Dresden Codak
Dresden Codak is a webcomic written and illustrated by Arryn Diaz. Described by Diaz as a "celebration of science, death and human folly", the comic presents stories that deal with elements of philosophy, science and technology, and/or psychology. The comic was recognized in 2008 at the Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards for Outstanding Use of Color and Outstanding Use of The Medium. On October 22, 2008, "Dresden Codak" concluded a long-running sequence called "Hob", which focused on the character Kimiko's discovery of a post-Singularity robot and its attempted recovery by people from a future in  which Earth was destroyed in a war with the artificial intelligence that once tended the planet. On February 25, 2013, Arryn Diaz launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a hard cover book edition of the webcomic. Dubbed "The Tomorrow Girl: Dresden Codak Volume 1", it collected the first 5 years of the webcomic plus additional art and reformatted everything to fit printed media. The campaign reached its original goal of $30,000 in less than 24 hours and ended with a total of $534,994. Subject matter. "Dresden Codak"'s second longest-running story arc, HOB, focused primarily  on the results of a technological singularity and the consequences of time travel. Accordingly, much of "Dresden Codak" falls into the cyberpunk and science fiction genres. The current and longest-running major story arc is Dark Science. The arc centers on Kimiko Ross, while introducing a few new characters. The arc also utilises to great effect the artistic style of decopunk, which, though notably present in the HOB arc, defines the city of Nephilopolis. Reception. "The Perry Bible Fellowship" creator Nicholas Gurewitch wrote that he enjoyed reading "Dresden Codak". The comic's highbrow patter is distinctive yet not based in  realistic physical medium: internet pundit Lore Sjöberg described it as "Little Nemo in Higher Education Land", while the pseudo-Victorian pseudoscience of "Traversing the Luminiferous Aether with Rupert and Hubert" was featured in the "Daily Zeitgeist" section of science magazine "Seed".