Crows and Natural Selection – Survival Anxiety

Crows and Natural Selection

February 18, 2019

Tags: communism, crows, evolution, marxism, natural selection 

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Crows and Natural Selection
Comic written and illustrated by Ryan Reid
Panel 1: Two CROWS are perched on a tree branch.
CROW 1
How long have we not had thumbs?
CROW 2
Since a little after the Therapods, I guess.
Panel 2: The CROWS take flight, leaving the tree.
CROW 1
Natural Selection is such a buzzkill.
Panel 3: The CROWS fly silently at a distance, Trees reach into the sky beneath them.
Panel 4: The CROWS continue their flight.
CROW 1
We could have been 5 stories tall!
Panel 5: As the CROWS fly, suburban rooftops come into view amongst the trees.
CROW 1
Fierce predators, devouring cave men!
Panel 6: The CROWS land on the peak of a roof.
CROW 1
Abolishing bourgeois property through common ownership of production!
Panel 7: Close up of CROWS.
CROW 2
Hold on. That last one was Communism, not Evolution.
Panel 8: The CROWS remain perched on the roof peak.
CROW 1
Is there nothing dinosaurs couldn’t do?
CROW 2
Surviving meteor impacts seemed to be a weak point.
<div class="no-script"><p style="text-align: left;">Crows and Natural Selection</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Comic written and illustrated by Ryan Reid</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Panel 1: Two CROWS are perched on a tree branch.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">CROW 1</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">How long have we not had thumbs?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">CROW 2</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Since a little after the Therapods, I guess.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Panel 2: The CROWS take flight, leaving the tree.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">CROW 1</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Natural Selection is such a buzzkill.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Panel 3: The CROWS fly silently at a distance, Trees reach into the sky beneath them.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Panel 4: The CROWS continue their flight.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">CROW 1</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">We could have been 5 stories tall!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Panel 5: As the CROWS fly, suburban rooftops come into view amongst the trees.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">CROW 1</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Fierce predators, devouring cave men!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Panel 6: The CROWS land on the peak of a roof.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">CROW 1</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Abolishing bourgeois property through common ownership of production!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Panel 7: Close up of CROWS.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">CROW 2</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Hold on. That last one was Communism, not Evolution.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Panel 8: The CROWS remain perched on the roof peak.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">CROW 1</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Is there nothing dinosaurs couldn’t do?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">CROW 2</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Surviving meteor impacts seemed to be a weak point.</p></div>
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