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Ancient webcomic dark arts by Nick G, often written with friends pbfcomics.com/links

“What a beautiful universe, hon" says a telescope as gazes upon an aurora borealis. “It really is”, responds the telescope's partner, who it turns out is not a telescope, but a microscope. Hands full of algae, she wades waist deep in a disgusting swamp, amazed by the heavenly microscopic life all around them.
A beached humpback whale is surrounded by a community of beach-goers attempted to push it back into the ocean. A goldfish is returned to its bowl
A determined humpback whale coursing through the ocean is actually the imagination of a goldfish in a bowl.
3 panel comic strip rendered in an old fashioned crosshatch style: In front of a crowd, a somber clown is imprisoned in a guillotine as the executioner asks: "Gotcha the Clown... have you any final words?" The clown responds, "Just one..." The body behind the guillotine crumples as a very tiny clown exits the head-hole. "Gotcha!" he exclaims. The crowd applaud and wave their hats. Even the executioner has to suppress a smile.
A boy is staring at a book titled "Magic Eyes — Discover the hidden visions”. It’s one of those books which allow images to slowly come into focus out of confusing patterns. Deeper into the book, a vision finally shows up for the boy. “A dolphin!” he happily shouts, as a number of health workers with a straitjacket enter the room, his parents crying. His fingers grasp air, for there is no book in his hands at all.
Vertical comic strip, first panel: Two Scientists in a time machine. A lever controlling “PAST” and “FUTURE” has SNAPPED. They look at the broken piece as if to say “uh oh”. In panel two, their phone-booth shaped time machine spirals into a time vortex as they clutch each other, screaming. Panel 3. In a hazy wasteland, the scientists exit their time machine. “Where are we? Or should I say WHEN?” says the junior scientist. In the final panel, some trash (including newspapers) blows into view as the junior scientist collapses to his knees. The bearded scientist says gravely: “we’re in the present.” End of comic.
A 3 panel comic strip. “There’s no way out of this one, Dad. Check.” says a kid who is dominating his Dad in chess. Dad, slyly, angles his watch to reflect a beam of light onto the board, catching the attention of a house cat. In the last panel, we see the pieces scatter as the cat pounces in vain. Dad covers his smile from his distraught child.
Two circles labeled “you” and “me” romantically intersect. In their loving embrace, they form a venn diagram featuring “us” in their overlap. Later: Us (now independent) wields a spatula and a knife, climbing the stove above broken glass. You and me are defeated, exhausted parents (and now crescent-shaped)
A Ketchup Bottle and a Mustard Bottle attend a gallery opening. A fashionable artist, a Bullet, stand next to his work, appreciated by onlookers. The Ketchup Bottle says "Oh, please. I could do that" as he gestures to a large canvas with a violent blood spatter on it.
"I'm havin a breakdown," says one crudely-drawn stick figure to another. "You'll be OK," says the second. The first stick figure exclaims, "AGGHHH", and collapses. His head and outstretched arms and legs spell out the letters O-K.
Closeup of a tattoo of an eagle drawn with a non-dominant (left) hand
a raven holds one of its feathers to ink a scroll
Two hands have an idea to give each other matching tattoos. Lefty gets a beautiful eagle tattoo rendered on their arm. Now it’s Righty’s turn to be inked, but he looks scared as Lefty wields the tattoo gun to draw a childishly-drawn sloppy eagle
A bloody melee with merciless stabbing, impalements, and eye-gouging. Flashback to “Earlier:” A king announces that his soldiers are to withdraw, for he has received a written apology from the enemy via messenger bird. The parchment is unfurled to disappointment however. What appeared to say “I’m sorry” is revealed to say “I’m sorry you feel that way”.
An urgent message is sent by delivery raven (a la Game of Thrones). The royal recipient is concerned. Below cursive script, crude raven scrawl has been added to the scroll: “feed food gud ravin”
While on a date, a Magnifying Glass tells a Book “See? When you open up, I can learn all about you.” In the second and last panel, we see the book walking away in distress, one of her pages unintentionally burned by refracted light