Archive for July, 2009
8 items.
I experimented with the lighting. I know it’s not consistent: That was intentional. Sorry if it disturbs the nitpickers, you can always send me a scathing e-mail if it makes you feel better.
This strip kicks off a new story line. I’m excited to see where it goes! Also, I like how things turned out in the first two panels. I’m not so happy with the inks in the third panel, and I don’t know that they have improved, but I am more comfortable with them. That’s a huge victory, even if it’s not a visible one.
I liked this one, particularly the neutron saying “meh” in the last panel. The electron gets excited in the second panel, and falls back to a normal state in the last panel, throwing off excess energy in the form of light. None of this is terribly accurate, of course, just one artist’s illustration for the sake of humor, not accuracy.
Yeesh…Yeah, I know, I’m working my way back to good, creative comics. I’ve been having a case of the blahs lately, and it has had a significantly negative impact upon my work. I’m coming around, slowly but surely, so stay tuned.
Sir Isaac Newton, translated by Andrew Motte. The original Latin is below (according to answers.com, not a copy of the book). I know I could have gone with the objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force, but I find his particular phrasing far more poetic. Newton wrote his famed three laws in The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, which shows that he considered his work, at least in part, philosophy. It shares many traits of classical philosophy and mathematics, including the use of the word Axiom in the original text. It’s quite evocative if you appreciate science and math literature. For normal people, it’s just an unnecessarily obtuse passage.
Lex I: Corpus omne perseverare in statu suo quiescendi vel movendi uniformiter in directum, nisi quatenus a viribus impressis cogitur statum illum mutare.
I actually like kids: They are inquisitive and show the spark of future scientists. To those young adults reading this comic, understand this: It is your classmates who frustrate you that frighten me awake, screaming, in a cold sweat when I think they will be building and staffing my nursing home. In general, though, people are alright until they get to around college age. Then, it’s all downhill. I am really the butt of this joke, the old curmudgeon.
I hope you enjoy a a few laws of physics illustrated with humor. Maybe that will help you remember them in a pinch. Odds are not, but hey, a man can dream.