[Randall Munroe] certainly understands the power of graphical representation of data. The humorous plots in his xkcd webcomic are one of the favorite parts for many readers. Their distinctive, ...

XKCD has a web cartoon making the rounds that nicely summarizes 22,000 years of climate and human history. One important point: As the last ice age ended and temperatures heated up, humans did better ...

Geek humor and the web go together like airline jokes and comedy clubs. One of the first tech-themed comics, NetBoy, debuted in 1994 and featured stick figures commenting on Internet culture. Nineteen ...

If you're reading this blog, chances are you're probably quite familiar with the webcomic xkcd created by Randall Munroe. It's everything a geek could dream of in a web comic: It's funny, it's smart, ...

Review: Randall Munroe's third book gives hilariously edifying answers to questions like how to take a selfie, catch a drone, play the piano and win an election. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. What’s the most stupidly ambitious aspect of ‘XKCD: Volume 0,’ the book ...

I believe in charts. A good chart can stick an important fact into your mind and keep it there. And some of the best come from Randall Munroe’s webcomic xkcd. Now you can turn any chart into an xkcd ...

Who knew that a silly comic strip could be so influential? XKCD’s strip focusing on the inanity of YouTube comments inspired someone to actually add the Audio Preview feature to YouTube. It’s provided ...

Excerpt from “What If?” by Randall Munroe to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on Sept. 2, 2014. Copyright 2014 by xkcd Inc. Used by permission of the ...

“I’m waiting for the day when, if you tell someone ‘I’m from the internet’ instead of laughing they just ask, ‘Oh what part?’“ Zoom in for hidden gems like “Social Media Consultant Channel” and ...