Some more space for you today. As you can tell, this is more than just a flight of fancy. Working on a project that has been much more rewarding (though more difficult) than I expected upon taking it on. More updates soon! Do you like space? Do you like art about space? Check out the [...]
Sorry for the lack of “real” comics as of late. But I’ve had some long-time obligations serendipitously pile up on each-other. The good news is that last week’s rice cooker comic was one of them. The other good news is that another has been giving me the opportunity to draw lots of space-related stuff. The bad news? [...]
Speaking of priorities, before I talk about today’s comic I’d like to convey my heartfelt condolences to the people of Oslo, Norway in the wake of Friday’s terror attack. I’ve always viewed Norway —the whole Scandinavian region, really—as a safe, welcoming place for freethinkers, and it broke my heart to see it torn by this [...]
Admit it. The moon looks like a stupid butt. Hanging in the sky, all pock-marked and tidal locked like a fool. I can hear Audrey yelling at me already, as she’s very protective of the moon, and has objected in the past to my desire to mine it of all its dirty moon rocks and Helium-3. [...]
I know, I know. Today’s comic is a doozy. As I was drawing it, I found myself having to step further and further back to try to convey the ideas. By the time I was crafting an electromagnetic (EM) spectrum in photoshop, I had to say “Alright, that’s enough. We’re getting into grade-school science now.” [...]
I’m back from the depths of science. It was a rough (though fantastic) weekend, so you’ll forgive me if I’m slightly behind on subject matters. One the eve of the World Science Festival that so cruelly whisked me away from you, I saw an article on CNN.com that made a pretty stunning announcement: Cell Phones [...]
Aw. Yeah, I know. Really sorry everyone. As today’s ‘comic’ states, Nadir and I will be leaving for the Penny Arcade Expo tomorrow, and since work has decided to punish me for taking time off, I didn’t have time for a proper comic. I’ll make it up to you. I swear on me mammy’s grave. But [...]
No, it doesn’t. And there is no bus stop metaphor. I tried, dear sweet baby Velociraptor Jesus, I tried. I actually wrote a whole post trying to compare it with the future of space travel in America. But I felt it just took away from a self-admittedly wonderful comic. So I will mince words and [...]
[UPDATE: Neil's above explanation is apparently erroneous! Erroneous! Legendary star blogger Phil Plait kindly sent me an "Oh, you knuckleheads" and a noogie via email informing me that while the illusion is real, the mechanism behind the apparent size differences of the moon is not due to the foreground elements per se. He wrote a fascinating article [...]
“Yes.” No problem, because it doesn’t get any easier. Nothing really is easy when it comes to cosmology. Not cosmetology. Cosmology. One is the study of beauty treatments and their application, and the other is the science of collecting the pieces of your MIND off the floor. Thanks to data from the WMAP probe launched [...]