The original artwork for this strip is available for purchase. See the original artwork information page for more information.
Notes: White-out correction, third panel. Small crease in the paper, second panel. This original is a little smaller than most of the others — about 5×17 inches.
I like that he has recited that poem at least 3 times in the past (once even fully illustrated!) and she still has no idea what it’s about.
Didn’t she recite it once, too?
She knows what its about. she’s trying to talk about things she doesn’t understand, but he’s reminding her that she actually does understand what she’s talking about.
Not exactly. She’s suggesting he doesn’t understand, and he’s reminding her that he’s probably thought about it more than she has, what with his namesake and all.
Why wouldn’t Ozy recite that poem? He is named after it.
No seriously, Dana actually said that she did it on purpose.
In antiquity, Ozymandias was a Greek name for the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II.
I refer folks to Kansas’ 1977 song “Dust in the Wind”…
“All we do / Crumbles to the ground / Tho’ we refuse to see”…
Here, like in so many Dana’s strips, is hidden a truth, that makes me weep.