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2013-06-19 19:51:25 (17 comments, 94 reshares, 290 +1s)

 +Planetary Resources    is trying to raise money to launch a telescope into space which anyone can control. The company behind it is in Bellevue, which is a 20 minute drive from me, and its founders include former NASA engineers who worked on Mars Curiosity team. The idea is for around 25 bucks (or more if you want fancier rewards) you can get your photo in space.

If you donate $25 to their Kickstarter, you get to upload a photo to the telescope and then take a "selfie" posing in front of the earth. I donated the maximum amount, $10,000, which means I get to have a message engraved on the side of the telescope, attend the rocket launch, AND I get to NAME A FREAKIN' ASTEROID. They've got 11 days left to meet their goal, and if this project is successfully funded, I'm going to let you guys vote on the name.

Donation and more info here:... more »

2013-06-16 21:29:36 (60 comments, 184 reshares, 1432 +1s)

Happy Father's Day.

2013-06-14 01:59:18 (105 comments, 224 reshares, 1577 +1s)

I asked people to post photos of themselves on my Facebook wall and I would draw them.  

2013-06-10 18:27:57 (30 comments, 169 reshares, 780 +1s)

I added some new greeting cards today.  View the rest here: http://theoatmeal.com/horrible4

2013-06-03 23:22:21 (21 comments, 81 reshares, 545 +1s)

2013-06-03 21:52:20 (5 comments, 9 reshares, 89 +1s)

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/fathers_day2013

I put a bunch of stuff on sale for Father's Day, AND each copy of My Dog: The Paradox is signed and includes a bumper sticker of your choice.

2013-05-28 21:33:31 (46 comments, 124 reshares, 652 +1s)

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/manbat

2013-05-28 17:03:42 (36 comments, 32 reshares, 485 +1s)

I got to pet some bears last week  http://theoatmeal.com/blog/bears

2013-05-22 17:29:40 (47 comments, 235 reshares, 775 +1s)

This made me laugh out loud.  "Pretty hate machine" would be an apt title if the mantis shrimp released an album.  +Trent Reznor

Mantis Shrimp - John H

2013-05-09 19:47:54 (84 comments, 246 reshares, 1451 +1s)

I have some happy news.
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_museum_saved

2013-05-07 16:55:24 (52 comments, 287 reshares, 1180 +1s)

How I see my dog VS how my dog sees me.

You can read the rest of the comic here:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/dog_how_see

2013-04-24 22:00:52 (123 comments, 176 reshares, 920 +1s)

I wrote a guest post for my girlfriend's coffee website. 

http://en.ilovecoffee.jp/posts/view/71

2013-04-24 03:32:50 (47 comments, 72 reshares, 735 +1s)

Foiled 

(via reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1cyf3u/foiled/ )

2013-04-22 19:46:32 (132 comments, 594 reshares, 2484 +1s)

Truth in air mattress'ing

2013-04-18 17:28:56 (48 comments, 9 reshares, 149 +1s)

For the past two years I've been trying to get some kind of table or booth space at San Diego comicon. If anyone knows anyone who works at the conference or wants to share a table, email filter@theoatmeal.com. 

2013-04-17 17:07:47 (40 comments, 31 reshares, 402 +1s)

ALL HAIL THE MANTIS SHRIMP!  Shirts added, along with some other mantis shrimp goodies:  http://shop.theoatmeal.com/collections/new-stuff

2013-04-15 19:49:05 (44 comments, 85 reshares, 655 +1s)

I drew this comic a few years ago and it's still one of my favorites.  I figured with all the mantis shrimp hullabaloo the poor little angler deserved a re-post. 

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/angler

2013-04-13 17:42:21 (132 comments, 64 reshares, 1105 +1s)

ONETWOTHREE AIRPLANE!  I'm seriously considering flying down to UC Riverside for this. 

Come Meet a Mantis Shrimp: An Invitation to The Oatmeal from Prof. David Kisailus

2013-04-09 17:54:59 (192 comments, 1012 reshares, 2627 +1s)

New comic http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

2013-04-04 21:29:37 (65 comments, 162 reshares, 490 +1s)

Sriracha Beef Jerky is here.  Order some tantalizing cock meat today! 
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/merch_apr_2013

2013-04-03 04:56:39 (86 comments, 74 reshares, 1174 +1s)

It's kinda sorta awesome that HBO invited me to the Game of Thrones premiere last week, despite my piracy comic shenanigans:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones

I've been reading a lot of articles today about HBO's "torrenting is a compliment and it's not hurting DVD sales" attitude toward piracy, which is a pretty damn fantastic attitude to have, in my Oatmealish opinion.  Perhaps that's why they invited a Thrones-pirating cartoonist to the premiere in the first place.

2013-04-01 18:30:20 (83 comments, 238 reshares, 1215 +1s)

My face at the moment

2013-03-31 19:24:15 (116 comments, 500 reshares, 2024 +1s)

An oldie but a goodie.

2013-03-31 16:33:45 (69 comments, 133 reshares, 1000 +1s)

Happy Easter! 

P.S.  I wrote and drew this comic in like 4 minutes, so you're not allowed to dislike it.  The rules of cartooning forbid it.

2013-03-29 22:13:38 (130 comments, 103 reshares, 835 +1s)

Gayroller 2000 got an upgrade today.  From this comic:  http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally

2013-03-29 19:12:50 (438 comments, 468 reshares, 2149 +1s)

The gay marriage debate in 50 years

2013-03-28 23:29:58 (62 comments, 87 reshares, 916 +1s)

This isn't a comic, but it's sitting on my hard drive and has no home, so I'm posting it here.

2013-03-28 20:57:31 (56 comments, 313 reshares, 1466 +1s)

Here's one from Neil deGrasse Tyson. 
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/quotations

2013-03-28 20:32:35 (27 comments, 164 reshares, 864 +1s)

I started using a Wacom tablet and Adobe Illustrator a few months ago, and wanted to practice drawing some portraits, so I illustrated some quotations from people I like.

You can view the rest of them here: http://theoatmeal.com/blog/quotations

2013-03-27 21:48:04 (42 comments, 36 reshares, 579 +1s)

My Dog: The Paradox got turned into a book! 
Ships May 7th.

Full details here:  http://theoatmeal.com/blog/dog_paradox_book

2013-03-26 20:04:40 (8 comments, 9 reshares, 105 +1s)

http://en.ilovecoffee.jp/posts/view/65

2013-03-26 19:55:52 (30 comments, 57 reshares, 359 +1s)

Tipping and tooting, a comic about people who wait tables  http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tipping_tooting

2013-03-26 19:42:10 (500 comments, 494 reshares, 2341 +1s)

Posting this for marriage equality.  Also, for bacon. 

2013-03-25 17:42:35 (99 comments, 171 reshares, 896 +1s)

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tipping_tooting

2013-03-16 18:04:13 (37 comments, 40 reshares, 503 +1s)

hahaha..  this is why to this day PBF comics are still my favorite. 

http://pbfcomics.com/257/

2013-03-14 16:49:31 (40 comments, 59 reshares, 404 +1s)

I did an interview at SXSW about creativity, cats, and farts. 
Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal on Creativity, Mass Popularity, and Cats!

2013-03-05 19:44:45 (29 comments, 99 reshares, 351 +1s)

The upcoming comics documentary, "Stripped" posted some updates today along with some snippets of me in an 8-bit explanation of how comic artists make a living.

http://vimeo.com/58412851

Full trailer  and Kickstarter here:  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sequential/stripped-the-final-push

2013-02-22 18:37:00 (142 comments, 178 reshares, 679 +1s)

Movie recommendation time!
A few years ago this short about a bodybuilder who lives with his mother made its way around the internet:
Dennis

They turned it into a full movie called "Teddy Bear," and it's on Netflix streaming right now.   I watched it last night and I wholeheartedly give it two glutes up.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Teddy_Bear/70228017?locale=en-US

2013-02-21 22:44:20 (100 comments, 214 reshares, 615 +1s)

This is an excellent writeup on the history of Huy Fong Sriracha.  I really want to go on a tour of the Sriracha factory. 

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-21/sriracha-hot-sauce-catches-fire-with-only-one-rooster

2013-02-20 02:21:25 (461 comments, 23 reshares, 1100 +1s)

I am terribly excited about this purchase that I made today. 

Any vanity license plate ideas?   All I've got is THEOATWHEELS and that's stupid and too long. 

2013-02-04 21:14:08 (54 comments, 48 reshares, 872 +1s)

Hey everyone, there's a feature about me in the latest issue of Time Magazine. It's the Feb. 11 issue with a picture of a US drone on the cover. A writer from Time flew from NYC a few weeks ago and interviewed me in Seattle. There isn't an online version yet (I think they put them up later after the magazine moves off the shelves), but if you get a chance to read the piece it's does a great job capturing the zeitgeist of web comics right now.

2013-02-04 21:08:47 (43 comments, 115 reshares, 531 +1s)

An oldie but a goodie.  The worst thing about Valentine's Day.
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/valentines_day

2013-01-28 18:17:11 (72 comments, 181 reshares, 887 +1s)

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/dinosaur_hotel

2013-01-16 18:02:20 (127 comments, 183 reshares, 677 +1s)

http://en.ilovecoffee.jp/posts/view/54 

2013-01-09 06:21:21 (201 comments, 122 reshares, 413 +1s)

Coffee creamers are dyed vegetable oil.  Yuck.

http://en.ilovecoffee.jp/posts/view/51

2013-01-08 18:05:03 (298 comments, 569 reshares, 2370 +1s)

20 years ago today my house burned down, so I wrote a comic about it:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/house

2012-12-19 18:43:22 (125 comments, 88 reshares, 464 +1s)

Guess what doesn't happen on Friday? The end of the world!

To be clear: the world is NOT coming to an end on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. The Earth won't be destroyed. The Maya calendar has nothing to do with anything. The Sun won't align with a galactic black hole. Planet X doesn't exist. There is no planetary alignment. There won't be a solar storm that'll fry us. There are no giant asteroids on their way to impact us. The Earth's poles won't shift. 

We good? Want more details? You got 'em:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2012/12/18/maya_apocalypse_2012_doomsday_end_of_the_world_prophecies_are_nonsense.html

[Image courtesy Dean Reeves: http://deanreevesii.deviantart.com/art/An-Earth-Shattering-Experience-146786821?q=gallery%3Adeanreevesii%2F23937479&qo=0 used by permission]

2012-12-18 20:47:56 (37 comments, 179 reshares, 466 +1s)

2012-12-18 20:30:42 (63 comments, 245 reshares, 833 +1s)

How to make a Google+

2012-12-18 20:17:30 (79 comments, 259 reshares, 770 +1s)

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/state_web_winter_2012