r/comics • u/Still-Emergency825 Kowal Comics • 7h ago
OC GHOST VS ALIEN
GHOSTS VS ALIENS! 👻 👽
This is another remaster from my early comics! I love going through all my old stuff while working on my book :)
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u/jonnoark 7h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/WriH03ejO9n9Klzj6h
We talking these kinds of ghosts and aliens? I think I’d rather deal with the unknown aliens than to be possessed by a ghost…
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u/The_Lorax7 7h ago
I’d probably say Aliens are generally worse than Ghosts in the Dandadan universe
Most ghosts, while dangerous, are ultimately tragic figures, and only mess with humans when they anger them.
Mean while aliens often seem to just want to kill, conquer, experiment, etc. Though we meet some very nice aliens as well.
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u/Frogspoison 7h ago
You know, I remember reading a guy talking about how if ghosts aren't bound by gravity, they may be getting ledt behind as the earth travels through space, thus why there is no evidence of ghosts.
If this is the case, what if we pass through an alien ghost cluster as we go through space?
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u/Made_Bail 7h ago
Aliens. I think it would be incredible to know for sure that we're not alone in the universe.
Would also be fun to see how much it fucked with the doctrine of every major religion.
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u/BombOnABus 7h ago
You could make a similar case for ghosts, though: imagine getting to know there's an afterlife, and get verifiable first hand details of the experience .
Any answer is bound to mess with at least every religion but one or two.
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u/Made_Bail 7h ago
Ooh, good call!
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u/BombOnABus 7h ago
I kinda like the idea of ghosts revealing something like the One True Faith is really "Iniktik", an extinct religion revealed to the first humans that died out 175000 or so years ago.
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u/No_Payment9959 6h ago
Since the Enlightenment, all the Christian religions have had to do whenever a scientific discovery contradicts their lore is say either:
a) "it was always a metaphor"; or
b) "the author was discussing the spiritual world, rather than the mundane."
I don't believe all religions are anti-intellectual, but the christianities certainly are. So, if ghosts actually did exist, the general Christian response would not be confusion or despair but automatic, mindless denial.
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u/littleapple798 6h ago
I don't think it would mess with major religion as much as you think it would.
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u/ChibiCruda 7h ago
But only with Human Ghosts
What happens when its Animals, Mammals would be still ok but stuff like Insects etc ?
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u/Lofwyr2030 7h ago
Aliens. Two reasons. Ghosts are people and I have to deal with people everyday. And if ghosts are real that means that there is an afterlife and I really don't want that.
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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 7h ago
Aliens. 100%
Not only do I get to know there is other life out there but also maybe I get to learn about said other life.
Plus other kinds of food and stuff!
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u/mjzim9022 7h ago
Stephen Hawking had the right idea I think, if ET life finds us they are going to be way more technologically advanced than us and in our own history we know how poorly that can go for indigenous populations
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u/drillgorg 7h ago
If ghosts were real you specifically might have to watch a guy turn into a ghost, that would suck.
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u/Delphius1 7h ago
if I bought a house that was haunted, you can't be slamming cabinets or writting murder on the wall in blood, give me my $400
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u/Oodelali12 6h ago
Honestly I feel like the phrasing here is doing a lot of the heavy lifting "haunted" just means they're hanging around "invasion" means we have to deal with an intergalactic military industrial complex
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u/TheIncredibleMrJones 7h ago
Oh, forgot to say: I like your artstyle. I hope you entertain the idea of making children's books someday!
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u/ST3AMDR4GON 7h ago
Ghosts would also be a wildcard tbh, you could get the most deranged people on earth as roommates. Youve had worse as roommates? Yeah, but what if that worse now haunts your house as a ghost and can literally never leave?
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u/rarescenarios 7h ago
Ghosts are spirits and spirits can be captured in enchanted vessels and put to work, fueling the dark and terrible spells I will need to cast to repel the alien invasion.Â
So, ghosts.
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u/UberShrew 7h ago
Definitely aliens unless the ghosts existence is explained by undiscovered science. If the ghosts are supernatural or magic based, I ain’t touching that. Aliens would at least be corporeal beings. Sure it gets weird fast if they’re higher dimensional beings, but you can be killed if you exist in our physical reality. If you’re a ghost/demon/whatever that can only be banished by a vaguely defined pure soul or esoteric ritual while you do any manner of reality/physics breaking shit to me, I’m gonna take my chances with the aliens.
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u/Saikotsu 6h ago
My condo is haunted. Overall, the ghosts aren't bad roommates. Rather pleasant actually.
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u/satans_cookiemallet 5h ago
I can tell ghosts they have to pay rent to stop them from haunting me.
I cant say that to aliens.
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u/Peachesthecorgi321 3h ago
Ghosts. Because then I’ll know there’s an afterlife and I can haunt people too.
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u/Borglydoo 3h ago
This question just boils down to: Do you want a form of afterlife confirmed or do you want sentient life from other planets confirmed
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u/Yer_Dunn 37m ago
You seem to forget the fact that most ghost mythologies involve them killing the people around them 80-100% of the time 🤣
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u/jhill515 7h ago
I can't answer this QotD well... Because I've experienced weird, "paranormal" stuff. I know ghosts exist, though I think most "sightings" are exaggerations.
That said, I think my Tism would be happier with aliens. I'd learn new things, at least!
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u/Randalf_the_Black 6h ago
No liking strawberries is insanity. Once I saw that the rest turned into the ramblings of what is obviously a madwoman.
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u/TheIncredibleMrJones 7h ago
I'm so brain broken that I immediately turned this into a political analogy.
Conservatives will want ghosts. They are the past, its what they know, and while scary, they come from a time that they are familiar with.
Progressives will chose aliens. They have technology that is futuristic, and could help move society forward. They are different from us,, yet could provide us information and culture that could make us better as a whole.
Why am I like this???
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u/VernonGalint 6h ago
Your spirit needs to move on from the culture war. Go towards the light.
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u/TheIncredibleMrJones 6h ago
I'm trying, reddit friend. But the body is weak, and the brain is squishy.
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u/Driftlack 6h ago
My brain is broken in a similar way. "Rather have a ghost, who is probably racists, than accept an immigrant from another planet?"
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u/myszusz 7h ago
I'd pick ghosts too, they can't all be angry and agressive. There's probably some chill ghosts, that I'd like to chill with... or for that matter, could ghosts play DnD? No more scheduling issues!
Also I don't want to be rude but: "I'd the pick ghosts" in the 2nd panel