this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2025
368 points (96.2% liked)

Comic Strips

18726 readers
1592 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] logicbomb@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Both comic artists have some misapprehension about how solidly a plane's wings are attached.... maybe they're Boeings.

Another thing is that if you get past the initial ka-pow! moment, the real issue would be how super are those swimmers? They might work like heat seeking missiles.

[โ€“] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago

Been a while since I read it, but Larry Niven had a whole essay on this subject:

https://larryniven.net/?q=man-of-steel-woman-of-kleenex-by-larry-niven