Rich foreign power… probably not the US, but wouldn’t the two henchmen also refer to anywhere besides their own country as foreign? For all we know, it could be France!
About the language issue: My theory is that the foreign henchmen ARE speaking
their own language. The comic’s writers are being very considerate to us English-speaking readers by providing us the translation. This often comes out sounding
stilted and weird – each language has its own syntax conventions and dialects, word ordering, sentence structure, slang, etc, that doesn’t cross cleanly into other languages, especially if you’re just doing a quick-and-dirty word-for-word translation.
leakysqueaky712 almost 15 years ago
I’m willing to bet Punjab & Asp are not gone…….this is where we are going to see them shortly.
margueritem almost 15 years ago
I sincerly hope that you two are right.
mrbribery almost 15 years ago
Rich foreign power? Could it be Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan?
LordDogmore almost 15 years ago
“Rich foreign power” well we know that AINT the USA.
wndrwrthg almost 15 years ago
It has already been mentioned, but is worth repeating, Xaxos is qualified to write for Dick Tracy.
linsonl almost 15 years ago
Unfortunately, i must agree with LordDogmore.
sandystrainer almost 15 years ago
This is where Robot Sandy’s trainer tells the sub crew to press Xaxos’s cntrl, alt, delete buttons.
linsonl almost 15 years ago
Thar ya go, Chikuku.
KenyarJad almost 15 years ago
Rich foreign power… probably not the US, but wouldn’t the two henchmen also refer to anywhere besides their own country as foreign? For all we know, it could be France!
mrprongs almost 15 years ago
Why would the US hire two losers instead of sending their own Black Ops to retrieve Xaxos?
susanwobb almost 15 years ago
About the language issue: My theory is that the foreign henchmen ARE speaking their own language. The comic’s writers are being very considerate to us English-speaking readers by providing us the translation. This often comes out sounding stilted and weird – each language has its own syntax conventions and dialects, word ordering, sentence structure, slang, etc, that doesn’t cross cleanly into other languages, especially if you’re just doing a quick-and-dirty word-for-word translation.
davidf42 almost 6 years ago
Morning, Anniephans!