Over the past few years, I have been informally collecting and curating a set of comics (mostly online webcomics) relating to my main research interest in numerals, number systems, and numeracy. While I am led to understand that not everyone in the world appreciates my particularly nerdesque sense of humour, it seems reasonable to suppose that if you’re reading this blog, then you might be like me and find these to be hilarious and/or thought-provoking. Here are some of my favourites; reader contributions are very welcome (along with suggestions of other comics where I might find good material in the future).
Married to the Sea
Card-counting: http://www.marriedtothesea.com/122811/card-counting.gif
Mortgage industry: http://www.marriedtothesea.com/022309/mortgage-industry.gif
Number Two Number Four: http://www.marriedtothesea.com/121506/number-two-number-four.gif
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Balls constants: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2982
Conversation Trick #57721: Self-referential phrases: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2448
Fouriest: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2874
Polish hand magic: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1914
Too many zeroes: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1768
Toothpaste for Dinner
10 types of people: http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/052503/10-types-of-people.gif
Happy New Year 2008: http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/010208/happy-new-year-2008.gif
Swedish binary: http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/022210/swedish-binary.gif
Synaesthesia emergency: http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/111808/synaesthesia-emergency.gif
Unaphobia: http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/110310/unaphobia.gif
XKCD
1 to 10: http://xkcd.com/953/
Binary sudoku: http://xkcd.com/74/
Code Talkers: http://xkcd.com/257/
ISO 8601: http://xkcd.com/1179/
License Plate: http://xkcd.com/1105/
Money: http://xkcd.com/980/
Number line: http://xkcd.com/899/
Numerical sex positions: http://xkcd.com/487/
One two: http://xkcd.com/764/
Words for small sets: http://xkcd.com/1070/