Scott Pilgrim of the Dead

This combines many of my favorite things.



Via Empire Online

Research

These "How Research Works" posts are mostly meant to be humorous slice of life accounts of what it is like being a grad student.  Almost all of them are based on actual conversations I've had or witnessed, with some embellishment for my own amusement.  I'm not sure how many more of them I'm going to do, since this territory has been covered quite extensively by PhD comics, but I like the format so I might expand the topic matter (and change the title) soon.

I'm also using these little strips as an excuse to do some non-scientific writing.  A trend I hope to continue as my work load at school increases past insanity.

How Research Works: XV

GRAD STUDENT OFFICE- 9am

ADVISOR
Thanks for covering my class on Friday.

GRAD STUDENT

No problem.  I think it went well.

ADVISOR

Me too.  Do you mind covering my next one?

GRAD STUDENT

Sure.  Wednesday?

ADVISOR

Today.  Fifteen minutes from now.

Alan Moore's Green Lantern

I might have implied in a previous post that Geoff Johns has made a career out of expanding on stories written by Alan Moore.  Apparently this caused a bit of nerd rage.  For your consideration, I submit a single page...

From: Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2

By: Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

I can spot almost a dozen throwaway references made in this single page that have been used in Geoff John's Green Lantern run.

Midnight Breakfasts

This one is a lot lighter than the last couple.  Not everything I like has to be dark and pretentious, just most things.

Beach Fossils actually played at Stony Brook this week, though I didn't make it.  I heard they were well received.

1.  Millions of People Running Around- Magic Bullets

2.  Daydream- Beach Fossils

3.  Most Wanted- Cults

4.  Breakin' the Law- The Babies

5.  Fallen in Love- Smith Westerns

6.  Life at Dusk- Minks

7.  Georgia- Yuck

8.  Zombies- Surf City