If you’ve been a graduate student since the late 1990’s, you’re probably familiar with PhD Comics, a comic drawn by Jorge Cham that captures the absurdities of his graduate studies in a way that will resonate with any graduate student. If you have graduate student experience and haven’t seen PhD Comics, you should definitely add it to your daily reading list.
A couple of years ago, Cham recruited some graduate students to make a movie that captures some of the fun of the comic. It’s about an hour long and has been for sale since its release. Now Cham is raising funds for a second movie and as part of that effort you can view the first movie for free during June. Just go to this page to enjoy the fun. It’s amazing how well the actors capture the comic’s characters.
You probably have to have been a graduate student to appreciate the in-jokes and humor of the movie but if you have that experience, the movie is sure to bring back those days of joy and pain. I love this comic and read it every day and I really enjoyed the movie. Now’s your chance to see it for free.
If you like it or are a PhD Comics fan, you might want to kick in some funds for the new movie. Just follow the second link above for the kickstarter page.