Webcomic #1, Mars

Scene: A hallway. Tommy is trying to convince Curly to come out of his room.

Tommy

Open up!

Curly

NO.

Tommy

C’mon, what’s wrong?

Curly

I have the biggest zit in the solar system.

Tommy launches into a monologue with a backdrop of the planet Mars, with a large volcano on it’s surface.

Tommy

Well, as a matter of fact… Mars has the biggest zit in the solar system. It’s, like, 27km high. 550km across. It’s ridiculous!!

Back to the hallway. Curly has started to emerge.

Curly

Actually, that’s a volcano, Olympus Mons.

Close up on Curly, with his pimple.

Curly

Well?

Tommy

I take it back, yours is bigger.

Olympus Mons is the tallest known volcano and mountain in the solar system, towering 27km above the surrounding plains and covering a total area of 550km across.

See the original comic on scienceweek.ie