you thought I couldn't be a vegetarian! / Raymond: Vegetarian? This doesn't count! / Raymond: where did this come from anyway? How does a pig-growing tree just spring up in the middle of nowhere? / Alp: Just doin' my part to...
 
The Real Giving Tree, Part 4 [[ Pigs growing on a tree. ]] / Aaron: What happens when a pig gets ripe and falls from your piggy tree? / Alp: I didn't think of that, this could get ugly! / Aaron: Maybe you should have grown helium-filled pigs, like your breast implant invention. Then they'd just float away. / Alp: Roger Waters would...
The Real Giving Tree, Part 5 [[Aaron and Harold consider the pig tree.]] / Harold: When deciding which animals to eat, should intelligence be a factor? / Harold: Is it more morally reprehensible to eat a dolphin than a shark? Is there a certain level of intelligence above which we should never eat an animal? / A pig on the tree:...
The Real Giving Tree, Part 6 [[Alp stands in front of his lightning-struck pig tree, where all the pigs have X's for eyes]] / Alp: Oh my! Lightning hit my piggy tree! / Ferdinand (singing): Alright! I want my baby back baby back, ...Chili's baby back ribs! / Alp: Ferd, how can you joke at a time like this? / Alp: We don't even...
It's Sickening [[Harold and Aaron walking in the woods.]] / Harold: Remember when people used to believe in witches? / Harold: Hasty decisions were made based on hearsay and rumors, leading to a lot of innocent people getting hurt. / Harold: Good thing those days are in our past. Now we have the scientific process...
Number 300 Ferd: Did you hear the big news?! This is our 300th comic strip! / Aaron: Whoop de freakin' doo. / Aaron: Charles Schulz worked on "Peanuts" for fifty years, drawing 17,897 comic strips. Plus, his were actually good! / Ferd: *How did we get stuck with a lazy bastard for a creator?!* / Aaron: Don't...
 

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