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September 18, 2016 12:35 AM

Cartoon Abstracts Academic papers summarised in cartoon form.
posted by Segundus (5 comments total)

As someone who spends far too much time looking at abstracts, I thank you. My colleagues at the library are going to love these.
posted by evilDoug at 6:17 AM on September 18, 2016

Well, yeah. When you have academic papers with the words "Robot" and "Zombie" in the title, it's pretty much begging for a cartoon adaptation.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 7:39 AM on September 18, 2016

These seem much harder to read than real abstracts. It's a funny gag, but that's about it.
posted by demiurge at 8:59 AM on September 18, 2016 [1 favorite]

I think for some people (including my students, who are learning to use academic journals), these will help with understanding. Reading and understanding academic journal articles is a learned skill, and this is a good tool to help with that learning.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:35 AM on September 18, 2016

This is a reasonably plain English summary of research papers with some cartoony stuff wound round it. Which isn't a bad thing, to be sure.
posted by Sebmojo at 5:46 PM on September 18, 2016