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Scene: A giant praying mantis, along with many smaller ones, is attacking several stick figures. One stick figure dangles upside down from the mantis’s claw, while two more stick figures face the mantis, their backs against a desk with a microscope and a beaker on top. One of the two figures has a ponytail, is wearing safety glasses, and wields a baseball bat while the other fires a gun at the mantis. Another stick figure is on the other side of the desk, hiding beneath it. The caped figure, Etymology-Man from the previous comic, is standing at the far right of the panel, facing the chaos and talking to the hiding figure.

Etymology-Man: Ah, no–you wanted Entomology-Man, spelled with an “N.” See, it’s from the Greek entomon, meaning “insect,” which is itself the neuter form of entomos, meaning “segmented” or…

Hover text: Hi! Someone call for me? I’m a superhero who specializes in the study of God’s creation of Man in the Book of Genesi– HOLY SHIT A GIANT BUG!

 

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Scene: A stick figure sits at a desk with pencil and paper,  hand on chin in a thinking pose. A stick figure with dark hair is standing behind the chair, also with hand on chin. Above their heads appears the list that they are working on, entitled “Names for daughter.”

1. Ponzi

2. Eeemily

3. Fire Fire

4. Chipotla

5. Astamouthe

6. Eggsperm

7. [sound of record scratch]

8. Parsly

9. Hot ‘n’ Juicy Ann

10. Ovari

11. Friendly

12. Sean (pronounced “seen”)

13. Joyst

Hover text: I’ve been trying for a couple years now but I haven’t been able to come up with a name dumber than “Renesmee.”

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Panel One: A pair of stick figures are standing together, looking down and with their arms held out from their sides. Wavy lines on either side of each of them indicate movement. The figure on the right has a ponytail.

Person One: Earthquake!

Person Two: We should get to higher ground–there could be a tidal wave.

Panel Two: The same two figures are still standing in the same place. The first one has a hand raised in a lecturing manner.

Person One: You mean a tsunami. “Tidal wave” means a wave caused by tides.

Panel Three: The same two figures look up in astonishment as a caped stick figure flies from the left side of the  panel with a “crash.”

Caped Figure: You know, that doesn’t add up.

Persons One and Two: Etymology-Man!

Panel Four: Etymology-Man is standing on the ground and talking with the first two figures.

Etymology-Man: It’s been obvious for centuries that these waves come from quakes. So why “tidal”?

Panel Five: Close up of Etymology-Man, hand raised in lecturing mode.

Etymology-Man: Remember that until 2004, there weren’t any clear photos or videos of tsunamis. Some modern writers even described them rearing up and breaking like surfing waves.

Of course, in 2004 and 2011, it was made clear to everyone that a tsunami is more like a rapid, turbulent inrushing tide–exactly what historical accounts describe.

Panel Six: Same scene as Panel Four, except now a substantial amount of water has shown up in the lower left of the panel with a “sploosh.”

Etymology-Man: Maybe those writing about Lisbon in 1755 used “tidal wave” not out of scientific confusion, but because it described the wave’s form–a description lost in our rush to expunge “tidal wave” from English.

Panel Seven: Same scene as Panel Six, except now the water is up to their waists.

Etymology-Man: “Tsunami” is now the standard, and I’m trying to change that. But let’s be a tad less giddy about correcting “tidal wave”–especially when “tsunami” just means “harbor wave,” which is hardly…

Hover text: I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I wish Aquaman were here instead–HE’D be able to help.

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Scene: Another stick figure is standing behind a comfy chair. A stick figure with dark hair is seated the  comfy chair, facing a television screen.

Person One: Hey, is that Downtown Abbey? What town is it in the downtown of, anyway?

Person Two: *siiiiiiigh*

Person One: –Girl look at that body.

Caption: We should thank LMFAO for giving us such a great way to respond to exasperated sighs.

Hover text: If you’re annoying enough, you can get them to respond with an involuntary second sigh and get a rhythm going.

 

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Panel One: A stick figure with dark hair is kneeling, laying out cards on the floor.

Person One: Hah!-Welcome to Suckville-Population: You.

Panel Two: A stick figure sits on the floor facing the first figure, cards laid out on the floor and some in hand.

Person Two: Why are you using 2000 census data?- That’s an old figure.

Panel Three: The two figures are sitting on the floor with the cards between them. The dark haired figure is twisted around to type on a laptop on the floor.

Person One: I couldn’t find Suckville in the 2010 census.

Person Two: Huh? It’s right there in SF-1 Table P1.

Person One: Oh. So it is..

Panel Four: The two figures have turned back to their card game.

Person One: Well, then.  Welcome to Suckville-Population: 83.

Person Two: Much better.

Hover text: Suckville is considered by the Census Bureau to be part of the Detroit metropolitan statistical area, despite not being located anywhere near Detroit.

 

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Scene: A scatter plot graph with the y-axis labeled “Frequency of the Word “Sustainable” in US English Text, as a Percentage of All Words, by Year. Source: Google NGRAMS. ” and incremented in percentages, starting at 0.000001% and increasing as multiplied by 10 up to 1,000% .The x-axis is a timeline with 20 year increments, starting at 1940 and going to 2140. The line through the scatter plots starts at about 0.000005% at about 1940 and rises up to the right to about 0.0005 at “present day”, 0.005 at 2036: “Sustainable” occurs an average of once per page, .05% at 2061: “Sustainable” ccurs an anverage of once per sentence, and by 2109: All sentences are just the word “sustainable” repeated over and over. The line becomes dotted and is surrounded by a cluster of question marks when it crosses the 100% demarcation.

Caption: The word “sustainable” is unsustainable.

Hover text: Though 100 years is longer than a lot of our resources.

 

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Scene: Two stick figures are talking to each other. The one on the left has short dark hair, a chin beard, and is holding a glass in one hand.

Chin Beard: “Even though it technically wasn’t cheating, she dumped me anyway! So I tell Bret, and he’s like, “She sounds just like my crazy ex.” And I was like, “Dude, what was her name?” and it was the same girl.–I swear, if they made my life into a movie, no one would believe it.”

Second Person: “Yeah, though mostly because of the poorly-written dialogue and unlikeable main character.”

Hover text: Roger Ebert once called you directionless and unwatchable.

 

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Scene: Blacked-out box, with white text.

Text: [don't censor the web.]

Caption: I make my living drawing xkcd, which wouldn’t have been possible if people hadn’t been able to freely share my comics with each other all over the internet.

As a copyright holder and small business owner, I oppose SOPA and PIPA. [signed Randall Munroe (with a stick figure standing on the tail of the "e.")]

See the links below to learn more.

Hover text: In protest of SOPA, I’m currently getting totally blacked out.

 

Learn more:
EFF: One-page guide to SOPA
reddit: A technical overview of the SOPA and PIPA bills
DYN: How these bills would break DNS
EFF: Free speech on the web

Act:
Contact information for US elected officials

 

A webcomic of romance,
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Scene: Panel with three, slightly overlapping, wobbly scene bubbles.  The far left one has a stick figure Alfred speaking to a stick figure Bruce Wayne.

Alfred: “Know your limits, Master Wayne.”

Bruce Wayne: “A man dressed like a bat has no limits.”

The center bubble has a caption above it that reads: “What the hell are you?”

Within the bubble is a stick figure Batman.

Batman: “I’m a man dressed like a bat.”

The far right bubble has a caption above that reads, “What do you propose?”

Within the bubble is a stick figure Joker.

Joker: “It’s simple–we kill a man dressed like a bat.”

Caption below–

My Hobby: Whenever anyone says “Batman,” I mentally replace it with “A Man Dressed Like a Bat.”

Hover text: I’m really worried Christopher Nolan will kill a man dressed like a bat in his next movie. (The man will be dressed like a bat, I mean. Christopher Nolan won’t be, probably.)

 

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Scene: A stick figure stands to the right of the panel,  arms outstretched in surprise. Small lines radiate from around the mouth area, indicating surprise and distress.

Figure: It’s Adam and Eve, not Abel and Eve!!

Caption: Adam was freaked out by what he’d just walked in on.

Hover text:  Abel and Steve would’ve been fine! I like Steve!

 

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Scene: Chart titled Difficulty of Various Games for Computers

The top of the chart is labeled “Easy” and the bottom is labeled “Hard.”

Category – Solved-Computers Can Play Perfectly (This has two subcategories)

Subcategory One – Solved For All Possible Positions:

Tic-Tac-Toe, Nim, Ghost (1989)

Connect Four (1995)

Subcategory Two – Solved for Starting Positions

Gomoku

Checkers(2007)

Computers Can Beat Top Humans

Scrabble

Counterstrike

Beer Pong (UIUC Robot)

Reversi

Chess (February 10, 1996: First win by computer against top human. November 21, 2005: Last win by human against top computer)

Jeopardy!

Category – Computers Still Lose to Top Humans (but focused R&D could change this)

Starcraft

Poker

Arimaa

Go

Snakes and Ladders

Category – Computers May Never Outplay Humans

Mao

Seven Minutes in Heaven

Calvinball

Hover text: The top computer champion at Seven Minutes in Heaven is a Honda-built Realdoll, but to date it has been unable to outperform the human Seven Minutes in Heaven champion, Ken Jennings.”

 

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Panel One: Close-up drawing of a stick figure hanging onto the sheets of a bed like he is about to fly off. The letters “AAAAAAAA” fill the air above his head.

Panel Two: Another close up drawing of a stick figure with long dark hair, also hanging onto the sheets of a bed like she is about to fly off. The letters “AAAAAAAA” fill the air above her head.

Panel Three: Top view of the two stick figures holding onto the sheets of a round bed that is spinning. Their legs are sticking straight out from the force of the spinning.

Panel Four:

Caption above the panel-Earlier that day…

The first stick figure is sitting in a chair in front of a TV, pointing at the screen. The dark haired figure is standing behind him with one hand to her face as if thinking.

First person: Haha, check it out–this guy’s mansion has an actual rotating bed.

Second person: You know, I bet it wouldn’t be too hard to build one of those…

Hover text: “ARE YOU TURNED ON YET?” “I DON’T THINK SO–ARE YOU?” “MAYBE A LITTLE!” “OK, FIVE MORE MINUTES.”

 

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Drawing of two stick figures, one with long, dark hair and one without, standing at the base of a giant “1000.”  On closer inspection, the giant “1000″ is composed of hundreds of tiny stick figures involved in activities from one of the previous xkcd comics. Some are simply standing in place, but many are: spinning in a chair, kissing, looking through a microscope, brandishing a sword, flying, sleeping, fishing, skating, reclining in a comfy chair, playing with a yo-yo, riding a Segway, juggling,  swimming away in terror, flying a kite, etc. There is a stick figure Stephen Hawking, a Gandalf-like figure, a devil figure, an astronaut, a figure wearing a mask and cape, and one boy in a barrel.

Dark haired figure (with arms up in the air): Woooo!

Second figure: Wow–just 24 to go until a big round-number milestone!

Hover text: Thank you for making me feel less alone.

 

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Scene: Drawing of a stick figure, one hand up to the face, seated at a desk with a computer screen. Standing behind the seated figure is a smaller, child-like stick figure with very short hair.

Seated figure: Whoa, ever seen Wikipedia’s list of people who were attacked and killed by cougars?–Crazy how many of them were kids who were just playing outside their houses.

Caption: Reason #58 I should never have children: My love of learning and sharing knowledge about the world.

Hover text: If you’re lying in bed tonight and you see yellow eyes glinting in your window, are you being stalked by a puma, a mountain lion, a panther, a catamount, or a cougar? Trick question–in North America, they’re all names for the same species, Puma concolor! Isn’t learning fun? Anyway, sleep tight!

 

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Panel One: Drawing of two stick figures talking to each other. The one on the left has long, dark hair.

First person: Well, it’s 2012.

Second Panel: Same scene

Second person: Yup.–Only 354 days until everybody abruptly stops talking about Mayans.

Third Panel: Same scene

First person: Or thinking Mayans.–Or acknowledging that huge city-building ancient American civilizations existed at all.

Second person: You know whawt they say-those who fail to learn from history can still manage a 3.0 if they ace their other subjects.

Hover text: To compensate for this, I plan to spend 2013 doing nothing but talking about Mayans. My relationships with my friends and family may not fare well.

 

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Caption above comic:

Headlines Stockpiled in Case Peter Sagal, Host of NPR ‘s Wait wait Don’t tell me, Does Something Newsworthy in 2012

Each panel looks like the front page of a newspaper, most with a small “photo”.

Panel One: Wait Wait Don’t Shoot Me

NPR’s Sagal in Whole Foods Hostage Standoff

“Photo” of stick figure wearing a ski mask and holding a gun on a stick figure Sagal.

Panel Two: Wait Wait Don’t Vote for Me

Peter Sagal Quits Race for GOP Top Spot

“Photo” of a stick figure Sagal standing behind a lectern with two other stick figures, one on each side.

Panel Three: Wait Wait Don’t Judge Me

Sagal Opens Up About His Kermit Fantasy

Side by side “photos” of a stick figure Sagal and Kermit

Panel Four: Wait Wait Don’t Fire Me

Peter Sagal Let Go After Racist Tirade

Close-up “Photo” of a stick figure Sagal

Panel Five: Wait Wait Don’t Cancel Me

“Photo” of a stick figure with long hair standing behind an NPR lectern with two other stick figures, one on each side.

NPR Axing News Quiz

Panel Six: Wait Wait Don’t Interrupt Me

Sagal Stabs Karl Kasell in On-Air Dispute

“Photo” of a stick figure Sagal holding a knife overhead

Panel Seven: Wait Wait Don’t Look at Me

Peter Saga’s Poison Ivy Ordeal

“Photo” of a stick figure Sagal covered with bumps

Panel Eight: Wait Wait Don’t Friend Me

Peter Sagal Deletes His Facebook Account

“Photo” of a stick figure Sagal holding an open laptop

Panel Nine: Wait Wait Don’t Seduce Me

How Laksmi Singh Stole Sagals’ Heart

Close-up “Photo” of a stick figure Sagal with a long-haired stick figure in the background

Panel Ten: Wait Wait Don’t Leave Me

Sagal’s Wife Out After Affair

“Photo” of a long-haired stick figure carrying a suitcase in the foreground and a stick figure Sagal with outstretched arms in the background

Panel Eleven: Wait Wait Don’t Spray Me

Police Raid Sagal’s Occupy NPR Protest

“Photo” of a stick figure wearing riot gear pepper spraying a stick figure Sagal

Panel Twelve:  Wait Wait Don’t Indict Me

Sagal, Five Others Named in Cash-For-Tote-Bags Scandal

“Photo” of a stick figure Sagal wearing handcuffs and being held between two stick figures wearing police caps

Panel Thirteen: Wait Wait Don’t Clone Me

Peter Sagal ‘Outraged’ Over DNA Harvesting

“Photo” of a stick figure Sagal standing behind a lectern, one fist raised in the air

Panel Fourteen: Wait Wait Don’t Bust Me

Peter Sagal’s Ghost Captured

“Photo” of two ghostbuster stick figures holding a ghostly stick figure Sagal in a proton beam

Panel Fifteen: Wait Wait Don’t Dissect Me

Snoozing Sagal Nearly Snuffed in Autopsy Snafu

“Photo” of a stick figure Sagal sitting up on an autopsy table and a stick figure running away

Panel Sixteen: Wait Wait Don’t Objectify Me

Peter Sagal is More Than Just a Piece of Meat

No “photo”

Panel Seventeen: Wait Wait Don’t Beatify Me

Peter Sagal Rebukes Pope

“Photo” of a stick figure Sagal, one fist raised in the air, looking at a picture of the Pope

Panel Eighteen: Wait Wait Don’t Me

Peter Sagal Accidentally

“Photo” of a stick figure Sagal upside down

Panel Nineteen: Wait Wait Don’t Speak Its Name

Peter Sagal Wakes Eldritch Terror

“Photo” of blackness with giant eyes

Panel Twenty: Wait Wait Even For NPR This is a Bit Much

This American Life to Document the Road to Recovery for Those Who Suffer the Trauma of Losing on Wait Wait

No “photo”

Hover text: You can’t stab Karl Kasell. He sounds all slow and stentorian, but he moves like a snake.

 

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Some context for the cancer comics:
http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panel One:

Caption above panel

Breast Cancer Surgery Follow-Up

Drawing of a stick figure with a ponytail, wearing a white labcoat and a headband reflector, holding a clipboard and talking to another stick figure. The second figure has dark hair, wears an examination gown and is seated on an exam table.

Doctor Figure: You’re looking great! Remove your top so I can check how the incision is healing.

Patient: Nuh-uh

Panel Two: Same scene.

Doctor Figure: *Sigh*- Do we have to do this every time?

Patient: You know the rules.

Panel Three: Close up on Doctor Figure, who now has clipboard under one arm while digging in labcoat pockets.

Doctor Figure: This is so ridiculous…

Panel Four: Similar scene as before, but now the Doctor Figure is holding out a string of pink beads, while the Patient is opening the top of the exam gown.

Doctor Figure: Here.

Patient: Woooo!

Hover text: Favorite mastectomy breast prosthesis idea: a fake boob containing a spare rechargable battery, accessed via a nipple USB port. Complete with a ring of LED charge indicators in the areola!

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Panel One: Drawing of a stick figure standing in front of Coinstar machine and inserting something into the slot.

Machine: WhirrrrrrrBzzt

Panel Two: Stick figure has stepped back from the machine and is holding a small bag in one hand.

Machine: Kachunk Tshhhhhhhhhh CLICK Click click click GRIND

Panel Three: Same scene.

Machine: Pop! Beeeeeeeeeeeep!

Holiday Tip: Coinstar does not handle chocolate coins well.

Hover text: Plus they take like 9%.

 

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Scene: Advent calender, the kind with the little doors that open and there’s a space inside for candy.

The first door, red with a sprig of holly, is open and empty. It is labeled December 23rd. The front of the second door, labeled December 24th, 12:00 am, is open so wide the front can’t be seen and the space inside is empty. The third door, labeled December 24th, Noon,  is slightly open, empty, and is green with a red and white Santa hat. The rest of the doors are closed. The fourth door is white with crossed candy canes and is labeled December 24th, 6:00 pm.

Next row-

Fifth door-white with red tree ornament, December 24th, 9:00 pm. Sixth door-red with white star, December 24th 10:30 pm. Seventh door, green with red heart, December 24th, 11:15 pm. Eighth door, white with red sleigh, December 24th, 11:37:30,

Next row-

Ninth door, green with red and white Christmas stocking, December 24th, 11:48:45 pm. Tenth door, red with green Christmas tree, December 24th, 11:54:22.5 pm. Eleventh door,  white with green Christmas wreath, December 24th, 11:57:11.25 pm. Twelfth door, green with red and white Christmas present, December 24th, 11:58:35.63 pm.

Just the tops of the next row of doors can be seen at the bottom of the panel, implying there are many more doors.

Caption: Zeno’s Advent Calendar

Hover text: I think you could get up to about 11:59:57 before you’d have trouble swallowing the chocolates fast enough. At that point, you’d need some kind of a liquify-and-chug apparatus to get up over the 11:59:59 barrier. Anyway, Merry Christmas!”

 

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Scene: Panel is filled with four grocery store shelves, all densely packed with brightly colored products arranged like to like. In each section, one brand label stands out because it is bright white with black letters proclaiming just what the product is and not more. For example, next to a tan bread wrapper with the words “Country Loaf” and a red building on the label, there is a white wrapper with just the word “Bread.”

Caption: If I ever sold a line of supermarket goods, this is how I’d build a brand identity overnight.

Hover text: Legally-mandated information would be printed on the back or discreetly along the bottom. In small letters under the nutrition information it would say “Like our products? Visit our website!”  There would be no URL.

 

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