• Kor@lemm.ee
    41·
    1 year ago

    It’s fun to see comic strips from before everything became instantly referencable at the push of a button. Like what are these weird Mosquito-headed hornets? I choose to believe that the artist could not be arsed to look up pictures of hornets at the library or bookstore, so they filled in (or hallucinated :D) their knowledge gaps on hornet anatomy by making stuff up.

    • JowlesMcGee@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      I read one of his behind the scenes books (artist is Gary Lawson). If my memory is correct, he had to crank at least one of these out a day and there were times where he wouldn’t have a good idea until later in the day. When that happened he sometimes threw his hands up at problems he would otherwise fix. Given the schedule, I don’t blame him for saying these fly wasps were good enough haha.

      • Kor@lemm.ee
        11·
        1 year ago

        Good insight. Seems to fit the puzzle. I also suspect time constraints to be the biggest factor behind the "can't be arsed" part and not the artist's laziness.

    • ChronosWing@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      They do actually sleep, they become very lethargic and slow at night. Unless it's a murder hornet, those fuckers are fueled by Satan himself.

    • heeplr@feddit.de
      0·
      1 year ago

      Most Hornet species are actually pretty chill fellas. Wasps otoh… not so much.