Taliesin
07-04-2008, 12:07 PM
Haven't been active in this site for quite some time so I thought I'd make it up by making a thread about introducing our favourite webcomics to others.
I have quite a number of webcomics I enjoy but my favourite has to be xkcd (http://xkcd.com/), a "webcomic of romance,
sarcasm, math, and language". It is quite a science-math-programming nerd comic which might be not so popular in a literature forum, but it is often very funny and there are not so many science references. Every comic has also got an alt-text - the text that shows up in a yellow frame when you hold your mouse over it
Examples :
This one (http://xkcd.com/162/) is quite a famous one, uniting romance and science very beautifully http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/angular_momentum.jpg
Alt text:With reasonable assumptions about latitude and body shape, how much time might she gain them? Note: whatever the answer, sunrise always comes too soon. (Also, is it worth it if she throws up?)
Also there is non-realia-related humor:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/want.jpg
Alt-text: Well, she's pretty hot.
There are a number of recurring characters, one of them, black-hat guy is a cl*sshole - a classy sort of a**shole. Comics where he appears are usually full of black humour. Like this (http://xkcd.com/169/):
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/words_that_end_in_gry.png
Alt-text: The fifth panel also applies to postmodernists
A running joke is that the creator of this comic, Randall Munroe, is terrified of raptors
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/substitute.png
Alt-text: YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?'
So, what are your favourites?
I have quite a number of webcomics I enjoy but my favourite has to be xkcd (http://xkcd.com/), a "webcomic of romance,
sarcasm, math, and language". It is quite a science-math-programming nerd comic which might be not so popular in a literature forum, but it is often very funny and there are not so many science references. Every comic has also got an alt-text - the text that shows up in a yellow frame when you hold your mouse over it
Examples :
This one (http://xkcd.com/162/) is quite a famous one, uniting romance and science very beautifully http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/angular_momentum.jpg
Alt text:With reasonable assumptions about latitude and body shape, how much time might she gain them? Note: whatever the answer, sunrise always comes too soon. (Also, is it worth it if she throws up?)
Also there is non-realia-related humor:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/want.jpg
Alt-text: Well, she's pretty hot.
There are a number of recurring characters, one of them, black-hat guy is a cl*sshole - a classy sort of a**shole. Comics where he appears are usually full of black humour. Like this (http://xkcd.com/169/):
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/words_that_end_in_gry.png
Alt-text: The fifth panel also applies to postmodernists
A running joke is that the creator of this comic, Randall Munroe, is terrified of raptors
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/substitute.png
Alt-text: YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?'
So, what are your favourites?