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bigdamnnerd ([personal profile] bigdamnnerd) wrote2004-08-12 10:21 am

Marvel universe looks like a real social network

Someone did a paper on the social relationships in the Marvel Comics universe:

http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/0202174

[identity profile] not-eurotic.livejournal.com 2004-08-12 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
I sent this to a pal of mine who works at DC (and dad inks for Marvel)

His response:

"??? Is this guy insane?"

:)

[identity profile] navik.livejournal.com 2004-08-13 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Haven't read it yet but it seems interesting, assuming it is looking at some kind of subconscious social structuring of the Marvel universe.