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== Web Comics ==
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', Lien, a paladin, discovers that a person is obviously evil, because he has a distinctive speech pattern; i.e., the dialogue balloon is black and the text is red.
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', Lien, a paladin, discovers that a person is obviously evil, because he has a distinctive speech pattern; i.e., the dialogue balloon is black and the text is red.
* In the [http://www.swordandsarcasm.com webcomic] ''[[Sword And Sarcasm]]'', it's common knowledge that mysterious invisible beings called the Choral Djinn secretly chronicle all the events of our lives. Part of [[A Load of Bull|Herbert's]] curse is that he and anyone standing near him can ''hear'' them. That is, they can hear the comic's caption boxes.
* In the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151002135329/http://www.swordandsarcasm.com/ webcomic] ''[[Sword And Sarcasm]]'', it's common knowledge that mysterious invisible beings called the Choral Djinn secretly chronicle all the events of our lives. Part of [[A Load of Bull|Herbert's]] curse is that he and anyone standing near him can ''hear'' them. That is, they can hear the comic's caption boxes.
* In ''[[1/0]],'' [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Ghanny]] at one point contemplates whether they could use the contents of their speech balloons as tools or weapons. [[Jerkass|Junior]] is all in favor of the weapons part, but [[Interactive Narrator|Tailsteak]] discourages the idea.
* In ''[[1/0]],'' [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Ghanny]] at one point contemplates whether they could use the contents of their speech balloons as tools or weapons. [[Jerkass|Junior]] is all in favor of the weapons part, but [[Interactive Narrator|Tailsteak]] discourages the idea.
** Used again when they're wondering about Tailsteak's nationality, noting he must not be American because Ghanny said "colour", with a u.
** Used again when they're wondering about Tailsteak's nationality, noting he must not be American because Ghanny said "colour", with a u.