B.C. Comic Strip. (2/21/93)   By Johnny Hart.
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Frame 1.  [Red-haired guy is sitting on a rock on a beach with the
ocean in the background.  There are some clouds and birds in the
sky.  Blonde-haired guy is sitting on a slightly smaller rock, with
his back turned to the red-haried guy.]

Red-haired guy:  I believe we were put here for a purpose.

Blonde-haired guy:  Nonsense...

Frame 2.  [Now the figures are represented as a silhouette.  The
figures have turned their heads towards each other.  The sea is
still visible in the background.  The clouds and birds are absent.]

Blonde-haired guy:  We're here simply because we survived.

Frame 3.  [This is a close-up shot of the two men facing each other.
Only their heads and a bit of their upper torsos are in the frame.]

Red-haired guy:  Survived what?

Blonde-haired guy:  Why, the `Big Swamp,' of course!

Frame 4.  [The red-haired guy is still sitting on his rock, with his
head turned.  The blonde-haired guy has stood up, and his arms
are outstretched.]

Red-haired guy:  You think we came out of a swamp?

Blonde-haired guy:  Certainly!  Look around you--nothin' but slimeballs!

Frame 5.  [The shot is zoomed in to the red-haired guy, who is sitting
on his rock with a perplexed look on his face.]

Red-haired guy:  (he thinks to himself)  Now that you mention it...

Frame 6.  [Again, the ocean is visible in the background.  The red-haired
guy has once again turned his head towards the blonde-haired guy, who
is still standing.  His arms have dropped to his side.

Red-haired guy:  Ok, how do you explain love?

Blonde-haired guy:  Give it up, kid-- if we aren't here to survive--
we wouldn't have survived to *BE* here!

Frame 7.  [The red-haired guy is turned towards us, the readers, but
he is still sitting on the rock, feet dangling.  The blonde-haired
guy is strolling down the beach in the background.]

Red-haired guy: Lousy logic is a lot more palatable if you sloganize it.

End strip.