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− | *Comics (or other happenings related to xkcd) that were put up on {{w|April Fools' Day}} | + | *Comics (or other happenings related to xkcd) that were put up on {{w|April Fools' Day}} as an April Fools' Day joke. |
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In 2006, the first year that xkcd released in March and April, there was no comic released on April 1st and no April Fools' comic was released. The two comics before and after were [[83: Katamari]] from March 31st and [[84: National Language]] from April 3rd. | In 2006, the first year that xkcd released in March and April, there was no comic released on April 1st and no April Fools' comic was released. The two comics before and after were [[83: Katamari]] from March 31st and [[84: National Language]] from April 3rd. | ||
− | [[Randall]] first posted an April Fools' comic on Sunday, April 1, 2007. This comic ("[[Syndication]]") was not numbered; sequentially, it came between [[242: The Difference]] and [[243: Appropriate Term]]. It has not been preserved in the official xkcd archives | + | [[Randall]] first posted an April Fools' comic on Sunday, April 1, 2007. This comic ("[[Syndication]]") was not numbered; sequentially, it came between [[242: The Difference]] and [[243: Appropriate Term]]. It has not been preserved in the official xkcd archives, though it survives on a [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3701 thread in the xkcd forums]. |
− | For April Fools' Day 2008 Randall created [[404: Not Found]], which is a meta-comic, since it in fact doesn't exist. But that he considers it a comic is both made clear in the explanation for said "comic" and also since he links to it in his 2018 April fools' comic [[1975: Right Click]], from a fools' menu that links to all his comic alphabetically by title. | + | For April Fools' Day 2008 [[Randall]] created [[404: Not Found]], which is a meta-comic, since it in fact doesn't exist. But that he considers it a comic is both made clear in the explanation for said "comic" and also since he links to it in his 2018 April fools' comic [[1975: Right Click]], from a fools' menu that links to all his comic alphabetically by title. |
− | The comic for April 1st 2009 had no obvious ties to April Fools' Day, but on that day Randall made an April Fool in another way. See the [[563: | + | The comic for April 1st 2009 had no obvious ties to April Fools' Day, but on that day Randall made an April Fool in another way. See the [[563:_Fermirotica#Trivia|Trivia section]] for [[563: Fermirotica]], released that day. |
− | April 1st, 2010 didn't coincide with a comic release. However, on that day the site was altered to mimic a Unix command line interface, the so called [[UniXKCD]]. (This happened wile [[721: Flatland]] was the newest comic, but it was released March 31st and had nothing to do with April Fools' Day, see this [[721: | + | April 1st, 2010 didn't coincide with a comic release. However, on that day the site was altered to mimic a Unix command line interface, the so called [[UniXKCD]]. (This happened wile [[721: Flatland]] was the newest comic, but it was released March 31st and had nothing to do with April Fools' Day, see this [[721:_Flatland#UniXKCD|trivia]]). |
− | Starting on Friday, April 1st, 2011 with [[880: Headache]], Randall has released a real April Fools' Day joke annually, except 2017 | + | Starting on Friday, April 1st, 2011 with [[880: Headache]], [[Randall]] has released a real April Fools' Day joke annually, except 2017. |
Beginning with the second year in that row, with [[1037: Umwelt]], he moved the release day to Sunday April 1st 2012, and thus began the practice of releasing an April Fools Day comic on April 1st, notwithstanding [[#Release Weekday|what day of the week]] it fell on by shifting the comic's release to that day. Typically it would thus replace the next release day, so there would not be a comic on Monday the 2nd or 3rd of April, if April 1st fell in the weekend. | Beginning with the second year in that row, with [[1037: Umwelt]], he moved the release day to Sunday April 1st 2012, and thus began the practice of releasing an April Fools Day comic on April 1st, notwithstanding [[#Release Weekday|what day of the week]] it fell on by shifting the comic's release to that day. Typically it would thus replace the next release day, so there would not be a comic on Monday the 2nd or 3rd of April, if April 1st fell in the weekend. | ||
− | This worked for the next three years with [[1193: Externalities]] in 2013, [[1350: Lorenz]] in 2014 (first Tuesday release) and [[1506: xkcloud]] in 2015. But then the project became so complicated that in 2016, the release was delayed until [[1663: | + | This worked for the next three years with [[1193: Externalities]] in 2013, [[1350: Lorenz]] in 2014 (first Tuesday release) and [[1506: xkcloud]] in 2015. But then the project became so complicated that in 2016, the release was delayed until [[1663:_Garden#Monday_4th_of_April_release|Monday April 4th]] with [[1663: Garden]]. |
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− | + | The yearly trend thus continued until 2017, where no comics were released on April 1st. And the two comics around the date had nothing to do with such a joke. See more on this, and why this may have been the case, in the [[1818:_Rayleigh_Scattering#No_April_Fools.27_Day_comic_in_2017|trivia section]] of the first of these two, [[1818: Rayleigh Scattering]]. | |
− | In | + | Then from 2018 Randall once again began releasing April Fools' Day comic. In 2018 he again moved the release day from Monday April 2nd to Sunday April 1st with [[1975: Right Click]]. In this comic he both links to [[404: Not Found]] and [[UniXKCD]] two of his previous "not a real comic" April Fools' Day jokes. In 2019 April 1st was a Monday so a normal release day, and he released [[2131: Emojidome]], another user generated comic. |
− | In | + | In 2020 he again had trouble and the release of [[2288: Collector's Edition]] was delayed two days for a [[2288:_Collector's_Edition#Trivia|Friday April 3rd release]]. Instead the planned Friday comic [[2289: Scenario 4]] was released on Saturday. |
− | In | + | In 2021 [[2445: Checkbox]] was released on Thursday April 1st, making it the first April Fools' Day comic to be released on a Thursday. Only Saturday has yet to see a special release. It could have been in 2017, but that was the year without such a comic. Next Saturday April 1st will be in 2023. |
− | In | + | In 2022 [[2601: Instructions]] was released on Friday April 1st, a normal release day. There was though an interesting fact related to this release. First of all it visually was similar to the previous Fools' comic, which had only a {{w|checkbox}} to begin with. Instructions only had a {w|radio button}}. But more interesting, like last year, this comic had an audio part. Thus making it a recurring Fools' theme, and also making these two comics the, at that time, only [[:Category:Comics with audio|comics with audio]]. Although in Instructions the sounds was a vital part of the joke, which was not the case the year before. (Also both comics had a mute button, that could toggle the sound on and off. But the two comics similar buttons worked in reverse, so the mute button had muted sound in the first, but the audio on in the second of the two comics...) |
− | Randall discusses several April | + | [[Randall]] discusses several April Fools comics in his talk at [https://vimeo.com/78912850 Øredev 2013]. |
===Release Weekday=== | ===Release Weekday=== | ||
*Here is a list of the day of the week the "real" April 1st comic was released. | *Here is a list of the day of the week the "real" April 1st comic was released. | ||
− | **Those not on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, have been moved to hit April 1st | + | **Those not on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, have been moved to hit April 1st. |
***Example with the first to do so [[1037: Umwelt]]. | ***Example with the first to do so [[1037: Umwelt]]. | ||
***It was planned for release on Monday April 2nd but came out Sunday April 1st 2012. | ***It was planned for release on Monday April 2nd but came out Sunday April 1st 2012. | ||
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#2008 '''Tuesday''' April 1st: | #2008 '''Tuesday''' April 1st: | ||
− | # | + | ##[[404: Not Found]] |
− | # | + | ##This was technically not a comic, but it did specifically "not come out" on April 1st. |
− | # | + | ##But it DID not come out, between the normal Monday and Wednesday release making it "not" an extra comic that week. |
#2011 Friday April 1st: | #2011 Friday April 1st: | ||
− | # | + | ##[[880: Headache]] |
#2012 '''Sunday''' April 1st: | #2012 '''Sunday''' April 1st: | ||
− | # | + | ##[[1037: Umwelt]] |
− | # | + | ##The next release was not Monday but Wednesday, so it replaced the Monday release. |
#2013 Monday April 1st: | #2013 Monday April 1st: | ||
− | # | + | ##[[1193: Externalities]] |
#2014 '''Tuesday''' April 1st: | #2014 '''Tuesday''' April 1st: | ||
− | # | + | ##[[1350: Lorenz]] |
− | # | + | ##This was the first Tuesday release, but the other two releases that week fell normally on Monday and Friday, thus it replaced Wednesdays release. |
#2015 Wednesday April 1st: | #2015 Wednesday April 1st: | ||
− | # | + | ##[[1506: xkcloud]] |
− | #2016 Monday April 4th: | + | #2016 [[1663:_Garden#Monday_4th_of_April_release|Monday April 4th]]: |
− | # | + | ##[[1663: Garden]] |
− | # | + | ##This comic was supposed to be released Friday April 1st but had technical problems and ended up being released on Monday April 4th. |
− | # | + | ##There where thus only two comics in the week before. See the link above. |
− | # | + | ##There was [[1663:_Garden#April_Fool.27s_comic|no doubt]] that this was supposed to be the April Fools' day comic. |
− | # | + | ###There where [[1818:_Rayleigh_Scattering#No_April_Fools.27_Day_comic_in_2017|No April Fools' Day comic]] in 2017! |
#2018 '''Sunday''' April 1st: | #2018 '''Sunday''' April 1st: | ||
− | # | + | ##[[1975: Right Click]] |
− | # | + | ##The next release was not Monday but Wednesday, so it replaced the Monday release. |
#2019 Monday April 1st: | #2019 Monday April 1st: | ||
− | # | + | ##[[2131: Emojidome]] |
− | #2020 Friday April 3rd: | + | #2020 [[2288:_Collector's_Edition#Trivia|Friday April 3rd]]: |
− | # | + | ##[[2288: Collector's Edition]] |
− | # | + | ##This comic was supposed to be released Wedenday April 1st but had technical problems and ended up being released on Friday April 3rd. |
− | # | + | ##The original planned Friday comic, [[2289: Scenario 4]], was then released on Saturday April 4th |
#2021 '''Thursday''' April 1st: | #2021 '''Thursday''' April 1st: | ||
− | # | + | ##[[2445: Checkbox]] |
− | # | + | ##The next release was not Friday but Monday, so it replaced the Friday release. |
− | #2022 Friday April 1st: | + | #2022 '''Friday''' April 1st: |
− | # | + | ##[[2601: Instructions]] |
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