NentuabyOh, poor Artie. From supergenius to Useless Gay in one hot science spy.
EllieAmong all the excellent, excellent jokes in #Narbonic,
"Gosh, sane geneticists probably don't even HAVE teleporters."
is one of the best (and probably does a really good job of summing up the humor of the series for people who haven't read it).
The term "hapax legomenon" itself sounds fantastic, enough so that Shaenon Garrity borrowed it for the title of the leader of the Lizard Men of Mars in "The Astonishing Excursions of Helen Narbon & Co.", the Sunday steampunk adventures of the ancestors of the main cast of her webcomic #Narbonic.
If you follow me and haven't read Narbonic, drop what you're doing and go read Narbonic: http://narbonic.com/comic/july-31-august-5-2000/
Joyeuse Noëlle!I keep thinking about a #Narbonic TV series. Jonathan Coulton's "You Ruined Everything" as a title theme; "I'm Your Moon" for the final kiss at the end of the series.