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No. 914: Crisis on Infinite Owls

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Crisis on Infinite Owls

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=914

Strip by: Wibi

{Meridien is standing next to a machine, and talking to Ambrose.}
Meridien: Professor, these matter-replicators you claim to have made are completely non-functional, even though we're operating them exactly as described in your initial experiments!
Ambrose: Well, don't blame me! Blame the replication crisis!
Meridien {annoyed}: We paid you thousands of dollars for these.
Ambrose: And you can't hold me responsible for them failing.
{A newspaper:}
Those Good Old News
ECCENTRIC INVENTOR SUED FOR FRAUD; CLAIMS IMMUNITY DUE TO "IMPLICATION CRISIS"
"A load of work, this guy." {A picture of Ambrose.}
{Fashion column:}
Ocular garments "in," sez expert
"aaa!" {A picture of Meridien's bow, which has an eye on it.}

The author writes:

This started out as a one-paneller, then I felt like extending the joke some more.

I sincerely doubt this wordplay will leave anyone stupefied, for which I blame the stupefication crisis.

[Ed. - This link might help some readers.]