xkcd, Randall Munroe

xkcd is “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language” drawn with stick figures in plain old black and white. Although Munroe is a decent artist, as shown in his earliest strips, he has decided to stick (no pun, etc) to the basics with simple figures in his more recent work. I should guess this is not only to save time, but also to draw attention to the humor content, not the art, proving that it is indeed a webcomic of language and sarcasm. Although, for stick figures, even the art can be surprisingly sophisticated. Charts and graphs in a comic strip? Yep!

There is no continuous plot, and the few characters that reappear are unnamed, identified mostly by their props, such as hats, hair, or a computer desk. The content is extremely varied, ranging from several pop-culture fields, to obscure (at least for the average person) math references, to relationships, to really anything else that pops into the creator’s head. However, even if the reference is unknown, xkcd still manages to be funny, and rarely misses its mark.

Check out Munroe’s merchandise here.

Posted in Bowler Hat News, Have You Read ... ?.
Follow responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.