If he’d drawn the ‘north’ end of a large bar magnet, presumably extending down to the south magnetic pole, not many readers would’ve caught on – I suspect. So the horseshoe is an iconic representation of a magnet that works here. I feel drawn to it myself, guess I have too much iron in my blood.
JayBluE almost 11 years ago
Wpw! They must attract a lot of tourists….
i_am_the_jam almost 11 years ago
That’s a dipole there, not a single magnetic north.
Sherlock Watson almost 11 years ago
Wow — a “north pole” in a comic that isn’t a candy-striped pole!
zero almost 11 years ago
It’s the U in Ultima Thule. . ..
Captain Colorado almost 11 years ago
Well, that’s attractive!
InTraining almost 11 years ago
Either that…. or Horace found his missing shoe… ! ! !
PoodleGroomer almost 11 years ago
It is continuously moving and hard to find.
ChazNCenTex almost 11 years ago
If he’d drawn the ‘north’ end of a large bar magnet, presumably extending down to the south magnetic pole, not many readers would’ve caught on – I suspect. So the horseshoe is an iconic representation of a magnet that works here. I feel drawn to it myself, guess I have too much iron in my blood.
Ermine Notyours almost 11 years ago
Shouldn’t it be daylight in the Arctic this time of year?
Me3000 almost 11 years ago
is there a west magnetic pole?
Ilovemusic237 almost 11 years ago
….YES!!
bmonk almost 11 years ago
I’m filing this one under “attractive”.