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[[File:docbiopage1_3472.png|frame|Antihero protagonist Dr. Herville Schtein]]
 
{{quote| "The disastrous rise of a supervillain superstar."}}
 
A'''''String webcomicTheory''''' is a web comic about the life of Dr. Herville Schtein, an abnormal scientist who descends into a life of supervillainy. Think if a [[Start of Darkness]] was the first book in a series that you read, and it starred someone who was a [[Jerkass Woobie]] scientist, and you've got the right idea.
 
Set in an alternate timeline in the 2057-2060s where the Cuban missile crisis was never averted, the world in ''String Theory'' is recovering from a major war which split the world between capitalist and communist super powers--with the scale tipped a little in the USSR's favor.
 
It updates Wednesdays and can be found [http://stringtheorycomic.com/ here]. The first strip was posted in February 2009; as of February 2021, the strip was still ongoing.
 
Also, while ''String Theory'' is not R -rated, it nevertheless contains adult concepts and is written for adult sensibilities.
 
Now has [[String Theory (Webcomic)/Characters|a character page.]]
 
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* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: Osgood, somewhat.
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Schtein's mother, both mentally and physically. She believed showing your children affection gave them unrealistic expectations of the adult world. Might not be so far from the truth considering [[Crapsack World|what kind of world]] they live in.
{{quote| '''Marcus''': Hey, did you know Dr. Schtein can dislocate his shoulder really easily? It's 'cause his mom pulled his arm out of its socket so many times!}}
* [[The Alcoholic]]: One of Schtein's many, many problems.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Schtein has a [http://www.formspring.me/drschtein formspring account]{{Dead link}}, where he discusses a lot of his past including {{spoiler|his divorce with Janet and relationship with Alice}}, weeks before it was really talked about in the main comic.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Of the usually dramatic kind as the creator gets better. Perhaps most noticeably, however, is the change in Phineas, who goes from [http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chaptertwo/page-twenty-five/ scrawny] to [http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chapter-three/page-fiftytwo-2/ quite buff]. Perhaps he's simply been working out in prison?
* [[Biological Mashup]]: The man-kitties.
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** Given that it has been revealed that {{spoiler|Langstrom was secretly homosexual, the subtext is probably intentional.}}
** Schtein's interactions with Aryan thug Drew MacManus have a bit of this as well; both get very handsy with each other, even the germaphobic Schtein. Schtein even straddles him {{spoiler|[http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chapter-three/page-twelve-2/ right before the stabbing begins].}}
{{quote| '''MacManus''': You disrespected me, so I'm not really content with merely beating your ass, boy. I'm pretty much gonna have to break you. By the time I'm done, you'll be begging for more beatings.}}
** Not to mention, [[Word of God]] says that Langstrom had an odd attraction to Schtein.
* [[Foot Focus]]: Schtein's bare feet show up quite frequently.
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* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Schtein and Langstrom
* [[Jerkass]]: Benjamin Langstrom and Schtein.
** It should be noted that Langstrom was civil (even cloyingly ''nice'') to Schtein when they first met, until [http://evilengine9.deviantart.com/art/Who-s-the-first-jerk-152399796 Schtein pissed him off]{{Dead link}}. Schtein is definitely a [[Jerkass]] to everyone he meets; that's probably not the case for Langstrom.
** Drew MacManus. After pages of him beating and otherwise tormenting Schtein that lead up to {{spoiler|a very disturbing rape threat}}, readers are actually rooting for Schtein to kill him.
* [[Licensed Sexist]]: Schtein.
* [[Likable Villain]]: Schtein, though he hasn't reached the villain bit yet.
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: [http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chaptertwo/page-fortyone/ Phineas].
{{quote| '''Phineas''': No, no, no. Don't. Be. Dense. I know you, Dr. Herville Albert Schtein.<br />
'''Schtein''': Oh God. You've got a weird crush on me, don't you? }}
* [[The Mole]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20180324113309/http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chapter-three/page-fiftyone-2/\]
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Osgood.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Schtein's face when he hears the name {{spoiler|Warden '''Langstrom.'''}}
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** Panel four is [http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chapter-three/page-three-2/ highly suggestive] of rape.
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Schtein uses it on Krow, one of Drew's men. Krow [[Don't Look At Me|doesn't react]] [[Kick Them While They Are Down|well]].
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: The irises of Schtein's new eyes. Foreshadowing?
* [[Right-Hand-Cat]]: Marcus.
* [[The Rival]]: Langstrom, to Schtein.
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* [[Scenery Porn]]: The artist really likes to go all out on backgrounds.
* [[Shoe Phone]]: When Schtein sarcastically asks Phineas how he communicates with his employers.
{{quote| '''Schtein''': How, exactly, are you contacting them? Telepathic waves? Cloned messenger pigeons? Secret phone in your shoe?}}
* [[Shout -Out]]: You can see [[The Walking Dead|Andrea]] working as a prison guard and [[Kim Possible|Dr. Drakken]] in a prison outfit in the first panel of [http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chaptertwo/page-fortyseven/ page 47].
** Schtein has framed posters for [http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/uncategorized/page-twenty-two/ Casablanca] and [http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/uncategorized/page-twenty-three/ Doctor Zhivago] in his apartment.
** Early in his career Schtein was found shoving kittens into the [[Fallout|Forced Evolutionary Virus]] injection chamber.
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Sci Fi Webcomics]]
[[Category:String Theory{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:WebcomicWeb Comics]]
[[Category:Web Comics of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Web Comics of the 2010s]]
[[Category:Web Comics of the 2020s]]
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