Webcomics Patrol

As a preview of the upcoming Science Patrol Blogroll, here's a look at some webcomics every scientist should enjoy. I've emphasized comics which aren't mired in continuity, so it's possible to enjoy them without being a superobsessed freak. (Although I can recommend this one Achewood comic.)


A Lesson is Learned (But the Damage is Irreversible) - Dreamlike and strange, and lamentably on indefinite hiatus, this comic is still regarded as a high-water mark in the short online history of comics. Read the archive in its entirety, and wait for the book.













Dresden Codak - A reclusive tinkerer cavorts with time-traveling robots, a tiny Carl Jung, two guys who live in a castle on the Moon, and tons of science in this lushly drawn, highly original comic that just began weekly installments.











XKCD is about the life of the mind and the weird ideas that can sometimes take over. It's also the perfect expression of romantic love in nerd's terms.

Overcompensating - This is an autobiographical comic about a shirtless, drunken comic artist who blindly stumbles through life with his best friend, the perennially stoned "rapper" Weedmaster P, his girlfriend Baby, and his secretary Tallahassee. I should also mention his amazing comic Wigu, which has fallen on hard times and an identity crisis. (It used to be a humorous comic and now it's a humorous adventure comic.)

The Perry Bible Fellowship - Visiting alternate worlds and surreal situations in a manner resembling The Far Side, Nicholas Gurewitch displays an incredible range.

Slow Wave is written by people who describe their dreams to Jesse Reklaw, who picks the best submission and adapts it each week.

Wondermark is about the characters inside old book illustrations, and the surprisingly rude and hilarious things they talk about.

That is all for Webcomics Patrol.