While I'm making my way through recent convention purchases, the other big ongoing geeky event is the going-out-of-business sales at two local Borders locations. We're in the last week, and this was a pretty sweet find.
Title: XKCD
Issue: Volume 0
Date: 2009
Publisher: Breadpig (based on the webcomic at xkcd.com)
Writer: Randal Munroe
Artist: Randal Munroe
This trade paperback edition collects early installments of the xkcd webcomic by Randal Munroe, a stickfigure buffet of math, programming, love, angst, and internet geekery. Some of my favorite xkcd installments are featured here including the graph of human intelligence vs. proximity to a cat, the apartment filled with playpen balls, fields of study arranged by purity, the guide to understanding flowcharts (in flowchart form), and helium-balloon sharks.
This is brilliant stuff that isn't afraid to involve high-powered math and physics or to tackle issues that might hit some geeks a bit close to home.
The "mouse-over" text from the webcomic is included in fine print and there are new notes, observations, and sketches to accompany many of the cartoons.
It's a great collection for an xkcd fan, and if you're not there's a good chance it will make you one.
Rating: 8.5/10
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