June 1, 2008
FFF Results Post #122—Nerds!
On Friday afternoon, participating
CR readers were asked to "Name Five Nerds, Geeks And/Or All-Around Poindexters From The Comics." Here are the results.
suggested by Dave Knott
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Dave Knott
* Professor Cuthbert Calculus -- An excellent and hilarious twist on the absentminded professor stereotype, in an adventure comic no less.
* George Hamilton III -- Wow, what a great character! I sometimes think I *was* this guy during the early nineties.
* Dilton Doiley -- The amazing thing about Dilton is that even though he's the biggest nerd in his high school, all the other teenagers accept him and never give him a hard time. Only in the comics, man.
* Kim Doonesbury -- High tech geek chic, baby.
* Peter Parker -- Lee-Ditko version before the character became a cool kid and therefore someone I could no longer identity with.
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Tom Spurgeon
1. Brainiac 5
2. George Hamilton III
3. Harunobu Madarame
4. Jason Fox
5. Gyro Gearloose
*****
James Langdell
1. Kilowog
2. Ted Kord
3. Zot's Uncle Max
4. Gunther Berger
5. Oliver Wendell Jones
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Mark D. Ashworth
1. Clyde Crashcup
2. Helen Beta Narbon
3. Dexter ("Dee Dee! Get out of my laboratory!")
4. Fenton Fuscus
5. Wade (on "Kim Possible")
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Johnny Bacardi
1. Arnold Burnsteel (Fate, Scare Tactics)
2. Jack B. Quick
3. The Gecko (Major Bummer)
4. Big Words (Newsboy Legion)
5. Tadwallader Jutefruice
*****
Joe Schwind
Professor Ned Brainard
Impey Barbicane
Professor Redwood
Doctor Solar
Mr. Peabody
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Buzz Dixon
1. Gyro Gearloose
2. Barry Ween, Boy Genius
3. Leonardo (Clyde Crashcup's assistant and the real brains of the outfit)
4. Plato (from EPICURUS THE SAGE)
5. Phineas Freak
*****
Tim O'Shea
1. Funky Winkerbean
2. Hank McCoy
3. Peter Parker (if for nothing else, when his graduation from college was delayed by his lack of a gym class credit)
4. Kitty Pryde
5. Barbara Gordon
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Fred Hembeck
1. Tadwallader Jutefruice (aka Super-Hip, from DC's Bob Hope comic)
2. Plato (from Beetle Bailey)
3. Dilton Doiley
4. Jasper Sitwell
...and, uh,
5. Fred Hembeck ... no denying it ...
*****
John Vest
1. Jasper Sitwell
2. Harold H. Harold
3. Toby Radloff
4. Merry Man
5. Dilton Doiley
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Michael Grabowski
1. The Cartoon Guide to the Universe Narrator
2. The Junior Woodchucks
3. Bacchus' pal Simpson
4. Linus
5. Bran Mak Mufin
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Brian Moore
1. Professor Lupin Madblood (Narbonic, Shaenon Garrity)
2. Athol Kung of R.U.R. (Time^2: The Epiphany, Howard Chaykin)
3. Professor Cuthbert Calculus
4. Bernie (Mike Doonesbury's lab partner in college)
5. Dan Pussey
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Chris Arrant
1. Marcie from Peanuts
2. Professor Calculus from Tin Tin
3. Yamane from 20th Century Boys
4. Wiz Kid from the X-men comics
5. Maul from Wildcats
*****
Don Sticksel
1) Oswald Loomis, The Golden Age Prankster
2) Little Octagon
3) Hembeck (no offense Fred)
4) Jack B. Quick
5) Deb Whitman
*****
Tony Collett
1. Barry Ween, Boy Genius
2. Bernie the Brain
3. Dilton Doiley
4. Jimmy Corrigan
5. O.G. Wotasnozzle
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Tom Bondurant
1. Dan "Nite Owl II" Dreiberg
2. Lucas "Snapper" Carr
3. Reed "Mr. Fantastic" Richards
4. Anthony "Big Words" Rodrigues
5. Doctor Terry Thirteen
*****
Will Pfeifer
1. Josh from Even Dorkin's Eltingville strips (a nerd among nerds!)
2. Dan Pussey
3. Peter Parker (early Ditko era)
4. Clark Kent
5. The Chief (from the Doom Patrol)
*****
Mark Coale
1. Oliver Wendell Jones
2. Lt. Fuzz
3. Dr. Sivana
4. Will Magnus
5. Egghead
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Matthew Wave
1) The kid from Immortal, Invisible
2) Cousin Chin-Kee from American Born Chinese
3) Jeffrey Dahmer from My Friend Dahmer
4) Marcie from Peanuts
5) Toby Radloff from American Splendor
*****
Grant Goggans
1. Jack B. Quick
2. Abelard Snazz
3. Dilton Doiley
4. Oliver Wendell Jones
5. Walter, Prince of Softies
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Sean T. Collins
1. Rusty Brown
2. Chalky White
3. Wedgie
4. Peter Parker back in the day
5. That kid pushing the door that says "pull" at Midvale School for the Gifted
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