#2190: Serena Versus the Drones

[The first panel contains a quote, with a picture of Randall's new book how to to the right of it. The book is black with large blue text and smaller white text. On the book cover, in white drawings, can be seen Megan with a ladder and either Black or White Hat. Both are looking up on Cueball, who is floating in the air with a quadcopter drone beneath either leg and trying to plug an electric light bulb into a wire hanging down to his right. It seems he has already removed the broken light bulb, as he has a bulb in each hand. The quote to the book's left reads:]

"It's a pretty bad idea."

Book: How To

Book: Randall Munroe

[Caption below this panel and above another set of panels:]

Which types of sports equipment would be most effective at bringing down a rogue photography drone? My new book features a real-world test by Serena Williams.

[A large panel shows Serena Williams, with curly hair and a ponytail, swinging her tennis racket to successfully smash a tennis ball into a quadcopter drone flying towards her. The ball has bounced off the drone, which has stopped mid-air engulfed with a small explosion. Two drones above the exploding drone fly towards her, as well as one other below. There is a broken drone on the ground in front of her, and three tennis balls lie behind her.]

[Three smaller panels are beneath the large panel. The first panel is smaller than the other two and a bit higher up than they are, overlaying the second panel. It shows Serena jumping with the racket held high. No drones are shown, but her shadow can be seen beneath her.]

[In the next panel, the left side of which is partially covered by the panel before it, Serena is hanging mid-air as she smashes her racket into a drone and breaks a rotor off it. Her shadow lies beneath her, and another drone is flying above her.]

[In the final panel, Serena is now standing again and faces to the left. She's taking another swing at two drones, but the drones evade her. The ground is covered in smashed-drone debris.]

[Caption beneath all the panels, with the word "here" in blue despite the entire comic being a link:]

To read an excerpt about Serena's drone battle, click here or go to blog.xkcd.com