Calamities of Nature

Calamities of Nature is a gag-a-day comic strip that focuses on topics of social commentary, science, religion, philosophy, and lots of bacon. This is the first volume of Calamities of Nature comics. This collection features: - Most of the comics posted in the online archives during its first year - A special bonus comic done for the Web Cartoonist Choice Awards - A step-by-step look at the making of Calamities of Nature Calamities of Nature has been online since 2007. During this time, it has been viewed by millions of people and won a number of accolades, including being a finalist for the best webcomic of 2010 by the Washington Post, finalist in the 2008 Webcomic Idol contest finalist (a comic version of the American Idol show), and a finalist in the 2008 Weblog Awards (the world’s largest blog competition, with over a million votes cast) alongside such famous comics as Dilbert and xkcd. Calamities of Nature has also been featured on a number of prominent blogs, including Pharyngula and Bad Astronomy (which was named one of Time Magazine’s top 25 blogs of 2009).