"The Evolution of the Concept of the Superhuman"

Earlier today, Jess Nevins (comics annotator extraordinaire) launched into a history lesson on his twitter account, tracing the history of the superhuman. Fantastic.

http://twitter.com/jessnevins

History! Hot damn!

Continuing tonight's theme of celebrating comics geeks dedicating themselves lovingly to a single niche: Kate Beaton, who at 6:34 pm asked her livejournal audience for suggestions for historical figures to write about and by 11:01 pm had finished 3 comics. Hot damn! I'd never even heard of Isambard Kingdom Brunel or Ada Lovelace. Now I want to go bury my face in history books.

Thanks, Andi.

UPDATE: They's more. I'm linking because I love the Catherine the Great strip, but after this you're on your own.