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| The Exploding Trashcan | 1
/ Chris: "Ah, so you're finally back from class. That valve isn't going to clean itself, so get to work."
/ Mike: "Sure" / 2
/ *spark*
/ Mike: "Gah!"
/ Chris: "Yeah, there's cesium in there, so you'll get some sparks."
/ Mike: "Is this safe?"
/ Chris: "Of course it is." / 3
/ Chris: "Wimp."
/ Chris drops... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=1 |
| So simple... | 1
/ Chris: "It's about time I showed you how to use this laser.
/ It's pretty simple when it's working well. Use this knob
/ to tune it to the setpoint, and flip this switch to lock the
/ laser to the frequency. You can monitor whether the
/ laser has hopped away from the right frequency by
/ looking at... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=2 |
| Be careful what you say... | 1
/ Mike: "C'mon laser, stay locked." / 2
/ Mike: "Damn it!"
/ Chris: "Uh, Mike?" / 3
/ Mike: "Goddamn fucking piece of shit laser!"
/ Chris: "Michael!"
/ Mike: "What the hell do you want?" / 4
/ Chris: "The visiting professor is here for his lab tour." http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=3 |
| A ridiculous waste of time | 1
/ Chris: "Are you playing World of Warcraft in the lab?"
/ Mike: "No way, that's a ridiculous waste of time. I'm playingCivilization IV." / 2
/ Chris: "So let me get this straight... you're playing a game where you're the emperor of a country and command its military and economy?"
/ Mike: "Yup." /
/ 3
/ Chris:... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=4 |
| Keep your pants on, too | 1
/ (Mike is wearing orange Pumpkin Pi shirt)
/ Chris: "Why in the hell are you wearing THAT?" /
/ 2
/ Mike: "What, this? I know it's a horrible pun, but I don't think that's worth getting offended over."
/ Chris: "No, it's not that. You've always looked like a dork. I don't care about that. What I care... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=5 |
| Putting an end to it | 1
/ Mike: "So you do consider me to be a dork?
/ Chris: "I bet you have the digits of pi memorized, you look that dorky."
/ Mike: "Yeah, I sorta do have them memorized."
/ Chris: "Oh no" / 2
/ (Mike starts reciting pi)
/ (Chris wanders off) / 3
/ (Mike continues reciting pi) /
/ 4
/ (Mike continues reciting... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=6 |
| Did you say something? | 1
/ Mike: "Good morning everyone. I'm going to be the TA for General Physics Lab this semester. In this course you will learn the basics of... uh... not a single one of you is listening right now." / 2a
/ Mike: "Oh my God, the Martians are landing. They say Barack Obama was born in Kentucky but he is... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=7 |
| That'll add some dents | 1
/ Mike: "Ugh, what a day..."
/ *opens door* / 2
/ Robot: "TAKE OUT THE TRASH, HUMAN."
/ Mike: "Hi, Bob. Sure, I'll take out the trash." / 3
/ *looks around the corner*
/ Mike: "Hey Dan, why didn't you just make the robot take out the trash?" / 4
/ Dan: "He's not allowed outside anymore, since... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=8 |
| Wrong kind of bug | 1
/ *knock knock*
/ *robot opens door* / 2
/ Dale: "Hi, I'm from Dale's Dead Bug. Are you the robot who called about the bug problem?"
/ Robot: "EXTERMINATE!" / 3
/ Dale: "Don't mind if I do!" /
/ 4
/ Robot: "EXTERMINATE!"
/ Dale: "Okay,... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=9 |
| He hasn't learned "Elevate" yet | 1
/ Dan: "Apparently Bob watched a bunch of Dr. Who episodes and decided he wanted to be a Dalek." / 2
/ Mike: "Yes, I see that, but why did it call an exterminator?"
/ Dan: "He called 411 on my cell phone, yelled "EXTERMINATE!" at the operator, and the operator connected him with Dale's Dead Bug." / 3... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=10 |
| Proving her point | 1
/ Girl: "I can't stand my roommate. She's got a thing for physics grad students." / 2
/ Girl: "They're such hopeless nerds. They're completely socially inept. I have no idea what she sees in them." / 3
/ Mike: "Excuse me. First of all, screw you for referring to physics grads as 'hopeless nerds'." / 4
/ Mike:... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=11 |
| Maps | 1
/ Advisor: "Ashley, I have to go to a meeting, so go introduce yourself to Mike over there, and he'll find something for you to do."
/ Ashley: "Sure." / 2
/ Ashley sneaks up behind Mike, who is singing along to music ("Maps" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and not paying attention
/ Ashley: "That has to be the most... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=12 |
| Tank vs. Spearman | 1
/ Ashley: "Are you going to do something useful, or just play Civ 4?"
/ Mike: "Hold on, I'm playing against some loser on the internet. I'm in the modern age and this sucker is still in the stone ages." / 2a
/ Mike: "This war should be over quickly."
/ Mike: "WHAT"
/ Ashley: "Looks like his spearman just... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=13 |
| Calm before the storm | 1
/ Chris: Hey, Mike and Ashley, ready to take data?
/ Mike: Oh boy...
/ Ashley: You sound enthused. / 2
/ Chris: Taking data is both the most exciting thing we do, and the most boring.
/ Ashley: What?
/ Chris: Well, this is the outcome of all the work we put into making this experiment work, but waiting... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=14 |
| The tempest | 1a
/ Mike is dozing off
/ Computer: The tornado is approaching the south side of Norman. / 1b
/ Klonk (power goes out, water starts spraying from pump)
/ Mike: Oh shit! / 2a
/ Mike pushes buttons on control panel /
/ 2b
/ Mike fixes pump leak /
/ 3a
/ Mike is dozing off
/ Computer: The National Weather... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=15 |
| Beware of snapping turtle | 1 //Chris and Ashley outside
/ Ashley: You know, it was really a jerk move to not invite Mike to the tornado shelter? What if he got hurt?
/ Chris: Oh calm down. He's fine. The lab is underground anyway, so he wasn't in danger. /
/ 2 //Chris and Ashley entering lab
/ Chris: And we got to spend some... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=16 |
| A comedy of errors | 1
/ Student 1: What's in the box?
/ Mike: Cookies.
/ Student 1: Can I have a cookie?
/ Mike: No. / 2
/ Student 2: What's the units on this scale?
/ Mike: Millimeters.
/ Student 2: Is that the same as a centimeter? / 3
/ Student 3: What's a Kelvin?
/ Student 4: It's the same as a degree Celsius, but offset so... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=17 |
| Out, damned spot! | 1 //View: From beside Mike's head, looking at a dirty mirror in the dye laser
/ Mike: Friggin' dust messing up the laser... / 2
/ *Mike scrubs at mirror with lens paper* / 3
/ *Mike scrubs at mirror with lens paper* / 4
/ Mike: WHY IS THIS LASER STILL UNCLEAN!?
/ Ashley: Is it really a good idea to... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=18 |
| Peter Dustytail | 1
/ Here comes Peter Dustytail
/ Hopping down the dusty trail / 2
/ Hippity, hoppity,
/ dust is on its way. / 3
/ Think your laser's working great?
/ Well, guess what? Now it ain't! / 4
/ Hippity, hoppity,
/ dust is on its way! http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=19 |
| She really wants that A | 1 //Mike is sitting in the front of the classroom, giving an exam. Only one person is left, a girl
/ Mike: Okay, we're out of time for the exam. You'll need to turn it in.
/ Girl: Aww... I don't think I did too well. /
/ 2
/ Mike: Well, hopefully you did fine.
/ Girl: Yeah...
/ Girl: Hey, would you like... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=20 |
| Pressganging | 1 //Mike is watching TV ("Wolf News")
/ Dan: You really shouldn't watch that crap. It angries up the blood.
/ WNC Anchor: And 10,000 people were killed in South Who Gives a Crap. Next on Wolf News, The Seven Clowns. /
/ 2
/ Mike: Eh, I think I can deal with it.
/ WNC Anchor: Didja hear what Obama is... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=21 |
| You may call her Ashley | 1
/ Ashley: Why are you attaching your bike to a tree? The bike rack is just over there.
/ Mike: Bike rack is full. / 2
/ Ashley: But what if someone steals it?
/ Mike: Well, let me know if you see any lumberjacks wandering around campus. / 3
/ Undergrad: "I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay. I sleep all... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=23 |
| Anaheim | 1
/ Mike: Ready to go to Anaheim?
/ Ashley: I wanna go to Disneyland! / 2
/ Advisor: If by "Disneyland," you mean "the conference," then you're in luck!
/ Ashley: Awww... / 3
/ Mike: I just want to know whose bright idea it was to have the conference two blocks from Disneyland during tourist season.
/ Chris:... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=24 |
| Pennsylvania | 1
/ Mike: I think I've seen you somewhere before...
/ Girl: Okay... / 2
/ Mike: By any chance, were you at the Brian Greene talk at the University of Pittsburgh a couple years ago?
/ Girl: No, I've never even been to Pittsburgh. / 3
/ Mike: Oh. Well, then... /
/ 4
/ Mike: I hate to be the bearer of bad... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=26 |
| Earning her way | 1
/ Dan: I'm not allowing you to watch the news channel anymore.
/ Mike: Well, then, what can I watch?
/ Dan: You can still watch the Miss Finance Show on the financial channel. / 2
/ MF: You can only deposit into a retirement income with EARNED income. As a graduate student, you're not earning your... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=27 |
| Pickup scientist | 1
/ Mike: Those girls over there are pretty cute.
/ Ashley: You should go talk to them. /
/ 2
/ Ashley: So do you think he'll get shot down?
/ Chris: Totally. /
/ 3
/ Mike (to girls): Hi ladies, how would you like to study Efimov physics with me?
/ Chris (to Ashley): I suppose I should have told him... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=28 |
| The Independence Day explanation | 1a
/ //Advisor is walking out to car / 1b
/ //UFO pulls advisor in with beam / 2
/ //Advisor is talking to grad students
/ Advisor: You guys deserve a day off. Don't worry about coming in tomorrow. / 3a
/ //UFO returns Advisor / 3b
/ //Advisor walks to physics building / 4 //Advisor walks into lab,... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=29 |
| The revenge of the robot | 1a
/ Dan: All done, that should fix your falling-down problem.
/ Robot: Thanks, Dan. /
/ 1b //Dan leaves room, Mike and Ashley enter
/ Mike: So on problem 5, the Hamiltonian is of the form... oh no, Dan's pet robot is out.
/ Ashley: Pet robot?
/ Mike: Yeah, he built it out of a broken Macbook and some chicken... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=30 |
| Bromine Barium | 1
/ Mike: Walter White is an inspiration for all. With his knowledge of science, he became a millionaire.
/ Ashley: By manufacturing lethal drugs and murdering anyone who got in his way.
/ Mike: Minor details. / 2
/ Ashley: Minor details? Killing people by suffocating them with poison gas, choking them... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=31 |
| Yummy animals | 1
/ Mike: Ashley went to class, but she said she'd email us about what place she'd prefer when we go to lunch.
/ Chris: Sure, whatever.
/ *ping* New email. Subject: Vote yes for the animals! / 2 //This frame is screenshot of email program
/ Animals sound awesome for lunch. I know a good barbecue place... http://cesiumcomics.com/index.php?number=32 |