Last Wednesday (4th July, 2012) scientists at CERN claimed the discovery of a particle “consistent with the Higgs boson”. As far as we’re concerned, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and sounds like a duck… then[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the ‘50 Shades of Grey‘ trilogy topping the bestseller lists around the world – and given that its title is just begging for our attention – it seemed obvious that we should attempt to hijack a few misplaced web[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have fond memories of building Airfix kits with my father and brother during the 1970s and 80s. Although we built a variety of boats, cars and tanks, it’s the aeroplanes – particularly the large scale Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is where I usually try to provide some deeper meaning to our comics. I try to show how they reference popular movies or cult TV. I usually try to imply that there’s some bigger picture to consider, or that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With many of our comics it’s easy for us to identify a single source of inspiration for the joke. This one, however, takes its inspiration from several different things which were rattling round my brain, until they all collided into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a sequel to our previous strip, “Comic Ridiculing Acronymic Projects”. One of the problems with any sort of authentication system is that it will inevitably fail at some point. It might produce a false positive, incorrectly identifying an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Science fiction often depicts great technological advances that make our lives easier or more enjoyable. But I would rather risk the variability of Neelix’s cooking than face the repeatably identical output from a replicator. Yes, gadgets and technology can make[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve often thought that perhaps the delays and slowdowns that seem to plague so many computers are just the CPU’s way of getting revenge for the interminable delays that we make it sit through. If you buy a multi-core machine[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a strip for physicists and an epic celebratory Doctor Who comic, we felt it was time once more for a simple, if somewhat corny, joke. Either that, or I was “inspired” by watching Stripes for the first time in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s be honest, we watch science fiction programmes and films for the “fiction”, not the “science”. Even so, sometimes Hollywood pushes credibility just a little too far. This strip is dedicated to all the classic movie clichés, plot devices and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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