Mr. Smith Goes to Mars 3
Jun01
on June 1, 2017
at 12:01 am
Moon gravity is lower, get it?!?
So this is basically the comic I dreamed last week. The final 2 panels are basically what I remember dreaming. Now picture this comic without either of the previous set up jokes. Do you think it would have worked? Probably not. At least not as well.
I’m running out of stuff to say about Alex Smith. He’s not a terribly interesting quarterback. Remember when 49ers fans chanted WE WANT CARR? I wonder how Smith dealt with that. He’s tougher than he is given credit for.
Represents the Chiefs’ playoff role.
Even Henne goes deep on the moon.
On the moon, the average Alex Smith pass travels 7.2 yards in the air!
The joke’s on you — there is no air on the moon!
That said, I’ve been to Kansas City, and the atmosphere there isn’t great either.
Well I for one enjoyed it. Is that the first time Smith overthrew his receiver?
Most of his deep attempts are overthrows because he puts the ball where only his receiver has a 10% chance of catching it, and the defender has a 0% chance.
This is beautiful, I hope this becomes recurring.
Happy June Draw Players!
There are some clues as to how he dealt with the whole situation in San Fran in his commencement speech in the University of Utah. https://youtu.be/4E-2AtyI_I8
Sexy Rexy and Alex Smith could never be on the same team…
Your dreams are way better than mine! My last dream involved me prodding a suspicious area on my zerg hatchery/woman hybrid and a shit filled sack falling off and going splat.
In any event, keep on dreaming up great football comics.
Point of order: As they are on the light side of the Moon, the Earth should be visible in the sky.
Not true: The moon revolves around the earth once a month. When it is in the “new moon” phase, it is closer to the sun, and the shadowy side is facing earth.
Watching the NFL network and I think they just summed up Alex Smith perfectly:
“He’s like a very nice cheese sandwich.”
Sorry ChargersFan, false. Matt is correct, the moon’s rotational period is in line with its orbit of 28 days because the moon is tidally locked with the earth. The light side of the moon is always facing the earth, with the dark side always facing deep space, which is why it is marred with so craters from meteorite impacts. The reason we do not see the moon during a new moon is because the moon is on the same of the earth as the sun, so there is no direction that the moon can reflect sunlight that can be visible from the earth.
Former high school science teacher
Astro-educators remain busy undoing damage caused by 1973 hit album “Dark Side of the Moon.” Nope. All sides get sunlight.
what @blade_beam said–moon is tidally locked, meaning only one side of it ever faces the earth. ever. the “new moon” is actually the earth’s shadow blocking out the moon
Chargersfan is right, but in addition, the comic strip doesn’t show the entire “sky”, the earth could be there out of frame.
Uh guys, he’s on the dark side of the moon. The last comic pretty clearly shows that. Also in terms of illumination, if the moon was in between the earth and the sun, you would be illuminated on the dark side of the moon without seeing earth on that particular side. -Triple major in Mechanical Engineering, Math, and Astronomy
This discussion is the reason why the better term is far side of the moon instead of dark side
If I lived in San Fran, I’d be cheering for CARR too
Okay not to pedantic when Smith throws deep he actually tends to overthrow flat. Like he does not put enough air under the throw making catching the ball difficult. Also scrupulous but since when does the west coast system require deep throws?
3rd and 15
In the first panel is looks sort of like Andy Walrus is standing up and the rest of his body is actually a cape, making me think he looks a bit like Darth Clock Management.
Can’t wait for the flashback edition when we see Mr Smith with another space organization with all of his commanding officers getting killed for him taking risks, thus leading him to this cautious life.
R.I.P. Donovan McNabb.
Never mind, I misread it and thought it was Andy Reid. No idea how that happened…just went full Sapp I guess.
Jay Cutler would’ve done it. Heck, everyone except Alex Smith could’ve done it.