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Question: "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate..."

o2b — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:08:04 -0800

Science web comics? (wishing for, not a discussion of)

Does anyone know of any web comics that have a scientific bent? Not "technology" as in computers or gadgets, but biology or physics or anything else you can think of.

Jokes like this and this or this are exactly what I'm looking for, but I want more!

Obviously if they're good, that's a bonus.

By: PurplePorpoise

PurplePorpoise — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:13:57 -0800

The only thing off the top of my head would be PhD - but it's more of a comic about graduate students over what the grad students (some of which are not science types) do.

Keeping eye on this thread...

By: drobot

drobot — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:20:48 -0800

Sandals is a new web comic dealing with science.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:29:02 -0800

There's always Larry Gonick...

By: oxonium

oxonium — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:35:36 -0800

I too notice a dearth of these. Not a comic, but in the vein of science humor: Dylan Stiles is a synthetic organic student working for Barry Trost at Stanford, his blog usually makes me laugh. Tongue-in-cheek but not quite overtly humorous is Sexy Science. Sorry I can't think of any real comics, I second PhD Comics, I was hoping it hadn't been mentioned yet!

By: teleskiving

teleskiving — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:39:20 -0800

FoxTrot does science and math jokes quite often. Check out GIS for some examples.

By: Deltron3030

Deltron3030 — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:54:39 -0800

Check out xkcd "A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language."

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:55:28 -0800

I think Nukees generally has an engineering bit, but I suppose it is supposed to cover physics as well at some point.

It was (and possibly still is) published in the Daily Cal.

By: Deltron3030

Deltron3030 — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:55:58 -0800

oops, maybe I should read the orignal post. Imadouchebag. Sorry.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:03:41 -0800

Bob the Angry Flower has Schrödinger's Fridge and Goin' After the Creationists..., among others.

By: martinrebas

martinrebas — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:33:20 -0800

Fleep has a very analytical, scientific main character.

"About a quarter of the strips feature the main character working through various math problems. They are some of the most dramatic math problems you'll ever see in a comic strip. I believe that Fleep is my best strip to date. It is also a complete comercial disaster."

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:57:11 -0800

Try searching Oh No Robot!, the webcomics search engine, for specific scientific terms.

Also, Nature has an online comic called Adventures in Synthetic Biology, but it may be lacking in the "ironic humour" department like your examples.

By: Hildago

Hildago — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:38:22 -0800

Not a comic about science in any way, but your request did remind me of the Jaime the Science Friend storyline in Achewood. Also Harry Potter and the Difference Between AC and DC. And the best t-shirt ever.

Piled Higher and Deeper is about grad school, so it tends to be more about 'scientist types' than about science itself, but it may be worth a look.

By: easternblot

easternblot — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:40:21 -0800

There's this one dinosaur comic about HeLa cells.

By: limeonaire

limeonaire — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:25:58 -0800

Some of the All Real Numbers comics, done over the past several years by a premed student at Washington University in St. Louis, include math-oriented or scientific jokes.

By: limeonaire

limeonaire — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:39:47 -0800

Specifically this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, and this one.

Though the others are also good in an academic sort of way—lots of philosophy and gamer humor.

By: rio

rio — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:16:30 -0800

Just wanted to say thank you to oxonium for the Dylan Stiles link! I'm only reading the current post and I'm laughing already.

By: JDC8

JDC8 — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:27:47 -0800

Jay Hosler is an biologist/cartoonist. His work is showcased in his books "Clan Apis" and "The Sandwalk Adventures", but he has some online science cartoons. I think they're fantastic!

By: JDC8

JDC8 — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:41:36 -0800

Oops...I forgot Jim Ottaviani's GT Labs. They're more straight comics about scientists, but they are quite good.

Also, Scott Saavedra's Dr. Radium.