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2013-05-22 17:29:40 (47 comments, 226 reshares, 725 +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 (83 comments, 246 reshares, 1447 +1s)

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

2013-05-07 16:55:24 (52 comments, 281 reshares, 1164 +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 (128 comments, 177 reshares, 919 +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 (48 comments, 70 reshares, 731 +1s)

Foiled 

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

2013-04-22 19:46:32 (133 comments, 593 reshares, 2486 +1s)

Truth in air mattress'ing

2013-04-18 17:28:56 (48 comments, 9 reshares, 148 +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, 32 reshares, 397 +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, 654 +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 (131 comments, 64 reshares, 1103 +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, 1018 reshares, 2629 +1s)

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

2013-04-04 21:29:37 (64 comments, 163 reshares, 494 +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, 75 reshares, 1172 +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, 235 reshares, 1204 +1s)

My face at the moment

2013-03-31 19:24:15 (116 comments, 499 reshares, 2020 +1s)

An oldie but a goodie.

2013-03-31 16:33:45 (70 comments, 134 reshares, 1001 +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 (146 comments, 102 reshares, 833 +1s)

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

2013-03-29 19:12:50 (439 comments, 472 reshares, 2151 +1s)

The gay marriage debate in 50 years

2013-03-28 23:29:58 (63 comments, 88 reshares, 914 +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, 310 reshares, 1463 +1s)

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

2013-03-28 20:32:35 (27 comments, 164 reshares, 857 +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, 583 +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 (10 comments, 9 reshares, 105 +1s)

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

2013-03-26 19:55:52 (30 comments, 58 reshares, 360 +1s)

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

2013-03-26 19:42:10 (497 comments, 494 reshares, 2342 +1s)

Posting this for marriage equality.  Also, for bacon. 

2013-03-25 17:42:35 (101 comments, 171 reshares, 900 +1s)

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tipping_tooting

2013-03-16 18:04:13 (37 comments, 40 reshares, 504 +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, 58 reshares, 402 +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, 353 +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, 181 reshares, 682 +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, 215 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 (460 comments, 23 reshares, 1101 +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 (44 comments, 116 reshares, 534 +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 (74 comments, 181 reshares, 891 +1s)

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/dinosaur_hotel

2013-01-16 18:02:20 (127 comments, 186 reshares, 686 +1s)

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

2013-01-09 06:21:21 (201 comments, 122 reshares, 415 +1s)

Coffee creamers are dyed vegetable oil.  Yuck.

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

2013-01-08 18:05:03 (299 comments, 571 reshares, 2376 +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, 89 reshares, 462 +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, 244 reshares, 831 +1s)

How to make a Google+

2012-12-18 20:17:30 (79 comments, 259 reshares, 772 +1s)

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/state_web_winter_2012

2012-12-12 19:11:19 (196 comments, 24 reshares, 478 +1s)

Google plussers!  I'm thinking about doing another "State of the web" for Winter 2012.    Here's the last one I did:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/state_web_spring

I was just considering doing a "this was the web in 2012" post, but I'm worried there's just too much material to work with.  Plus Google did a Zeitgeist video today that pretty much blasts past anything I could hope to put together. 

SO, what do you think is happening on the web RIGHT NOW?  Here's what I've got so far:
Google Fiber gaining buzz.  Please deliver us all from Comcast.
Google+ growing as fast as Facebook, over 500 million users
Psy becomes the most watched Youtube video
Pope starts tweeting

2012-12-11 01:11:08 (73 comments, 43 reshares, 261 +1s)

I heard a quote the other day and I can't figure out where it was from, but it went something like this:

"If all the insects on earth became extinct, all life as we know it would come
to an end in the next 50 years. If all humans became extinct, all other life
would flourish in the next 50 years."

I know M. Night Shyamalan's track record has been fairly awful since, well, ever, BUT this looks pretty fantastic and seems to encapsulate that quote:

AFTER EARTH - Official Trailer (2013)

2012-12-06 19:29:50 (42 comments, 36 reshares, 453 +1s)

My Christmas tree smells spicy and magnificent
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/christmas_tree

2012-12-06 18:19:42 (65 comments, 125 reshares, 541 +1s)

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/christmas

I raise a toast of Evernog to my fellow G+ users.

2012-12-03 19:05:41 (154 comments, 164 reshares, 825 +1s)

The delicate relationship I have with my keyboard.  Full comic here:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/keyboard

2012-11-27 23:24:36 (477 comments, 237 reshares, 1475 +1s)

2012-11-27 21:51:10 (100 comments, 171 reshares, 826 +1s)

I would like to see this film.

2012-11-26 20:11:11 (69 comments, 40 reshares, 107 +1s)

How much do you know about coffee?