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2007-08-17: Metronome (Origin)

This comic is in the following storylines:

• Variations
  A long-running series, maybe the crux of the site. Reader submits a suggestion, and I draw three comics based on that suggestion. Originally all three had to start the same, but it evolved.
• Summer of Keith
  Good old Keith! I used his suggestions, and only his suggestions, for comics all summer long. It was a pretty nice summer.

This comic includes the contribution:

• Keith Prestwich suggested: Dr. Quickly invents a metronome that beats in reverse

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<<Throughout the comic a steady "kot kit">>
Dr Quickly: I have invented a metronome that beats in reverse!!
Rabid: What good is that? It sounds kind of awful...

Host: Aren't you hungry?
Rabid's Ancestor: That noise is unrelenting! Can't you hear it? It ruins my appetite ALL THE TIME.

Medieval Nursemaid: Well, little one, our ancient legends tell us it is the heartbeat of the planet we live on.

Cave Rabid: Rarr! I hunt by the beat of the world drum! The rhythm guides me true.

Primate Rabid: Noise... noise is... PATTERN!!
Other Primate: PATTERN! WHAT IS PATTERN!!
Another Primate: NOISE IS HOOT!

[[The universe begins.]]

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