The Accidental Space Spy: an earthling is accidentally impressed into chasing after an anthropologist and thrown into exotic (and deadly) alien cultures, where he struggles to understand their biologies & reproductive strategies & evolutionary pressures while staying alive. He does, most characters don't.
The art is best described as 'dire but it may grow on you', and the real joy is just the sheer variety of aliens on offer (a bit like Stapledon's Star Maker - both works throw away more fascinating alien creatures in one or two chapters than most SF series have in their entirety) and trying to figure out what evo biology scenario has been pushed to the max by the author - costly signaling of fitness, mate guarding, short-term memories, placebo effect etc. Some are pretty cool (I really liked the Invisibility Zone one), others not so much (placebo effect scenario less convincing than Robin Hanson's).
#evolution #biology #webcomics
The art is best described as 'dire but it may grow on you', and the real joy is just the sheer variety of aliens on offer (a bit like Stapledon's Star Maker - both works throw away more fascinating alien creatures in one or two chapters than most SF series have in their entirety) and trying to figure out what evo biology scenario has been pushed to the max by the author - costly signaling of fitness, mate guarding, short-term memories, placebo effect etc. Some are pretty cool (I really liked the Invisibility Zone one), others not so much (placebo effect scenario less convincing than Robin Hanson's).
#evolution #biology #webcomics