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Microsoft Launches IT Superhero Comic

Posted by Zonk on from the humor-doesn't-come-from-the-comic dept.

willdavid writes "Paul McDougall reports in InformationWeek on Microsoft's new online comic. The Heroes Happen Here comic strips are being created by Jordan Gorfinkel, a former DC Comics editor who helped revitalize the Batman series. 'Tech workers who in the middle of the night fix a downed server or take on a computer virus don't really have extraordinary powers. It just seems that way. But a new comic book has debuted in which IT pros literally are superheroes. The daily Web comic, called Heroes Happen Here, features tech savvy crime fighters like Lord Firewall, who "stands between chaos and order" and says things like "begone vermin!"'" And because it's never easy, in order to read the archives of the comic you're going to need to install Microsoft's Silverlight.

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  1. I wonder the same thing by _merlin · · Score: 4, Informative

    Real geeks have XKCD, Dilbert and BOFH to amuse them among other things.

  2. Re:Who is the target audience? by Tribbin · · Score: 3, Informative

    Who sould have thunk?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_(runtime)

    (Silverlight for unix-like env.)

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  3. Plain, non-silverlight archives by Lemming+Mark · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://blogs.technet.com/hhh_comic/default.aspx

  4. Re:Who is the target audience? by RalphSleigh · · Score: 3, Informative

    Looks like static jpgs to me

    http://www.microsoft.com/heroeshappenhere/comicviewer/Images/Week1_Day1_full.jpg

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  5. Re:Cross-platform? (Re:Just wondering) by KFW · · Score: 3, Informative

    You must have read the license with a PC. I'm using FireFox on a Mac - when I clicked the link to read the license agreement, I was directed to a page with "MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS FOR FIREFOX 1.5+ AND SAFARI ON MACINTOSH OSX 10.4+". See http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/license-mac.aspx
    /K

  6. Problem is by Marcos+Eliziario · · Score: 3, Informative

    The drawing is nicely done, the colors are just right. But heck. this thing is not funny, is not even vaguely interesting enough to be read.

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