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== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
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* The [[Trope Namer]] is Gary Larson's ''[[The Far Side]]'', which often includes these islands. |
* The [[Trope Namer]] is Gary Larson's ''[[The Far Side]]'', which often includes these islands. |
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* ''Grin And Bear It'' features these a lot. |
* ''Grin And Bear It'' features these a lot. |
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* ''[[Hagar the Horrible]]'' regularly gets stranded on these with Lucky Eddie. |
* ''[[Hagar the Horrible]]'' regularly gets stranded on these with Lucky Eddie. |
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* They're frequent in the work of Spanish cartoonist Forges, who prefers the two-character format. |
* They're frequent in the work of Spanish cartoonist Forges, who prefers the two-character format. |
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== [[Comic Books]] == |
== [[Comic Books]] == |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
== [[Web Comics]] == |
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* Used in the short ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' side story where Bun-bun gets sidetracked trying to get to Tiajuana to set up a black market Viagra ring. Stoner Gilligan provides Bun-bun with company... for a short time. |
* Used in the short ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' side story where Bun-bun gets sidetracked trying to get to Tiajuana to set up a black market Viagra ring. Stoner Gilligan provides Bun-bun with company... for a short time. |
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* In ''[[Adventurers]]'', Karn and Ardam [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0400.html somehow wind up on one of these] after the [[Big Bad]] accidentally causes [[The End of the World as We Know It]]. It turns out to be a movie set, somehow. |
* In ''[[Adventurers!]]'', Karn and Ardam [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0400.html somehow wind up on one of these] after the [[Big Bad]] accidentally causes [[The End of the World as We Know It]]. It turns out to be a movie set, somehow. |
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* Played with in [http://xkcd.com/731/ this] [[Xkcd]] strip, which contrasts the drabness of the tiny desert island with [[Scenery Porn|the vibrant sea-scape just beneath the waves]]. |
* Played with in [http://xkcd.com/731/ this] [[Xkcd]] strip, which contrasts the drabness of the tiny desert island with [[Scenery Porn|the vibrant sea-scape just beneath the waves]]. |
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* [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/danmazur/palindramas/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35235 This] ''[[Palindramas]]'' strip ends up on one. |
* [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/danmazur/palindramas/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35235 This] ''[[Palindramas]]'' strip ends up on one. |
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