April 6, 2006
WOW!
High high geekdom here... Author Matt Fraction is releasing a new graphic novel: The Five Fists of Science Here is a PDF preview: The Five Fists of Science Here is the cover:
It stars Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla in a race to save the world from Thomas Edison and J.P Morgan. "Best part? It's true. Almost," says Matt.Hat tip to BoingBoing I have long been a fan of Nikola Tesla and his run-ins with Edison and Morgan were legendary. Mark Twain was a close friend of Tesla. Tesla is unfortunately known as a bit of a crackpot but he invented a few things that you might use on a daily basis -- alternating current, AC motors, the system we still use today for electrical power distribution, fluorescent lights, X-Ray tubes and a little thing called Radio (he had demonstrated a remote controlled small submarine that moved and submerged several years before Marconi's three dots across the Atlantic). I have a copy pre-ordered at Amazon. The artwork looks fantastic. Posted by DaveH at April 6, 2006 10:17 PM
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