Over at Buzz Hoot Roar, science concepts are explained in 300 words or less with accompanying images from a range of science artists. I did an infocomic for them when they first started about the over-diagnosis of brown recluse spider bites, and I’m back again with a piece written by Roar (Eleanor Spicer Rice) about [...]..
Ziggy the guinea pig was not doing well. He wasn’t eating, and we noticed a tinge of blood in his urine. After having him for 3.5 years, it was time to take the little guy to the vet...
As a mammal, I can’t imagine laying eggs in the sand and shimmying away, never to see my hatchlings or know if any survived. But that’s the way it works in sea turtle world.
The solstice is almost here. For us northern hemispherians, it’s the winter solstice–shortest day of the year. For our friends south of the equator, it’s the summeriest, longest day of the year, which is why Australians celebrate Christmas with a day at the beach, and Christmas sweaters are not a thing...
Over at Bird and Moon comics, Rosemary Mosco explores alternative Christmas trees with this hilarious nature-inspired comic. I think I’d go with the palm tree, personally.
Thanksgiving is coming up, which means two things: turkey (or tofurkey, as the case may be) and football. That’s the United States in a nutshell, I suppose.
Are you getting tired of hearing about outbreaks of measles, pertussis, and other vaccine-preventable (vaccinable?) diseases? So am I! It’s so easy to forget about these infections, so I made a handy quick guide for you that covers measles, mumps, and rubella...
I recently bought a house after living in crumby apartments for the last decade. And part of owning a house is that you also own some parts of the ground.
I recently had the pleasure of working with the team at Buzz Hoot Roar, a new graphics-driven blog that shares and/or explains a scientific concept in 300 words or less.
This concludes my very first go at SciArt Blitz! What a crazy month it has been here at Symbiartic. So many great science artists, illustrators, comics, and artisans.
I appreciate anyone who can turn science imagery into wearable pieces, especially when they’re subtle and beautiful. Anatomology is a science-themed Etsy shop sporting caffeine molecule earrings, atomic necklaces, and DNA scarves, among many other pieces...
I fell in love with biology when I first sneaked a peak at a drop of pond water under a microscope. The colors and shapes ensnared my imagination, and I’m not the only one!
No one hones in on the insanity and hilarity of the graduate student existence quite like Jorge Cham of PhD comics, which here doesn’t stand for doctor of philosophy, but Piled High and Deeper...
For my birthday this year, a dear friend got me something she knew I’d like: a gorgeous metal cuff bracelet with the periodic table on it.
Did you know that you can combine science and dark humor in a comic? Well, let me introduce you to See Mike Draw, a webcomic drawn by Mike Jacobsen.
Maki Naro brings what I call “serious artwork” to the science comic world. He combines the classic graphic novel style with gorgeous artistry.
Oh, what’s that? You’re looking for nature comics that are beautifully rendered, adorable, and hilarious? Hm. That’s a tough one, I’m not sure where I should send you–BIRD AND MOON...
Entrepreneurial artist Sara Zimmerman brings us science- and environmentalism-themed comics. She has a portfolio of great comics about astronomy, but she also draws inspiration from her surroundings in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Lake Tahoe...
For the whole month of September over here at Symbiartic, we’ll be doing a SciArt Blitz! Glendon got us started yesterday, and here I am contributing our first science cartoonist of the month: The Awkward Yeti...
It’s become more and more and common to hear about outbreaks of old-school diseases like measles in neighborhoods where the cultural shift has been towards anti-vaccination.
