xkcd

xkcd (sometimes styled XKCD) is a serial webcomic created in 2005 by American author Randall Munroe. The comic's tagline describes it as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language". Munroe states on the comic's website that the name of the comic is not an acronym but "just a word with no phonetic pronunciation".

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Comic strip.title: xkcd
Comic strip.italic title: no
Comic strip.image: xkcd philosophy.png
Comic strip.caption: Panel from "Philosophy"
Comic strip.author: Randall Munroe
Comic strip.status: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
Comic strip.genre: Comedy, geek humor

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Wikidata facts

Official website: xkcd.com
Image: 1337 Part 3.png
Motto: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

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title: xkcd
Commons category: Xkcd
start time: 2005-09-01
web feed URL: xkcd.com/atom.xml
official blog URL: blog.xkcd.com
IRC channel URL: irc://irc.slashnet.org/#xkcd
inception: 2005-09-00
social media followers: 317802
publication interval: 3
email address: mailto:[email protected]
API endpoint URL: xkcd.com/info.0.json
random page URL: c.xkcd.com/random/comic

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History
Recurring themes
Inspired activities
Academic research
Politics
Awards and recognition
Books
See also
References
Further reading
External links

The subject matter of the comic varies from statements on life and love to mathematical, programming, and scientific in-jokes. Some strips feature simple humor or pop-culture references. It has a cast of stick figures, and the comic occasionally features landscapes, graphs, charts, and intricate mathematical patterns such as fractals. New cartoons are added three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with few exceptions.