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XKCD Invited To New Yorker "Cartoon-Off"

Posted by kdawson on from the no-raptors dept.

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, String Theory, 1999, and one's favorite animal eating one's favorite food. In the ensuing short interview, Munroe describes XKCD as 'a webcomic about stick figures who do math, play with staple guns, mess around on the Internet, and have lots of sex. It's about three-fourths autobiographical.'"

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  1. And the winner is... by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 5, Funny

    hyperbondage

    1. Re:And the winner is... by ComaVN · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Did anyone else habitually hover over the pic to see the alt text?

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  2. Munroe Wins by bshell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Munroe was the clear winner. 1999 *BC* was just dumb, as were most of Katz's others. The only lame one of Munroe's was the strange skateboard thing. Somewhat off topic, though it gets points for originality.

    1. Re:Munroe Wins by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

      (-1 " as useless as .jpegs to Hellen Keller.")

    2. Re:Munroe Wins by phantomfive · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Pretty simple......show both comics to 10 random people on the street......which do you think will get the most laughs?

      They are both funny, the only difference is the target audience. We happen to be the target audience of xkcd, and that is why Munroe is famous on slashdot and Katz is a cartoonist for the New Yorker.

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  3. Re:Three-fourths Autobiographical? by causality · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank you Capt. Obvious! It's not as funny if you have to call attention to the joke.

    I appreciate that. Being merely Sergeant Obvious was really getting old. Nothing but work, work, work.

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  4. O__O by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know what's scarier, that Katz's cow drawing has too many nipples - or that I noticed the discrepancy...

  5. Re:Three-fourths Autobiographical? by ciaohound · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, I'm thinking he's done with the staple guns, now that all the XKCD fangirls are lining up to blow him.

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  6. Katz vs Munroe? by fishinatree · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While XKCD is my favorite webcomic that I've been following for quite a long time, I have to admit that Munroe's humor lies more in his ability to crack inside jokes with the nerd in all of us. Katz tries to appeal to the more general public (it's his job at the New Yorker). I think Munroe is funnier, especially here, but his esoteric humor might lose some votes.

  7. Re:Three-fourths Autobiographical? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Captain Cliche here. Can I have my insult back?

  8. Re:One was good... by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah. That's the one. It was hilarious!

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  9. Uh, math? by PatDev · · Score: 5, Informative

    Umm, you are aware that "99.99999% more" roughly means "slightly less than twice as much", right? As in, he reads 199.99999% as much XKCD as he does NYT.