Category:Five-Minute Comics

The Five-Minute Comics series consists of three comics made up of quick jokes created as part of a five-minute challenge. They weren’t originally intended to be xkcd comics but were drawn in the same style. When Randall needed time to care for his wife during her cancer treatment, he used these comics to fill a week’s updates. The following week, a separate event called Guest Week served the same purpose, featuring five guest artists filling in for him. A fourth comic was accidentally released and later removed from xkcd, though fans had already preserved it. The series is similar to comic 68: Five Thirty, which also featured brief panels apparently written at 5:30 AM.