Nerd Nite SF #91: Brainhacking, Holiday Comics, and WWII Botany!

“Cyborg Your Mind”

Explore electronics projects that you can build to manipulate your brain in strange, new, debatably useful ways!

Speaker: Alex Glow

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“O Holy Night, Batman! The Cartoon Art Museum’s Best and Worst Holiday Comics”

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at…Iron Man? Join San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum for a festive look at a century’s worth of holiday cartoons and comics, from timeless favorites like Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts and How the Grinch Stole Christmas to forgotten classics including Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol and a stocking full of bizarre holiday comics starring everyone from ALF to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Cartoon Art Museum staff will share the secret stories behind some of the bestâ€"and worstâ€"children’s books, comics, and animation the holidays have to offer.

Speakers: With comic book colorist and Cartoon Art Museum Program Coordinator Nina Taylor Kester and award-winning author and Cartoon Art Museum Curator Andrew Farago.

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“The Botanists’ War”

Commando raids, political intrigue, heroic sacrifice and… plant science? This is the tale of two scientists on opposing sidesâ€"one Nazi, one Sovietâ€"whose lives and research became strangely intertwined during World War II.

Speaker: Bart Bernhardt is a co-organizer of Nerd Nite SF and is fascinated by great assholes in science history.