xkcd
xkcd is a comic strip on the Internet. American cartoonist Randall Munroe draws and writes the comic. The comic is drawn in boxes.[2] It is one of the most popular comics on the Internet. It is "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language". Sometimes, the readers of the comic act out things that Munroe puts in his comics. There are also messages in all comics that show up when moused over. In October 2007, the comic was viewed about 60 million times.[3] The comic has won many awards.[4] The name "xkcd" does not mean anything and was just made so people do not say it as a word. As of May 2021[update] there are more than 2400 different xkcd comics.
| xkcd | |
|---|---|
| xkcd philosophy.png Panel from "Philosophy"[‡ 1] | |
| Author(s) | Randall Munroe |
| Website | xkcd.com |
| Current status / schedule | Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays |
| Launch date | September 2005[1] |
| Genre(s) | Geek humor |
In November 2015, Munroe wrote a book named Thing Explainer, using the same stick figure drawings from his comic. The book is about how things work, and is written in Simple English. It uses only one thousand different simple words.[5] The idea for it came from a comic "Up goer Five" which is about the Saturn V rocket.
Xkcd Media
Randall Munroe, the creator of xkcd
"Wikipedian Protester", with tooltip "Template:Srlink THE CONSTITUTION"
"Malamanteau", with the tooltip "The article has twenty-three citations, one of which is an obscure manuscript from the 1490s and the other twenty-two are arguments on Language Log."
Hoax attack on Richard Stallman by students dressed as ninjas. Inspired by "Open Source"
Cory Doctorow wearing a red cape and a pair of goggles based on his appearance in xkcd. Doctorow later wore the costume again while accepting a Hugo Award on Munroe's behalf.
References
- ↑ Chivers, Tom (November 6, 2009). "The 10 best webcomics, from Achewood to XKCD". The Telegraph. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
- ↑ Andrew, Moses (2007-11-21). Former NASA staffer creates comics for geeks. The Gazette. http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=Arts&articleID=1837&month=5&day=29&year=2009. Retrieved 2009-02-23.[dead link]
- ↑ So, Adrienne (2007-11-13). "Real Geek Heart Beats in xkcd's Stick Figures". Wired. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ↑ "The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards - 2008 List of Winners & Finalists". Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ↑ "Randall "XCKD" Munroe's Thing Explainer: delightful exploded diagrams labelled with simple words / Boing Boing". boingboing.net. 24 November 2015.
Notes
- ↑ Munroe, Randall (February 7, 2007). "Philosophy". xkcd. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
