Atomic Nerds

Today has been mostly spent with Stingray embarking on phase two of Project: What The Fuck Is Wrong With The Kitchen Sink, to mostly no good result. Actual professional help will probably be necessary. The story is quite boring and unfunny, so here’s what’s been making us laugh lately.

Webcomic, sorta: Surviving The World. Imagine if XKCD had been done by someone without Randall Munroe’s minimalist drawing ability. And were meant to be educational. More or less. Either way it’s nerdy and it’s funny.

Blog: Eco-comics. Proving that there is indeed a blog about ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, we give you Eco-Comics, which is entirely devoted to economics questions and issues in the world of comic books. More astounding still, this appears to be a fairly rich seam of material. Favorite posts so far: Where Does The Canadian Government Get The Money To Keep Making Super-Soldiers??

Regardless, someone in the Canadian government was still there to provide funding for Weapon X, whatever its intended purpose may have been. And I’m sure they had to receive progress reports such as: “We created a supersoldier with a healing ability and an indestructible skeleton. And he was really cool. But then he killed all of the scientists and the guards… and he’s living in the woods now. So… we need more money.”

Millionaires = Crazy

Norman Osborn started as a weapons and chemical designer. But like all wealthy industrialists do in the comic book world, he decided profit margins weren’t enough. And as such he began riding around on a bat-shaped glider in a green and purple outfit and started throwing pumpkin bombs. It truly boggles my mind when i consider the amount of research and development that must have gone into the creation of pumpkin-shaped explosives. Some poor R&D guy had to sit in front of his computer screen, working on plastic explosive casings while dealing with Norman standing over his shoulder and shouting, “No, it needs to be MORE ORANGE!”

Funny stuff. And occasionally thought-provoking.

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