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1. pauljessup
VIEW ALL BY · Friday September 26, 2008 09:09am EDT

This seems oddly familiar...

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/jessup_06_08/

2. TooMuchExposition
VIEW ALL BY · Friday September 26, 2008 09:14am EDT

paultjessup @ 1: I would say that I was shocked that there's a short story out there that made reference to Schrodinger's work, but...actually, I'm not. :)

3. JStarr
VIEW ALL BY · Friday September 26, 2008 11:49am EDT

His head is in two locations at once! QUANTUM HEAD.

Okay, actually the art is fun and I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes...

4. thelittlefluffycat
Friday September 26, 2008 11:58am EDT

Cat-centric! Awesomeness! :)

5. pauljessup
VIEW ALL BY · Friday September 26, 2008 12:02pm EDT

Was my other post deleted?

TooMuchExposition @ 2:
Yeah, but my point was that both follow a similiar train of logic using the undead and Schrodinger's cat. That, I thought, was surprising.

6. RobertB
Friday September 26, 2008 12:20pm EDT

Ah, but can they run Linux?

7. netbob
Friday September 26, 2008 12:26pm EDT

Aren't cats kinda undead already? So making a zombie cat would really have the reverse effect?

8. thumbelinablues
VIEW ALL BY · Friday September 26, 2008 02:26pm EDT

RobertB @ 6 -- No, I think they're running a smaller, perhaps jump-drive, version of OS X. :-P

9. genericwhiteguy
Friday September 26, 2008 07:13pm EDT

I like the combination of Schroedinger and undead zombie cats-- clever!

This other zombie site cracks me up -- greeting cards for the zombie apocalypse and a funny zombie news blog.

ifyouwereazombie.com

10. Dilirah
Friday September 26, 2008 08:05pm EDT

Hahahaha. I have a no-tail Manx, so that part about the Manx cracked me up.

11. DBarr
Friday September 26, 2008 08:07pm EDT

Thumbalinablues: would that be Panther, Leopard or Tiger?

(And why did they name the OS X series after German tanks?)

12. brian victor c.
Friday September 26, 2008 08:37pm EDT

brilliant art of course . I didn't get the joke though . Because I'm a zombie too .

13. NormHart
VIEW ALL BY · Friday September 26, 2008 09:39pm EDT

I can not believe that Tor is collaborating with Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri in this horror! Taking these sweet, lovable, little kittens and turning them over to vombification!

I hope you can assure me that no cats were harmed (physically, mentally, or spiritually) in the production of this travesty.

Concerned Californian,

:D

14. Irene
VIEW ALL BY · Friday September 26, 2008 09:56pm EDT

Speaking of horror, I have to admit that Bieri's : http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=gallery&id=9428%E2%84%91=2410&image=2410#thumbs
Made me laugh much louder than I should be willing to admit -- Speaking as both a meat _and_ tofu lover.

15. Fiddlestiks
Friday September 26, 2008 11:45pm EDT

Is this supposed to be funny?

16. Mumbles Magoo
Saturday September 27, 2008 03:47am EDT

Jim Ottaviani has written some great, non-fiction, cartoon-books in the past.

17. Michelangelo
Saturday September 27, 2008 08:39am EDT

Schrödinger's cat - hilarious! In a perfect world, Bela Lugosi would still be around for the movie adaptation.

18. Torsten Adair
Sunday September 28, 2008 09:53am EDT

Wow... my head hurts just trying to understand the thought expirement with a zombie cat... Must lie down, take break from plans for World Domination...

19. Jen Contino
Sunday September 28, 2008 12:57pm EDT

Good show, Jim & Sean!

Jen
http://www.comicon.com/pulse

20. CliftonR
VIEW ALL BY · Sunday September 28, 2008 02:19pm EDT

For those who missed the allusion, Eugene Wigner was another brilliant theoretical physicist, sometimes nicknamed "the silent genius" or "the silent Einstein".

21. Larry T.
Monday September 29, 2008 07:44am EDT

I was disappointed. I have other examples of his work and the above is not at the same level.

22. matociquala
VIEW ALL BY · Monday September 29, 2008 01:14pm EDT

A short story that makes reference to Schrodinger's Cat? You know, I once had one of those rejected by an editor who said she'd already published five such stories, and that was a lifetime limit....

(I like the no-haggle pricing policy. But I would charge extra for a Manx.)

Better Zombies Through Physics 01

By jim ottaviani and sean bieri