T-Rex: Anachronism is when you have technology being used before it was invented! It happens whenever Shakespeare listens to his MP3s.
Narrator: LITERARY TECHNIQUE COMICS
Narrator: today's technique:
Narrator: ANACHRONISM
T-Rex: Ah, anachronism! It can also happen by accident, like when an author forgets that people didn't write with ballpoint pens 100 years ago or that elves didn't have friggin' computers. Sometimes if it's a really obvious error it can be played for comedy.
T-Rex: It is an advanced literary technique used by only our most handsome authors!
Utahraptor: So when someone has a time machine, is that anachronism?
T-Rex: Unfortunately, no!
T-Rex: Time machines are a special case. If there is a time machine in the story then a lot of anachronism can be explained by the time machine, and is thus NO LONGER ANACHRONISM.
Utahraptor: I like that this is the one literary technique that has allowances for time travel.
T-Rex: Yeah. It's the best.
Narrator: MEANWHILE, IN TUDOR ENGLAND!
T-Rex: Shakespeare! Are you listening to your MP3s again?!
Off panel: so what if i am
