Two Strange Comics About Giraffes

So... Giraffes it is then. Strange looking things. Tallest living thing on the planet, you know? Stating the bloody obvious there. The Romans thought that they were camel/leopard hybrids, the ancient Chinese thought they were some sort of unicorn (or Qilin, if you're willin'). Here's some that we saw on a recent visit to Chester Zoo:

Big buggers, aren't they? There's a height chart there, just in case you've never heard of a giraffe being tall before. They look funny when they're having sex, and mildly horrifying when they're fighting.

They also make for bizarre comic subjects, as we'll see now in two wildly different but equally nutty things.

The first one's from good old Tom Paterson in the good old Dandy with his Laughing Planet series. Regard!

Lighter-than-air giraffes, eh? Better watch out for those jellyfish! Ha. Ha.

Next is an example of fourth-wall-breaking done to perfection, as the French comic-person known as Gotlib talks us through the problems presented when trying to represent the giraffe in a comic.

See? Strange creatures inspire strange things.

Terror in the Skies!

Several years ago, I read Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods?, and for a couple of months after that I was completely sold on the idea that we were visited by intelligent beings from other planets, at the dawn of civilization, and that all the ancient carvings and statues, supposedly of gods, were actually depicting those visitors wowing us with their technological know-how. Then once I tried discussing it with other people, as well as putting a bit of rational thought towards it, I realised it was complete and utter bollocks. Still, for that short space of time it was nice to have my view of the universe altered - I'd definitely recommend reading that book if you haven't, just don't take it seriously, 'kay?

This morning, I read something else, something NEW - something that no matter how much I think about it, I can't find any holes in it. A theory bandied about over the decades but one that's never really been given a lot of exposure. Something that had me grinning and laughing with the "Oh My!"-ness of it all - something that when I've tried to talk about with people in my daily life it's all fell to pieces because I was too excited. Something that's instantly made the whole world seem at once a lot more interesting, a lot more exciting, and a WHOLE lot more terrifying. That thing?

Giant airborne jellyfish.