The Heroes Happen Here comic rolls on with lots of good stuff...

Jason Sacks — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:09:00 GMT

I've been making a point of reading the "Heroes Happen Here" online comic because it's just a pure delight for me. It's told a fun, albeit slightly far-fetched story that has brought our heroes all around the world in an effort to stop a nasty virus that's hit computers all over the world. The guys have been to Argentina during a soccer championship, in Canada during a blizzard (yes, Canadians, it's a stereotype that you get snow 365 days a year, but there's a grain of truth in there. :-) Tune in to see where they go next.

For me the best part of the strip is the cute, knowing, geeky jokes that the characters make. "Real life is a lot like legacy code. Sometimes you just have to deal with it." Or this cute post about elegant code. The guest strip from several days ago was a real treat. It's illustrated by Dick Giordano, a great artist and a real legend in the industry, and he does a wonderful job of conveying a kind of '60s love comic vibe that makes this strip irresistible to me. The old-style coloring just adds to it; that strip looks just like something you might have read in a Sunday newspaper 20 years ago. ("What's a newspaper?" wonder the younger readers)

I really recommend you check out this strip. It'll bring a smile to your face every day. You can even submit your own stories of IT/Dev life for the strip.

And, if you like or don't like the strip, send along some comments. I'm sure they want to know what people think of their work.

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The Heroes Happen Here comic rolls on with lots of good stuff...