UnknowingFool writes "Farley Katz, who draws for New Yorker magazine, ran into xkcd.com's Randall Munroe in a grocery store. He challenged Munroe to a cartoon-off — each cartoonist to produce drawings about the Internet as envisioned by the elderly,... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Sat, Oct 18 2008
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| 17 Oct 08 |
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Cartoon Off: The New Yorker cartoonist vs XKCD » digg Farley Katz of The New Yorker runs into Randall Munroe in the supermarket. They commence with a cartoon off, and then a Q&A with Randall. |
| 05 Nov 09 |
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XKCD: Vol. 0 :: Sticking It to Traditional Publishers » digg "XKCD: Vol. 0" is a gamble that's paying off for Randall Munroe, a former NASA contractor who left to pursue stick-figure cartooning full-time. |
| 04 Aug 09 |
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xkcd To Be Released In Book Form » slashdot History's Coming To writes "xkcd creator Randall Munroe has revealed on his blag that the acclaimed stick-figure comic will be produced in real dead-tree book form. Fantastic news for all fans of comedy, maths, science, and relationship screw-ups —... |
| 16 Oct 09 |
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Interview w/xkcd Creator on New Book, 'xkcd: Volume Zero' » digg Great interview w/Randall Munroe, talking about why he bucked the book publishing system (in publishing the 1st print book), how "xkcd" fits in the minimalist tradition of comics, and why raptors are heartless, horrifying killing machines. |
| 20 Apr 09 |
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XKCD creater gets book deal » digg Randall Munroe, creator of the online comic strip xkcd, is publishing a print book. It's not being published through a traditional company but rather by breadpig — which was created by Alexis Ohanian, one of the founders of the social-news Web si... |