MythTickle by Justin Thompson for February 07, 2011

Okay. Now it all makes sense. So why didn’t you predict who won the Super Bowl? ;-)

He did. But after placing his bet, why would he tell anyone else?

Anybody else notice the flying saucers?

And later he went on to co-star in the Kukuclan, Fran and Ollie show.

Another feather in his cap.

you mean those “weather balloons” and “streetlights” TheSkulker ?

They look like the C57D to me.

And ya, I think the calendar is bogus, so I’ll do my Christmas shopping in 2012, then set back and watch all those who didn’t run around like chickens trying to catch up.

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12/22/12. I will wear the most suitable t-shirt imaginable.

“ARMAGEDDON WAS YESTERDAY. TODAY WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.”

I sort of suspected that

“Win-win” comes from game theory. Did the Mayans invent game theory, too? Except the guy’s using it wrong, so never mind.

Hate to tell ya, Kuku…but the Euros beat ya to the punch centuries ago with the Book of Revelations

My calendars always seem to end on December 31, every year. Yet, nothing bad ever happens, and the world carries on.

When the Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012, I’m sure they’ve got something ready to put up on the wall in its place.

and another slam at Europeans, making them out to be the only warlike aggressor race. Hate to tell you, but all humans are grasping, war loving animals. You just end up with some winners and some losers. Get over it.

In fact, the inscription for August 27, 2012 reads: “New Mayan Calendar now available! Don’t forget to order!”

Even though I’m of Mayan descent myself I always have to think for a moment when I see Kukulkan instead of Quetzalcoatl (Aztec). I blame pop culture! I really like the way you drew him here, Justin.

Kukulkan’s pranks would later get the better of him when in the late 23rd century he would tick off James T. Kirk and wind up almost getting eaten by a power-cat.

I almost didn’t post this because I don’t want to detract from Justin’s awesome comic, but I can’t let a Mesoamerican culture reference go by without linking this awesome cartoon:

Thinking twice about posting the link now, since the cartoon has some violence in it. If you’re interested, look up “Katan” on Newgrounds.

Nobody seems to take into consideration that the calendar is carved on stone, in a finite amount of space. It ends because they just ran out of room!

Gweedo: Thanks. I had done that originally but I think it’s pretty much against the rules here to link to anything not PG. Especially considering it bleeps out the D-word that ends with arn.

FirstOf_TheFallen said:

“ARMAGEDDON WAS YESTERDAY. TODAY WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.”

Well, in that case, armageddon out of here right away!

“The world ended and all armageddon is this lousy T-shirt.”

Awesomesauce. Kukulkan looks like a cool new character (I don’t remember seeing him before) - I hope we get to see him regularly. Oh and that Katan animation was pretty nifty too!

Simon_Jester , What makes you think that the Book of Revelations was written by Europeans?

I hope some station shows the movie “2012” on 12/21/12. Not that I’d watch it, but just for because.

@dbethke_1959: Patmos is a Greek island, thus part of Europe.QED

I heard a Mayan priest once say, “I wish they would just let us interpret our own stuff. They don’t know what they’re talking about.”

Besides, the whole worrying about the end of the world is a red herring anyway. Live as you would want to live; live ready to die every day, if that should be what happens–and there is no need to get bent out of shape or be surprised by the end. Semper paratus is still a good motto.