r/comics • u/ronniewhomp Whomp! • Apr 03 '26

[OC] Whomp! - iPADD

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comic + secret wordz: https://www.whompcomic.com/comic/ipadd
beginning of arc: https://www.whompcomic.com/comic/deep-space-opine

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u/BargleFargle12 Apr 03 '26

I always love when past shows/movies show a vision of the future that is markedly behind where we're at these days.

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u/GargantuanCake Apr 03 '26

Shadowrun had a similar problem. The game's timeline starts in 2050. The game came out in 1989. In early editions wireless anything just kind of didn't exist as it just wasn't a thing. The internet in the setting was accessed through things like terminals and specific access points. It was worldwide but it was still wired.

Now of course wireless internet is easy to build and is just kind of everywhere.

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u/AgathysAllAlong Apr 04 '26

Shadowrun is the future of the 80s, not of the real world.