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  1. Li says:

    Surely I’m not the only one that finds the Mandelbrot Set terrifying? Sometimes I’m scared that it’ll eat me :(

  2. Yohan says:

    Looks like a rip in the time-space continuum.

  3. Jenn says:

    Ah, math geek humor… gotta love it :)

  4. plasticuser says:

    Now that you mention it… That’s kind of creepy.

  5. WC says:

    Ahhh, how can you fear a mathematical construct that has its own song?

    http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/Mandelbrot%20Set

    As always, I love the comic! :)

  6. Lord Kap says:

    I LOLed a lot! ;)

  7. Soop says:

    I think it looks adorkable :)

  8. Jethro says:

    I think it’s the look on cat’s face that does it. Just superb :)

  9. Sec says:

    Are you licking that plate, or just trying to hide? :-)

  10. Yenny says:

    LOL!

    Didn’t see that one coming he he he

  11. Nojh says:

    Hmm. Don’t get me wrong. I like the goth look. But maybe Shoelace’s new friend could experiment with some new colors at its constants. Maybe Li would be less scared of a less… umm. monochromatic fractal :)

  12. Angelica says:

    I about peed myself laughing :]

  13. Kaitie says:

    I just read all of your comics in one go, and I think you’re brilliant.

    Also, the MandelFriend is scary. It looks like it’s emanating darkness.

  14. alvaro says:

    The mandelbrot set has you.

  15. Andy says:

    Haha. Oh fractals….

  16. Totz the Plaid says:

    Another person immediately thought of the JoCo song after reading this? Nice!

  17. madaco says:

    theres a song written for the mandlebrot set? I just changed the lyrics to “do you know the muffin man” slightly. (so lies on the complex plane instead of lives of something lane, and mandlebrot set instead of muffin man)

  18. madaco says:

    oh my gosh, I just watched one of the videos there on that link of that song you mentioned! that is an AWEWSOME song!

  19. DigitalAngel says:

    I think it looks like a robot, FROM SPACE!!! :P

  20. tommy two toes says:

    Fractals! Infinite surface space.

  21. Jakob says:

    No, tommy two. The Mandelbrot set has an infinite perimeter, but a finite area.

  22. Mark says:

    Amazing. Beautiful. I feel gooey. Not just this comic… the whole work :D

  23. Jeremy says:

    Mandel-friend also has an infinite set of mini-clones! (each of which has infinitely more mini-clones than its parent)

  24. Chris D says:

    Q: Do you know what the B. in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stands for?

    A: Benoit B. Mandelbrot.

  25. Trobby says:

    It always looked like a bunch of twisty christmas trees clumped together to me. o_o

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