Whether the "Have we got power now, -or What??" was spoken by Rock before his fuselage ripped in half, or spoken by one of his sneering peers right afterward is hard to know for sure.  In either case, it works well.  This particular comic is a study in Rock's unabashed enthusiasm for what he loves.  What sort of grown man would feel compelled to straddle his model airplane as it took off?  What's more, he was overtaken with such giddy excitement that he completely forgot that his plane had rear fins.  This is such a great example of humor by extrapolation: anyone can glance at this comic for two seconds and see what happened and why.  But what business does he even have standing there in the first place?  It's a unique sort of comedy that can also be seen in many of Wes Anderson's movies. What's immediately evident is maybe only kind of funny, or not funny at all.  It's the picture it leads you to paint of what led to this situation that makes you laugh.  It's a comedic time bomb that might hit you a few seconds later when you stare at it some more, or it might hit you months later when you're talking about the scene with a friend.  This comic is the simplest of examples, but it's an example of a unique and admirable comedic concept.  It makes you finish the joke on your own, and some of the funniest jokes are the ones you tell yourself.

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