If you’re a regular reader of the brilliant xkcd, then you probably got lost in today’s comic, “Click and Drag.” It features three short panels sitting above a seemingly larger, finite panel. However, ...

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I'm a big fan of the geek-informed, science- and math-infused webcomic xkcd, even though, I have to admit, I don't always completely get all the jokes. (Apparently I have a lot to learn about ...

I was speaking yesterday to a teacher whose British accent is pronounced when he mentioned Monty Python in passing. “Who doesn’t like Monty Python,” I said. And his sour expression reminded me that ...

“Holy crap @Fitocracy is on the latest xkcd comic!!!” co-founder Dick Talens tweeted this morning. “From now on, nobody can ever doubt @DickTalens‘s and my geek cred. @Fitocracy was just mentioned in ...

Say the name Randall Munroe to your average internet literate, and they might not recognize it. But they’ll certainly recognize the hundreds upon hundreds of stick figures he’s drawn over the 14 years ...

[Randall Munroe] certainly understands the power of graphical representation of data. The humorous plots in his xkcd webcomic are one of the favorite parts for many readers. Their distinctive, ...

It's a tool that lets you use computer code to build comic strips about the kind of people who use computer code to build comic strips. In other words, it's a hacker idea of fun -- in more ways than ...

Today’s xkcd comic is astounding. It’s one giant panel with a never ending world that you can drag through with your cursor. It must have taken months to put this together, and the result is ...

HOUSTON—I’d guess that the majority of Ars readers are familiar with xkcd, the stick-figure Web comic drawn by former NASA contractor and engineer (and now Hugo award winner) Randall Munroe. It’s rare ...