My latest cartoon for New Scientist.

Love it ❤️ Looks totally legit👍

Hot rocks sound very nice, freshly harvested for massages.

I really value the science on here. I’d never know about this otherwise

Love the hot rocks protecting us from evil

You forgot the most important layer

Seems accurate

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Dug Too Deep - TV Tropes

Attempts to exploit a resource (as the name suggests, mines are a popular way this occurs) unwittingly unleash a Sealed Evil in a Can. The Trope Namer is of course The Lord of the Rings, and it seems ...

Do they use it as a standalone cartoon or does illustrate something?

Oh, it went right through my secret control room! That's what that weird drill was

Especially the ancient nameless evil 😂