Okay, I know I’m totally out of it – but wtf are the things in the last panel?
I think they’re tentacles. You know, most people want a new nose…this kid wants tentacles.
It looks likes he’s made himself up as Doctor Octopus from the Spiderman comics.
Definitely Doc Ock. The trenchcoat is another giveaway.
Another example of the Doc Octopus look:
Yes, they are tentacles. But the reference is more specific than that – see Dr. Octopus from the next Spider-Man movie.
I love you guys. wipes away a surreptitious tear
I knew there had to be some specific reference I just wasn’t getting.
Thanks!
Yup, Doc Ock.
Oh, and the little thing in the upper-left hand corner of the last panel: some Photoshop tools. I got the comic reference, but for a second was stumped on the little rectangle.