| Piled Higher and Deeper | |
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| Author(s) | Jorge Cham |
| Website | http://www.phdcomics.com |
| Current status/schedule | no longer releasing new content |
| Launch date | October 27, 1997 |
| Genre(s) | Academia, doctoral research |
Piled Higher and Deeper (also known as PhD Comics)[1] is a discontinued newspaper and webcomic strip produced from 1997 to 2018. The series was written and drawn by Jorge Cham, and follows the lives of several grad students. First published in 1997 when Cham was a grad student himself at Stanford University, the strip deals with issues of life in graduate school, including the difficulties of scientific research, the perils of procrastination, and the complex student–supervisor relationship. As of 2017,[update] the strip's website had 6 million visitors in the previous year.[2]
- ^ Choe, Jaywon (22 July 2011). "The Joke Is on the Ph.D." The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ "Piled Higher and Deeper': The Comic Relief of Jorge Cham". Stanford Magazine. December 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2019-12-04.