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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 ...

After over 3000 images and over 51,000 forum posts in "The One True Thread" discussing the storyline, xkcd's Time series appears to have come to an end on Friday. In terms of sheer images, Time has ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the internet's greatest myths is the idea that there's a relevant xkcd comic for any given situation. As to exactly how true that is I couldn't say, but I have a comic bookmarked on my PC about ...