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By: Good Comics Out February 2 » Comics Worth Reading

Good Comics Out February 2 » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:44:42 +0000

[...] Earth (Hill and Wang, $18.95) to order sight unseen — I was disappointed by its predecessor, The Stuff of Life, and the “aliens explain things to each other” conceit is a tad precious — but [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:26:19 +0000

Wow, thanks for sharing such an experienced opinion. The point about the framing potentially being of interest to a different audience is a good one.

By: Gary Reed

Gary Reed — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:14:29 +0000

Johanna,
I felt the same way in both the anticipation and the disappointment. I found the “characters” to be obnoxious.
Having said that, being an instructor in college biology courses, while I tend to “hate” all such characters, a lot of students do like them…so, I guess I can see the merit in doing it that way but it is not for me.
Some of the biology aspects were off but again, this is written for newbies for the most part so it’s close enough to get the general ideas across.
I was actually working on something similar and when I saw their announcement, I pulled back figuring I’m not going to try and compete with theirs and there is so much else in science to write about. Overall, I think this book was okay but hopefully, it will entice more to be produced so for that, it’s a good thing overall.

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Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:00:45 +0000

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