Original Website Blurb from 2011
My roommate Corbin introduced me to Jorge Cham’s strip while we were in grad school. I was always a fan of comic books over comic strips, but this was clearly the work of a guy who had been where we were. He made a point of doing the movie version with actual grad students because he wanted to underline the fact that these are multifaceted individuals, not cardboard cutouts in white lab coats. NOVA Science Now is trying to do similar things in their "Secret Life of Scientists" series, but trying to make us cool is probably going too far. It smacks of PR, where Dr. Cham’s comics are mostly about frustration.
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/aboutcomics.html
Next I ran across Randall (no relation) Monroe’s XKCD, which I freely admit I sometimes do not get. Maybe I should stop reading them in random order...
And now the science-geek comic field has grown enough to become self-referential
http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=585
and will inevitably collapse under the weight of its own pomposity when it overreaches and declares itself “collectible.” Unless the Internet becomes self-aware and unleashes Terminators on us first.
Updates from 2021
No Terminators so far, though I did watch all of The Sarah Connor Chronicles in May and early June, once I realized that Lena Headey was the lead.
Very busy at Governor’s School. It’s 5:17am as I type this.
VSI Episode 18