Orion Nebula
Also on the agenda: what's with his hips?
Also on the agenda: what's with his hips?
The Orion nebula is a diffuse nebula situated south of the three stars that compose Orion's Belt in the Orion constellation. In terms of the comic, it is the middle "star" in the sword/dong of Orion. Dong is an American slang word for penis. The star appears fuzzy to sharp-eyed observers, and the nebulosity is obvious through binoculars or a small telescope.
When the speaker says "We are no strangers to controversy," he is probably referring to Pluto's demotion from planet to a dwarf planet/plutoid.
The title text is a quip about how small and off-kilter the hips are in Orion the constellation compared to the rest of its body, although his hips are not far off the modern comic-style "Captain Dorito" body type, with a degree of posing in partly side-on perspective. There are various different depictions of Orion, according to the selective interpretation of the viewer/illustrator.
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