25Jun / 2019

Microbe Themed Comics and Cartoons #ASMicrobe #Microbiology

Posted a request to Twitter about microbe themed comics and cartoons and am posting some of the Tweets here.

In association with #AsmMicrobe I am looking for everyone’s favorite microbiology cartoons or comics - this is mine - Early Microbiologists pic.twitter.com/JqDm9HF68V
— Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) June 22, 2019

From @RosemaryMosco pic.twitter.com/trUTjDKbvs
— Reed Stubbendieck (@bactereedia) June 22, 2019

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— Omri Finkel (@finkel_omri) June 22, 2019

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— Kristen DeAngelis, PhD (@kristenobacter) June 22, 2019

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— Michele Banks (@artologica) June 22, 2019

Inspired by @RELenski? pic.twitter.com/R2BtUAZhJ5
— Michele Banks (@artologica) June 22, 2019

For the microscopists. pic.twitter.com/qKbNQsvvz1
— Tim Stearns (@StearnsLab) June 22, 2019

Here's mine. And also the inspiration for the title of talks I give to student organizations and school groups. - Me and My 'Crobes pic.twitter.com/6uwOXk22Ai
— Dave Westenberg (@GermJuggler) June 22, 2019

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— Wim Meijer (@WimGMeijer) June 22, 2019

The great @beatricebiology made this for me and my microbiology class one year. @ASMicrobiology @univpugetsound pic.twitter.com/3adOe2pMZy
— Mark O. Martin (@markowenmartin) June 22, 2019

Always been my favorite. pic.twitter.com/mgmhOVU50J
— peter hoyt (@peterrhoyt) June 23, 2019

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— Petra Levin (@PetraLevin) June 25, 2019

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— Nefertiti (@ReloadNefertiti) June 22, 2019

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— Wim Meijer (@WimGMeijer) June 22, 2019

Entamoeba humor pic.twitter.com/cIPjwXTHWf
— Sophien Kamoun (@KamounLab) June 23, 2019

Sometimes the old ones are the best....#Microbiology pic.twitter.com/JNZ4qQVgfR
— OpenMind (@MyOpenMind101) June 22, 2019

Has to be this one by @pedromics pic.twitter.com/NTf0oB7Tca
— Gleb Ebert (@gl_eb) June 22, 2019

Here is one by the Indian cartoonist RK Laxman - https://t.co/k78yefh9vU
— Prasad (@vinayaka1prasad) June 22, 2019

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— Srijon Banerjee (@srijonbanerjee) June 23, 2019

My favorites are on the same topic: pic.twitter.com/R3YFe1A2Tv
— Adriana ME (@AdriMarquezE) June 22, 2019

This is one of my favorites! pic.twitter.com/p8bQDLaBMS
— Fernando Melo (@frankbio) June 22, 2019

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— Mark S (@DrMarkScience) June 22, 2019

Networker cartoon pic.twitter.com/c4dSj43OE8
— Valery Grdzelishvili Lab (@Virology_Lab) June 22, 2019

This one is in portuguese but it is hilarious. This cartoonist always uses biological themes in his drawings.

The translation:
- I'm so alone .... I'll duplicate myself!
- Hi! You come here often?
- What an annoying dude!
- Let's go!!

by Fernando Gonzales #NiquelNausea pic.twitter.com/TuB6JzGjgK
— Fernando Melo (@frankbio) June 22, 2019

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22Jul / 2018

Marvel size chart

The logistics of being a 60-foot man must be a pain.

Tags: comics, fiction, Marvel

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20Jul / 2018

Marvel Cinematic Universe as a 3-D network

The Straits Times visualized the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a 3-D browsable network. Link colors represent type of relationship, and proximity naturally represents commonalities between characters. Click on individual characters for information on each. Turn on the sound for extra dramatics.

Tags: comics, fiction, Marvel

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28Aug / 2017

Data Comics

Comics are a way to tell stories and for a while now, people have been interested in telling stories with data. So it’s only natural that the two would come together at some point. Data Comics is a collection that highlights the emerging genre.

I’ve had Understanding Comics sitting on my desk for a couple of months now. Maybe it’s time to dig in.

Tags: comics

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20Jul / 2017

Gender representation in comic books

Amanda Shendruk for The Pudding analyzed how genders are represented differently in comic books, focusing on “naming conventions, types of superpowers, and the composition of teams to see how male and female genders are portrayed.” The charts are good, but I’m pretty sure the animated GIFs for a handful of female characters make the piece.

Tags: comics, gender, The Pudding

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28Jan / 2016

Same source, different styles

Jaakko Seppälä drew ten comic characters, each in its original style and in the style of the other nine. It's like the same source material can be shown and seen in different ways, communicating different moods and themes. Imagine that.

See all 10.

Tags: comics

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07Oct / 2015

Superhero HR dashboard

Talent Lab is an application for human resource professionals to evaluate a work force. (I'm going to pretend that sentence didn't make me feel slightly dirty.) To demonstrate, they put in data for superheroes, so that you can explore abilities, talents, and demographics. This is great for me, because I'm building an Avengers-like workgroup.

Tags: comics, human resources

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13Aug / 2015

Vote Jill

by Michael R. Hall

Not only was the Kickstarter campaign for JILL TRENT, SCIENCE SLEUTH #1 successful, just as your favorite deity intended…Not only was D.M. Higgins, the generalissimo of JILL TRENT, SCIENCE SLEUTH #1, kind enough to include The Frogger and Punkface MacGruder in the book’s dedication…Not only is the comic fantastic and inspiring to my daughters (see illustrations below). Not only was JILL TRENT, SCIENCE SLEUTH #1 so successful that they are making JILL TRENT, SCIENCE SLEUTH #2…

But JILL TRENT, SCIENCE SLEUTH #1 is also in the running for a Geekie Award in the Comics & Graphic Novels division. You can vote for them once per day until the voting closes on 31 August. You could choose to vote for another contender, but we cannot promise that Daisy Smythe won’t find you…

Filed under: The Art of Science Tagged: Comics, Daisy Smythe, DM Higgins, Geekie Awards, Graphic Novels, jill trent, Jill Trent Science Sleuth #1, Jill Trent Science Sleuth #2, kickstarter, science sleuth

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22Apr / 2015

Color timeline for Avengers comic book covers

The Avengers comic has been around since 1963 and the look and feel of characters have changed over the years. Jon Keegan for the Wall Street Journal looked at this change through color usage in the comic's covers.

A zoomed out timeline shows all the cover colors at once, the middle strip shows a zoomed in view, and a click on each row shows the full cover.

If you scan from 1963 down to the present, you can see a subtle shift from simple primary colors to a more complex palette.

However, there's a lot of variation on a cover-by-cover basis, and I'm not sure if I would pick up on the change if I didn't know what to look for. Maybe an annual aggregation to reveal more of pattern? I also expected to click the overview timeline or drag the highlighting square to quickly move through the covers, but you can only navigate by scrolling the page.

In any case, should be a fun browse for the comic book fans.

Tags: Avengers, color, comics, Wall Street Journal

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09Mar / 2015

Superpurrsition

Diesel Sweeties by Richard Stevens 3 (CC BY-NC 2.5)

There are comics that are card-carrying “science comics” that teach science (eg, Boxplot by Maki Naro) and express truths about the experience of being a scientist (eg, Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham). There are those that are super-nerdy all the time, like xkcd by Randall Munroe.

Then there are the comics that occasionally brush up against the scientific world – dropping a punchline that hints at larger concepts, drawing in those who understand and inviting inquiry from those who don’t. This strip from Diesel Sweeties by Richard Stevens 3 is part of that tradition.