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For the next six weeks, the Tor Books website will be joining scientist Erwin Schrödinger on a tour of Quantum Zombies, Inc.

Join us for chills, thrills, and pulse-pounding scientific breakthroughs as we embark on a tour of the Quantum Zombie, Inc. facility, courtesy of a guy who bears a striking resemblance to famed scientist and cat-lover Erwin Schrödinger. Hijinks, hilarity, and an abundance of felines await you in Tor.com’s newest comic strip.

There will be one strip a week for the next six weeks and the first on can be found here.

Check out Friday’s Dork Tower.

So, biofuels were going to save us from global catastrophe until someone pointed out that growing fuel instead of food might have an impact on food prices. There is a solution: Soylent Petrol.

Check out Sunday’s Sinfest

Click on through for the punchline.

Check out Wednesday’s Dork Tower.

Dave Stevens, the graphic artist probably best known around these parts for The Rocketeer – the comic book that was such a big part of the Bettie Page revival in the 1980s, and which went on to spawn a film – has died from complications of leukemia at the age of 52.

He’ll be missed.

After the disappointment that was 300, my enthusiasm for Zach Snyder’s take on Watchmen has waned considerably. Granted, Snyder continues to say all of the right things but I am far from convinced that he can pull off a story as broad and complex as Alan Moore’s graphic novel.

The film is due to be released in a year’s time and the first images of the characters have been released. Obviously it’s difficult - if not impossible - to draw any conclusions from a bunch of stills, but here they are and, as a comparison, I have also added some scans of the original (comic book) versions.

I probably will see the film, but I still have the horrible feeling that it’s going to be another League of Extraordinary Gentlemen rather than a V for Vendetta.