nearlydrwho
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« on: August 09, 2011, 03:17:37 PM » |
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Does anyone know of any great comics, graphic novels, or manga that involve characters, settings or narratives related to higher ed? I've started to do some looking myself but as this isn't a body of work I'm at all familiar with I would very much appreciate any suggestions to get me started.
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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2011, 03:50:45 PM » |
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PhD Comics? I got nothin' else.
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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2011, 07:08:45 PM » |
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+1 on PhD comics, which by itself makes up for the dearth elsewhere.
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2011, 09:30:19 PM » |
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Some of xkcd, I guess too, for webcomics.
Also, Dr Jean Grey of the X-Men (Phoenix) has a PhD. I believe Hank McCoy (Beast) does too, although I have no idea where they went to grad school. Given the size of the X-Men universe it's not unthinkable that it has been covered.
I recall some of Kitty Pride (Shadow Cat)'s undergrad experience being depicted somewhere too. You'd have to go to a comic book shop and ask a Marvel geek there about what issues covered this, though. I think it was shortly after Colossus died.
I also have The Umbrella Academy (an independent graphic novel) on my desk waiting to be read. It might be what you're looking for too, although I haven't even dipped into it yet, so I don't know for sure.
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2011, 09:46:25 PM » |
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I love xkcd, and am surprised that there are people who devote whole websites to saying it sucks. As for things related directly to higher ed, there's "Dumbing of Age" by David Willis, but that uses college as another place to have dysfunctional relationships. I'm also partial to "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal" by Zack Weiner. Plus they also have hilarious videos. |
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« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2011, 09:23:53 AM » |
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Alternate University- http://www.alternateuniversity.com/ is a web comic that updates weekly on the often surreal experience of Academic Advising professionally. From the undergrad student prospective, Candi is a coming about a group of students sharing a scholarships house in Florida. http://www.candicomics.com/. There is a weird talking ferret, but otherwise, its fairly normal. |
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nearlydrwho
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« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2011, 12:21:40 PM » |
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Thanks for the suggestions all. In case you are interested, I discovered that one of our staff is a comic lover and in addition to your suggestions he mentioned Archie comics as Archie spends time at college, Batgirl (the Stephanie Brown batgirl is at college--I'm discovering there are lots of comic universes with different versions of characters and realities), Kurt Connors is a professor from Spiderman (in all three versions), and the Case Studies of Professor Munakata (a popular manga published fortnightly in Japan which has a special English version adventure coming out in October). I've found some old comics too -- Joe College Comics and A College girl named Joe from the 40s. I'm sure there will be a lot more out there though.
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« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2011, 03:32:54 PM » |
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Well if we're going the Marvel/DC route as well, wasn't The Hulk a science professor of some sort?
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« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2011, 03:38:02 PM » |
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Well if we're going the Marvel/DC route as well, wasn't The Hulk a science professor of some sort?
He was a physicist, I think in industry, not academia. Unless I'm getting him confused with Doc Manhatten. |
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« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2011, 04:26:34 PM » |
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I love xkcd, and am surprised that there are people who devote whole websites to saying it sucks.
I love this comic. It's amazing. |
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« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2011, 05:20:56 PM » |
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For the X-Men, the Beast's PhD is in biophysics and genetics, plus he's a medical doctor. He's pretty much just a genius. Jean Grey got a psych BA at Metro College and an MA at Columbia. I don't know why she's sometimes called a doctor. There are at least two issues with her at school, but I can't remember or find which ones they are.
Professor Xavier graduated with honors at the age of 16 from Harvard University. He has Ph.D.s in Genetics, Biophysics, and Psychology and did a two year residence at Oxford University. He was an adjunct at Columbia University (Wikipedia). Uncanny X-Men 117 and 192-3 cover his education pretty well. Science of the X-Men (2004) is supposed to decent, but I haven't read it.
Frogfactory, you're not confusing them; they're just rather similar. Both Bruce Banner (Hulk) and Jon Osterman (Dr. Manhattan) have PhDs in physics, and both work in industry.
Dr. Strange is a neurosurgeon, and Dr. Doom never went to school at all.
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« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2011, 05:24:24 PM » |
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Dr. Evil didn't spend four years in evil medical school to be called "mister."
Dr. Horrible has a PhD in Horribleness.
What about Doc Ock?
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« Reply #13 on: December 26, 2011, 08:08:18 PM » |
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According to Wikipedia, Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four, graduated from Harvard with PhDs in Physics and Electrical Engineering at age 22. Interestingly, he later roomed with Victor Von Doom at Columbia, which did not work out so well.
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« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2011, 08:45:27 PM » |
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In manga, Genshiken is about a club of Japanese college student media fans that takes members through to graduation.
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