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A lot of the time, when I find myself critiquing scientific accuracy in movies, I have to remind myself that it had to get close enough to getting it right to get things wrong.

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Some of the first infographics I did started off as notes to myself: trying to plot out, for instance, how IP addresses are allocated. After a while, I thought, 'This is a neat thing I can share with people, and they can follow me along in that process of understanding.'

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People in my world can be disdainful of political and social problems and solutions. But we're never going to stop needing those.

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There are definitely times - and I think this is pretty common among cartoonists - where you spend an entire day trying to think of an idea, and you're like, 'I give up.' And then you go and take a shower or run an errand, and halfway there, you get an idea.

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I'm just one of those people who can always tell the same story twice, forgetting that I've told it already.

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A lot of people will refer to comics by number to me, and I'll realize they're expecting me to remember all the comics by number. And I can't even remember what I ate this morning, let alone which comic was #473!

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I try not to spend too much time interpreting my comics for people, because I try to put out there whatever I can, and people can draw whatever conclusions they want.

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The nice thing about being on the Internet is that you're not as recognisable as someone that's been on TV.

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Lots of people in aggregate might know who I am, but they are spread around across the country and the world.

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I have always had trouble paying attention. When I was supposed to be at work, I'd be doodling. But then when I was home, trying to draw, I would be working on math problems. I never end up doing exactly what I should be doing at at any given time.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Cartoonist

Born: October 17th, 1984

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