Ed tried to describe the essence behind his cartoon himself: “Some cartoonists–Roz Chast, George Booth, Frank Cotham–just draw funny. I’ve always hoped my drawings are funny too. I try to put lots of details into most cartoons so someone who looks closely can discover something new. I’m an optimistic person and so I tend to steer away from dark humor and veer toward silliness.”
So, without further ado, we invite you to the silly world of Ed, where science meets cartoons. More info: Instagram | x.com | himelblau.com “I teach biology and draw cartoons. For the biology part, I’m a professor at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo, CA. I teach about the small stuff: DNA, cells, etc. The boring way to describe what we do in my lab is that we study how changes in DNA alter how plants grow. The more fun way to say it is that we study mutant broccoli!” “My first cartoon love was Peanuts, by Charles Schulz. I collected about 150 Peanuts books–mostly from garage sales. We got the New Yorker in my home and I thought the cartoons were great. Roz Chast published her first cartoon in the magazine around the time I was eight. I thought her cartoons were weird and the drawings were funny and I loved them. I majored in biology in college but took lots of art classes. When I got to grad school, I was doing biology all the time and started missing art. So I decided to start drawing science cartoons. More recently I’ve expanded into other subject matter and those are the cartoons that helped me get into The New Yorker. My goal is to one day publish a lab/science cartoon in the magazine.” “My cartoon mission statement–for my science cartoons at least–is that scientists can be portrayed with humor and authenticity. I hope my cartoons give people a peek into the world of the modern laboratory and the diverse, funny humans who inhabit that space. Or maybe I just enjoy drawing beakers and bottles… I draw a lot of those.” And lastly, Ed added: “I have a free science cartoon newsletter, The Lab Meeting. You can subscribe on my website to get a new cartoon every month. Also, mutant broccoli means you no harm!” Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
