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a comic about space and dinosaurs.

spinosaurus

spinosaurus published on 2 Comments on spinosaurus

if you’re ever looking for some spicy drama in the paleontology world, spinosaurus is the dinosaur to follow. not only do scientists keep disagreeing about every conceivable aspect of the dino, but it seems like every few months there’s some big new discovery that completely rewrites everything we thought we knew about it and adds more fuel to the fire.

we once thought spino was basically just a fat t-rex with a sail on its back, then a giant bipedal murder-crocodile (like in jurassic park 3), then a knuckle-walking fish-eater, and now a bipedal ambush-predator who likes to take the occassional cruise down the river. that paddle-like tail was only discovered in early 2020, and we still don’t even know what the purpose of the giant sail on its back was.

i can only assume scientists have a “no talking about spinosaurus” policy every christmas dinner.

new dinosaur

new dinosaur published on 5 Comments on new dinosaur

that kid is dedicated to his craft.

if you’re wondering why there wasn’t a comic this tuesday, i’ve been really busy with work lately, so sedna is moving to a 1 comic/week schedule until i can build up my buffer a little bit. sorry about that mates. hopefully i’ll get back up to 2 again before too long.

sauropicnic

sauropicnic published on No Comments on sauropicnic

(click here for a high resolution version of this illustration)

illustration day mates! nice view from up there.

for those wondering, this particular dinosaur is a ‘giraffatitan’, a tall sauropod from the jurassic. you’ve probably seen before but falsely labelled as ‘brachiosaurus’, which is a similar but less giraffe-like sauropod that lived in north america, while giraffatitan lived in africa. early paleontologists thought they were the same species, and giraffatitan had a much more complete specimen, which is why a lot of brachiosaurus illustrations looked like this.

i tried to be anatomically accurate with these guys for once, and it’s surprising once you realise just how small their heads are compared to their massive necks. it makes sense though. sauropods don’t do a lot of thinking or chewing, they’re basically giant tree vaccuum cleaners, and the head is pretty much just a feeding hole.

also yes, this does mean the next batch of comics are going to be dinosaur-related. i haven’t been super happy with my earlier dinosaur comics so this time around i’ve tried to improve the art and make the jokes a little funnier. hope you guys like them.

stay-at-home dad

stay-at-home dad published on No Comments on stay-at-home dad

that girl’s got a good family. :)

well, that’s the end of this little sedna+mum series. hope you guys enjoyed it. it’s a nice break from all the usual science geekery just to have some characters goofing around every now and then (and it’s nice not to have to do any research for once).

but for the (probably) small percentage of you who are actually here for the educational science comics, stay tuned for next week. ;)