The idea for this arose in an IRC conversation with PieL and zem.

What would a brain in a jar do if its girlfriend wanted to move in? I think you should contemplate this seriously all day. Ask your friends, your colleagues, your co-workers. Express real interest in their answers.

Oh, and in response to people who asked "What about continuity with #314?", I repeat what I said about #304: This is a comic strip. You're not paying for continuity.

Also, Casey and Andy never worries about continuity, so if Andy Weir drew #314 why should I worry about it?

The real reason: I considered a strip in which Hitler's brain is cloned from remnants of tissue - without cloning his entire body mind you - and somehow imbued with his original personality and memories, yet, for some reason, his followers don't apply this technology to making multiple copies of him. Then I thought no way, that was way too far-fetched even for....

Hmmm. I should have done it.