There is (was?) a British sitcom called The IT Crowd and we watch it at my office (someone bit torrents it or something). It is a very surreal look at 3 IT employees in an enormous corporation. Besides the awesome mix of surreal and deadpan humor — the main office is littered with Fantagraphic comic books. In some episode we watched yesterday, the main character (a woman named Jen) was sitting at her desk reading an issue of Love and Rockets. I yelped in my rolling chair with delight.
I have no graphics or video clips or screenshots to back any of this up. Just find the show and watch it.
Edited: I DO have screenshots and a video now!
Here’s the episode (Aunt Irma visits, pt 2). She’s reading it at 3:07. In future episodes, she’s always reading L&R. Roy reads Chris Ware stuff. I love continuity!
On my iTunes now:
Child Star by The Unicorns from "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?"
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Dec 20th, 2007 at 12:13 am
I actually just finished watching both series’ of The IT Crowd this weekend. I have been recommending it to everyone. It’s going to be running a 3rd series coming up this year.
I think you’d also like Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace.
Also, congrats on the Adam McKay pick!
Dec 20th, 2007 at 9:30 am
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Dec 20th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Please tag this under nerd boners.
Dec 20th, 2007 at 11:09 am
You are correct, Brian. Updated.
Dec 20th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
A winter’s nerd boner has been bestowed upon me. I think of myself as a “Hopey.” What do you think?
Dec 20th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
If this show aired on BBCA I would watch it.