Comments on: The Webcomic Overlook #100: xkcd

By: ObviousDeception

ObviousDeception — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:27:30 +0000

I’ve become really disillusioned with xkcd more recently (ie. 4 years ago), but hey you get it. In this review, you kinda summed up all there is to love and all there is to hate about the comic.

Good job.

Only thing I’d add is, Randal doesn’t really seem to always grasp how to tell a joke without it just being a reference to something nerdy. Sometimes he gets it, sometimes he doesn’t.

That and he needs to drop using the name Megan in breakup or troubled relationship comics, or comics with disturbingly creepy sex jokes (like the one with power tools and dildos).

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By: El Santo

El Santo — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:05:26 +0000

My sincere apologies. I’m be sure to watch my language in future reviews.

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:43:17 +0000

I realize that you didn’t invent the term “creepy sperging manchild”, but I’m an Aspie, and its copious use in the review made me a little uncomfortable

By: S

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:11:26 +0000

“I’M GOING TO DRINK MEGANS BREAST MILK!” THAT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF PRECIOUS!

5 STARS, HOW DARE YOU DEFILE MY PERFECT WEBCOMIC!

Fucking spergers.

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Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:55:52 +0000

[...] time a year ago, when I was considering it for my milestone 100th review a year ago. (The honor went to xkcd. PHD had to wait for the sesquicentenniariffic 150th review.) I’d read the archives from 1999 [...]

By: El Santo

El Santo — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:09:50 +0000

Thanks! It’s been fixed.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:10:30 +0000

“I liked his recent tribute to Geocities, where Munroe converted the site into a confusing morass of tables, animated gifs, as ugly wallpapers. I thought hismap of online communities was fun, especially trying to mentally catalog all the sites I was familiar with. A similar strip mapping space from a logarithmic scale was, despite all the cutesy nerd references sprinkled throughout, was pretty damn fantastic at illustrating the magnitude of the universe. And he gets the romance thing right once in a while.”

You missed a space in there, between ‘his’ and ‘map’

By: Irrevenoid

Irrevenoid — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:25:34 +0000

I think you’ve missed the point of the billions/millions thing. It’s a specific example of how the phrasing chosen by media outlets influences the way we emotionally absorb facts.

I also liked the essay – sure it lacked subtlety but sometimes a sledgehammer is refreshing when you’re in a rut.

I suspect a lot of the YMMV is that Monroe is cynical, but he’s a ROMANTIC cynic. Readers of a more pragmatic bent probably find him a bit too idealistic…

By: allari

allari — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 23:22:01 +0000

The Far Side will always rule them all, and he could also draw funny.

I like xkcd but Mr.Munroe is the exception to the rule, i don´t buy brainy excuses for weak art and that includes retard humor.
Some very good writers limit their potential to create a truly stunning piece of comic art by not investing in some drawing skills or teaming up with talented illustrators.