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PolandBall Attempt 2: The LeftOvals

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iHirO
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1381 Posts
September 06 2014 16:34 GMT
#1
So unless you've been stranded on an isolated desert island without decent wifi access, you've probably heard of The Leftovers.

Its possibly the best TV show of 2014, with great acting, mystery and well directed. It's basically 'Lost' with more religious references and a vague sense that the writers are actually going somewhere with the plot.

Tonight is the series final and in homage to it, I drew a polandball comic.

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GraphicsThis is for all you new people: I only have one rule. Everyone fights. No one quits. You don't do your job, I'll shoot you myself. You get me?
wingpawn
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Poland1342 Posts
September 06 2014 17:59 GMT
#2
Honestly, I didn't understand half of it, but I liked Memento reference.
iHirO
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1381 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-06 18:11:53
September 06 2014 18:11 GMT
#3
Well to give a bit of context, the mods of /r/polandball announced Lesser Known September, where all the popular country balls were banned for a month to encourage more creativity.

(Shown in grey)
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I thought it would be a cool theme to have a reason for all the countries vanishing and what would happen next

Each scene contains a few easter eggs to real world events, which I'll explain later.

Also bonus panel from the 1st frame:
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GraphicsThis is for all you new people: I only have one rule. Everyone fights. No one quits. You don't do your job, I'll shoot you myself. You get me?
Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
September 06 2014 18:52 GMT
#4
yeah, i didnt get like half of it
also, is that a batman sign on the ebola truck?
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Jerubaal
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States7684 Posts
September 06 2014 19:49 GMT
#5
Surely Andorraball should be allowable.
I'm not stupid, a marauder just shot my brain.
iHirO
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Kingdom1381 Posts
September 07 2014 10:55 GMT
#6
Click the image for a high resolution album of the comic:
I set myself the challenge of drawing each scene based on the name of the Leftovers episode (though I kinda gave up for the last few).

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Explanations and some of the easter eggs:

+ Show Spoiler +

Scene 1) Pilot:
This one is based off the opening credits to the show, with the different country balls being raptured in their own distinctive way (UK is doing a Mary Poppins, USA is doing 'UP', Russia and Ukraine are fighting, Israel is being chased by Palestine and also Sealand is shown in the background).
The Malaysia Airlines flight shown as its whereabouts are still a mystery.

2) "Penguin One, Us Zero":
With the UK missing in action, Argentina immediately annexes Las Malvinas/Falkland Islands. The newspaper headlines are updated references to the 1982 war newspapers, and the Penguin in a top hat references the Island. Also the name of the beer in the advert has been changed to be more 'Argentine'.
The IMF ball (with the missing countries removed) is seen asking for money after Argentina defaulted again this year.

3) "Two Boats and a Helicopter"
Due to most of Europe vanishing, the Vatican ball has fallen on hard times and gone to the casino in the hopes of winning enough money to pay for roof upkeep (this is also a reference to the tv show).
He's shown losing on a Chinese one arm bandit, with the top of the fruit wheel depicting a story about Taiwan, and the bottom about West Africa.
The Macau waiter is saying a classic line from Fawlty Towers, with a portuguese spin on it.
The scene title is a reference to a popular HBO show and also about gambling vs God.

4) "B.J. and the A.C."
This scene references an important part from the tv episode as well as the currently escalating ebola outbreak in Africa.
Here Benin is trying to escape from voodoo zombies, with their layout reflecting how the countries appear on the map and severity of their outbreak. The number plate is a reference to scene 6).
The title and the truck are references to an an episode of a extremely cheesy 70's tv show.

5) "Gladys"
This scene continues on from scene 3, where the Vatican has rediscovered his Roman heritage and conquers the remaining members of the EU, also his speech bubble references Julius Caesar. The scene shows a party for Lithuania finally joining the EU on Jan 1st 2015 and also their national flag day. Their currency, the Litas has only recently managed to qualify after getting inflation under control (balloons!).
The title is a pun on a bible quote and the EU's forthcoming ban on roaming charges at the end of 2015, e.g. Roman charges!
The Czech ball is a reference to the tv episode and also because it has one of the least regulated drug policies in Europe).
The background references a Stanley Kubrick film and there are three references to the episode name shown.

6) "Guest"
With Russia missing, Qatar ball steps up to takeover the 2018 World Cup and has to speed up construction even faster.
90% of Qatar's population are economic migrants and it has an appalling human rights record (4000 migrant workers are predicated to die before the World cup starts). This episode has seven country balls from the main guest worker countries building a massive Jules Rimmet trophy (India is wearing a safety Turban, Nepal is a JCB due to it's distinctive flag, Iran and Egypt are having a kebab fight, Sri Lanka is using a cricket bat to hammer in a nail (with a nice cup of earl grey), Philippines is doing some welding and Pakistan fell off. Also the background is a reference to a popular 90's computer game

9) "The Garveys at Their Best"
This is a flashback tv episode of life before the Rapture. In this scene Georgia is shown getting an ultrasound from Nurse Tonga (has a red cross in flag) with her babies vanishing (see the text on the monitor). Georgia has two breakaway regions which are backed by Russia. In the map of banned countries for this month, Georgia is shown with complete borders, so this is just a map joke (also includes a Momento reference).
The ultrasound photo shows the flags of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in black and white.

10) "The Prodigal Son Returns"
This scene references a doomsday cult called the 'Guilty Remnant', who the main antagonists in the show. They basically dress in white, chain smoke and protest about the futility of going on with your life. The countries shown are basically remaining the ones with flags (Georgia, Cyprus, South Korea and Japan) and the smoking pipe is from the Georgian era.
Also the background is a Finland flag.
GraphicsThis is for all you new people: I only have one rule. Everyone fights. No one quits. You don't do your job, I'll shoot you myself. You get me?
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