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   TheSkulker said, 7 months ago

   OK, now you’re making it too simple, Justin. Even I get the reference.

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   Edcole1961 said, 7 months ago

   I’m afraid that’s an Agamem non-starter. Troy harder next time!

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   jml58 said, 7 months ago

   The face that launched a thousend ships, might not be so pretty afterwards.

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   Joe Minotaur said, 7 months ago

   *From “History of the World, Part 1”
   Marcus: I say Chemist. Can you help me?
   Chemist: What are you looking for?
   Marcus: A pack of Trojans.
   Chemist: I just ran out.

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   baslim_the_begger said, 7 months ago

   Helen gives great face.

   If she launches them that way are they called faceships?

   There’s that toothbrush again

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   NebulousRikulau said, 7 months ago

   A relative of hers worked at the cathedral. I don’t remember his name, but his face rings a bell.

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   MasterDiver said, 7 months ago

   Are the guys in the last ship going to stay at the Paris Hilton?

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   MasterDiver said, 7 months ago

   When the defenders at Thermopolae swore, was that a Sparta-cuss?

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   Orgelspieler said, 7 months ago

   OW! OW! OW! Make them stop!

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    Chanticleer said, 7 months ago

    When they hire Helen to do this, is it called a Facebook?

    AHAHAHAHAaaaa…I’m sorry.

    Great strip, Justin!

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    mivins said, 7 months ago

    Is that “bamf” a nod to Nightcrawler?

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    Joe Minotaur said, 7 months ago

    The face that “BAMF’D!” a thousand ships.

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    Joe Minotaur said, 7 months ago

    Do cell phones work on cruise ships? Are there roaming charges?

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    bmonk said, 7 months ago

    Then there’s the metric unit: if one Helen of beauty can launch 1000 ships, one milihelen is enough beauty for one ship, and one microhelen will entice one sailor to wolf-whistle…

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    BugsMoran said, 7 months ago

    The funny thing is, that when the second ship was ‘launched’…there was no Paris, or an Eiffel Tower. There was also no Rome yet either, since neither had been built yet. France and Italy didn’t exist yet. In Helen’s day, Italy was called ‘Latium’ and we only have Homer’s word for it.
    Cheers

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    baslim_the_begger said, 7 months ago

    Space and time are folded in this world of Mythtickle. Greek, Roman & Aegyptian gods coexisting with Norse gods, etc. No doubt they visit with the gods of french fashion.

    I just noticed the absence of a sternpost rudder. Must have sideboard rudders as early ships did.

    Oh and she does give a good headstart on their voyage, no?

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    TorstenAdair said, 7 months ago

    And sometimes when there are too many ships, the sailors have to go to Helen Waite. And, actually, Iphigenia was the one who launched a thousand ships, but she wasn’t as pretty as her aunt, so nobody remembers her. (And looking at how the family turned out, Helen was smart to flee to Troy or Egypt or wherever… For all the trouble she caused, she was a pretty good egg.)

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    JUSTIN THOMPSON said, 7 months ago

    The Paris sticker in the last frame is an extra joke, it has nothing to do with the city. In the myth, it was ‘Paris’, son of King Priam of Troy, who abducted Helen and started the li’l Trojan skirmish. But since it’s all ‘bon voyage’ and such, I thought it’d be cute.
    It’s just a little nod and wink.

    j

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    Burgundy2 said, 7 months ago

    That was a great touch Justin!

    Doh!

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    harperking said, 7 months ago

    And those little “nods and winks” are just one of the many reasons I love this strip! I minored in mythology in college so its awesome seeing those little bits now and then :)