Thank you, Bill Watterson.

A 6-year-old and his tiger began exploring the mysteries, profundities, and humors of childhood (and tuna sandwiches) exactly 30 years ago today. Calvin and Hobbes, which once ran in 2,400 newspapers, was first published on November 18, 1985, before it was abruptly pulled by creator Bill Watterson in December 1995. ( Read more... )

Showing that both the voting public and the media available are changing, Randall Munroe won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. The winning work was Time.

I'm pleased in all kinds of ways for everyone.

Compliments of Jim Hines's blog, I present Brave dashing farm-girl hero (with sword) and her sweater's adventures

For the long-standing fans of the comic, it is only right and just that I tell you the dead tree editions of the first two years are now available for purchase. The grammarians among us will find particular joy in the title for Year One.

And elyth35 - as it is no one's birthday and nowhere near Christmas, I'm not calling dibs for anyone else. Feel free ( Read more... )

OMFG. Today's Sheldon comic had me choking with laughter. I love Dave Kellett's Lord of the Rings jokes.

(There can be no "slaughter" without "laughter.")

The explanation in the last panel makes me smile in glee.

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Want to laugh and sigh in exasperation at the same time? Head over to Jim Hines's blog and enjoy a quick discussion about painful and/or impossible book cover poses for women. Be sure to click on the referenced link at the bottom!

I adore today's xkcd. It makes me squee and squirm in Science Made Stupid kinds of ways.

Also, I am enjoying a reposting of last year's Calamities of Nature, in which Linus explains the true meaning of Christmas to Charlie Brown. As we discussed yesterday while making Christmas cookies, fish and seals are just as legitimate as camels and ( Read more... )

I don't get "Angry Birds" either, and catapults make me laugh.

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Today's comics all seem to come with dedications. I dedicate xkcd to most of the men in my life, starting with Dad and Achaosofkittens, and some of the women as well (Darkfyre_Muse and Melebeth, I'm looking at you...) Then there is Questionable Content, which goes out to Blushing_Grace, Melebeth, Elyth35, and also AmazonMink, who would all get ( Read more... )