This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. What’s the most stupidly ambitious aspect of ‘XKCD: Volume 0,’ the book ...

Geek humor and the web go together like airline jokes and comedy clubs. One of the first tech-themed comics, NetBoy, debuted in 1994 and featured stick figures commenting on Internet culture. Nineteen ...

We’re fans of Randall Munroe’s webcomic xkcd from way back, so we’re happy to see one of his comics inspiring a song. Back in May he posted a comic called “Every Major’s Terrible“, which covered the ...

I don't want to offend anyone (well, at least not in this case), but maybe I should check on Randall's description in this "What If" post. In the post, Randall describes how a Cessna would fly on ...

I believe in charts. A good chart can stick an important fact into your mind and keep it there. And some of the best come from Randall Munroe’s webcomic xkcd. Now you can turn any chart into an xkcd ...

XKCD has a web cartoon making the rounds that nicely summarizes 22,000 years of climate and human history. One important point: As the last ice age ended and temperatures heated up, humans did better ...

This past November, xkcd creator Randall Munroe posted a comic explaining that a family member had become ill. Although a handful of his comics since then have alluded to illness – the frustration of ...

Every Monday morning, I wake up, come to work, turn my computer on, and ponder the same question. "Sure, I'd like to enter the Daytona 500, but I'd want to get it over with really quickly because it's ...

He went by the name “soccer.” His peers described him as a conspiracy theorist, Holocaust denier, and men’s rights activist. Soccer is outspoken on Reddit about his skepticism of some widely accepted ...

XKCD author Randall Munroe is no stranger to answering strange science questions, but his latest book, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, might be his most practical ...