Today’s comic is a historical dark comedy telling the story of a Prohibition speakeasy that has fallen on hard times and the tenacious and shady crew of oddballs that runs it. It is at times hilarious and silly and other times tragic and bloody, and the cast of this story are adorable and expressive cats. Fluffy cats,…
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Earlier today I read about an incredibly Geeky YouTube video which pushed close to 3 million views in a day. Now you might be thinking, ‘So, what’s fancy about that?’ Well ever since I was a young chap I’ve loved music from David Bowie. I have countless memories of singing a variety of Bowie songs…
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Because I had written about Girl Genius and Dresden Codak in the previous weeks, I now have MAD SCIENCE on the brain. Specifically, mad scientists of the female variety, which brings me to the now classic daily webcomic Narbonic. Narbonic is the story of Dave Davenport, a chain-smoking recent graduate in Computer Sciences who lands a…
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When I was younger, there were three channels available to watch on TV. I grew up in rural Indiana, and I remember I was the remote and the one who had to adjust the antenna to make the signal clear. Cable came and then satellite dishes for the home, bringing more channels to homes. Now,…
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I’ll admit that while networking has always been a priority for me in any of the places I’ve lived, I generally stay pretty traditional using a simple combination of wired and wireless configurations. Although I’ve had situations where my wireless signal has been weak in areas, I’ve simply solved that by the changing the placement…
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The sporadic but nigh incomparably beautiful Dresden Codak does not have much in the way of a total page count per se, but each long form page is so richly layered and detailed that I often spend additional time enjoying, devouring and analyzing each page. With a large cast and a surreal sense of humor,…
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In 1985, Robotech was first brought to the US by Harmony Gold. The series blended animation from 3 different Japanese series – Super Dimension Fortess Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada. This amalgamation created a series which captivated American audiences and helped usher in the huge surge in anime’s popularity during…
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I spent some time when I began this column trying to set a limit when a webcomic would become “too big” to recommend. Too many daily hits? Too many spin off projects? A massive video game convention held in its name? I quickly realized that if I thought that anyone’s life would somehow be less…
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Every nationality has an image of their nation as a person in their collective mind or in their propaganda, and we certainly have a stereotyped personification about other countries, particularly our nearest neighbors. Frequently, other country’s stereotypes clash with our own, and one creative author, who was a reader of Axis Powers Hetalia decided to…
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Years ago when an individual died (assuming they had a will in place) it was simple to determine the destination of their possessions; however, in today’s hi-tech age, so much of our lives are kept hundreds of miles away, buried deep within a server in a random data center. It’s been a question that has…
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