A comic based on a true story told by David Dickerson.
When writer and storyteller David Dickerson returns to grad school at the age of thirty-one, he has high hopes for his love life because “science is on his side.” His pursuit of romance leads him to a dark ocean at 3 a.m. for a moment he’ll never forget. This story was originally performed in front of a live audience at The Story Collider in May 2011. It was my privledge, then, to adapt it into the comic format.
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This comic has won an honor! This comic has been chosen for the Open Lab 2013 anthology of the best science writing online. Thank you so much!