Holy crap, that was hilarious as i eventually realised what this was. Title was easy to find this time in the "snow".

Who wouldn't want to make a snowman out of volcanic ash?

It's the first time I saw Skadi and Diseasoid frolicking happily. :D




Oohh..... o.0

HAHAHA AWESOME!!! great to see them being best friends!

btw, Skadi has gotta be FREEZING

I'm guessing volcanic ash isn't that cold...

THAT must be frustrating ash hell.

hahaha love it. Great punch line and such great timing.

At least neither of them tried catching "snowflakes" on their tongues.

Diseaseoid's face in the second panel is so cute! Great little strip this week!!

Oh my god that's awesome!
I love the ashman, and they're so happy too!

Brilliant!

I love panel 3 most. Diseasoid looks like my daughter this morning on a way to kindergarten.

This is the first time Skadi has wandered into actual historical events, if I'm not mistaken. I always assumed Skadi lived in a completely mythological world. Mt. Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, but I don't think "barbarians" were around until a few centuries later...

Of course, it's sad to actually take any cartoon world seriously.

My Dad's a history teacher, so he should like this one!

Nature: the ultimate buzzkill.

Actually, I think it WOULD be pretty chilly under that cloud of ash; it's obviously a few days after the initial eruption as Skadi and D haven't joined the doomed crowd.

Best snowflake-on-tongue gag: "Astronaut Fall" from The Perry Bible Fellowship. Ironically, it ALSO involves ash.

Ivan,

Actually, the first "historical event" Skadi was titled "The Flagellants", and it was based on a radical religious movement that took place in the 13th and 14th century AD.

Also, historically speaking, there were indeed barbarians around when Pompeii erupted. The Romans were engaged in wars with people they referred to as "barbarians" long before 79 AD. For example, Julius Caesar was fighting the Gauls (who were known as barbarians) in the year 50 BC.

Yet, you're right to not look too deeply into the time period of Skadi. It's really just a jumble of medieval and prehistoric times. It's fantasy, after all.

Hey Luke: According to Wikipedia (the second most reliable historical source after Skadi) the Greeks referred to nearly any foreigner as Barbarians. So you're right, and I'm wrong.

Oh, and I completely forgot about your Krumpas strip! So I'm doubly wrong.

I'd like to see more strips where Skadi weaves her way through Ancient history

Why Conan lived in the Hyborian Age:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyborian_Age

Or else...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Lair_II