Cartoon Science

An archive of visual narratives about science

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From ‘Me and My Shadow’ animation on Tactical Tech: https://myshadow.org/

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From ‘How to Protect Yourself Against Spearphishing’ by Joyce Rice and Micah Lee on  @thenib​: https://thenib.com/how-to-protect-yourself-against-spearphishing

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“Neuroscience Through the Ages” is an online interactive timeline created by the Neuroscience Graduate Student Association (GSA) at the University of British Columbia which aims to present the history and fundamentals of neuroscience in an interesting and accessible manner – through the wonderful world of cartoon imagery: http://www.historyofneuroscience.com/

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Time sure does fly! Just 1 year ago TODAY we finished our first comic, EBV and the Replication Dance! Give it a read if you haven’t already and share the comic love!

www.jkxcomics.com/science-stories

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Microbes for REACH Magazine Illustration by Jeannie Phan Feature on the hidden world of microbes, little tiny organisms that live in our bodies that can tell us about our past and possible...

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Not technically a comic but still a pretty good combination of science and cartoons: Soonish by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith (aka @smbc-comics) - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/soonish…/9780399563829/

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From the amazing Abby Howard’s Dinosaur Empire, fresh off the press by @abramsbooks

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From Ben Nadler and Steven Nadler new graphic novel: Heretics! http://www.dw.com/en/heretics-and-the-dangerous-beginnings-of-modern-science-in-glorious-graphic-detail/a-39673658?maca=en-Twitter-sharing

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The team of the Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology is back with a new science comic, illustrated by the excellent Edward Ross! http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_525175_en.pdf

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Happy birthday Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) fossil collector and paleontologist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning Here is a portrait from Darryl Cunningham's upcoming book Graphic Science. Looking forward to it!

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal was born on this day in 1852. If you want to learn more about the father of modern neuroscience Neurocomic (Farinella and Ros 2013) is a good place to start: http://matteofarinella.com/Neurocomic

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Tezuka Osamu (2009 [1957]): Manga Seibutsugaku (Tezuka Osamu Manga Zenshū, vol. 279).

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Hey! 

Happy National DNA Day! Did you know the Human Genome Project was completed on April 23, 2003? 

To celebrate, here’s a short comic to teach you how to spot left handed and right handed DNA. Once you know how you can shame media outlets who didn’t bother to check their stock photos educate other people about DNA chirality!

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Burden of Proof: Four Cartoonists on Communicating Science in the Current Political Climate

Ahead of Earth Day and the March for Science, four cartoonists talk about communicating science in the current political climate

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New blog post on studying comics inside the ivory tower: http://www.cartoonscience.org/…/15/all-along-the-ivory-tower Because no matter how serious is the subject, comics should not forget their underground satirical history (especially these days).

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Have an approximately happy Pi Day! From Dinosaurs Comics: http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=955

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Celebrate #WomeninScienceDay reading the beautiful book by @rachelignotofsky: https://www.rachelignotofskydesign.com/women-in-science