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Webcomic Artists Pay Tribute to the Mars Curiosity Rover
Webcomic Artists Pay Tribute to the Mars Curiosity Rover
Webcomic Artists Pay Tribute to the Mars Curiosity Rover
After the tense clicking of cameras, the victory hugs and Bobak Ferdowsi's awesome mohawk, I came away from Sunday night's Curiosity rover landing with a lingering rush of excitement. We're back on Mars! We're looking for the building blocks of life on another planet...
Parting Shot: The Highly Detailed, Six-Foot ‘xkcd’ Guide to Money
Parting Shot: The Highly Detailed, Six-Foot ‘xkcd’ Guide to Money
Parting Shot: The Highly Detailed, Six-Foot ‘xkcd’ Guide to Money
xkcd creator Randall Munroe has created elaborate charts and infographics for his webcomic before to break down everything from gravity wells to and radiation, and now he has applied the format to a very timely and political topic: money. Block by block, the comic breaks down who has it and how they spend it, from average citizens to billionaires to entire countries...
‘xkcd’ Illustrates Radiation Exposure Levels in Helpful Chart
‘xkcd’ Illustrates Radiation Exposure Levels in Helpful Chart
‘xkcd’ Illustrates Radiation Exposure Levels in Helpful Chart
With the crisis at the nuclear plants in Fukushima, Japan still underway, there's been a lot of discussion of radiation in the news recently, particularly how dangerous it becomes at different levels. It's kind of hard to visualize as a layman, but fortunately Randall Munroe, the creator of the popular webcomic xkcd, has made it a little easier with a colorful and comparative chart he compile
Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton Reenact ‘XKCD’ Strip
Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton Reenact ‘XKCD’ Strip
Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton Reenact ‘XKCD’ Strip
There's a long, long history of "xkcd" fans reenacting the webcomic, but rarely by such high profile nerdlebrities as Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton, and Cory Doctorow, not to mention "Lawrence Lessig, Bruce Schneier, Jason Kottke, Google Zurich, Hank Green, MC Frontalot, Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Mr. To...
XKCD’s Mars Rover Tale Will Make You Weep
XKCD’s Mars Rover Tale Will Make You Weep
XKCD’s Mars Rover Tale Will Make You Weep
Fans of sci-fi as well as sci-fact are well aware of Mars' inhospitable terrain (and various aliens). That's why many have been so forgiving of NASA's mission failures and so encouraged by its successes - especially the longer-than-expected run of "Spirit," the Mars rover that managed to scoot around the red planet's surface for six years before getting trapped in the sand...
Webcomics on the iPad? Creators Say “Meh”
Webcomics on the iPad? Creators Say “Meh”
Webcomics on the iPad? Creators Say “Meh”
The much ballyhooed announcement of the Apple tablet finally arrived this Wednesday, along with the slightly unfortunate name "iPad" and details on what will essentially be a giant iPhone, but with no phone. There's been a lot of speculation about what this will mean for the digital distribution of comics, much of which was rounded up at CBR and later at Newsarama, while Rich Johnston tr

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