A comic by Dr. Lex (a.k.a. Alexander Thomas)
in the style of geeky classics like User Friendly
Latest strip: 207 – Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Current story arc: Idiocraception – chapter: No Groundhog Day
The silhouettes of Steve, Alana and Max materialize in the same location as when they first entered the simulation.
SFX: WHOOSHHH…
While the others look around, Heidi and Adil materialize as well.
Max: Ouch! That did hurt after all. Wait a minute… we are still in the simulation, at the same spot as where we started?
Steve: Oh no…
SFX: WHOOSHH
Adil: What? We are still in this virtual hellhole? Did we go through all that torture for nothing?
Heidi: If that was “relatively painless…” I do wonder what they were comparing it to. Where is Zhang?
SFX: WHOOSHHH…
While the others look around, Heidi and Adil materialize as well.
Max: Ouch! That did hurt after all. Wait a minute… we are still in the simulation, at the same spot as where we started?
Steve: Oh no…
SFX: WHOOSHH
Adil: What? We are still in this virtual hellhole? Did we go through all that torture for nothing?
Heidi: If that was “relatively painless…” I do wonder what they were comparing it to. Where is Zhang?
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