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Welcome to [[Main Page|'''explain xkcd''']], the site that explains many of the obscure references in [[Randall Munroe]]'s amazing [http://xkcd.com/ xkcd] web site!
 
Welcome to [[Main Page|'''explain xkcd''']], the site that explains many of the obscure references in [[Randall Munroe]]'s amazing [http://xkcd.com/ xkcd] web site!
  
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* [[what if?]] - An index of Randall's [http://what-if.xkcd.com/ what if?] blog.
 
* [[what if?]] - An index of Randall's [http://what-if.xkcd.com/ what if?] blog.
 
* [[:Special:Categories]] - a list of all categories
 
* [[:Special:Categories]] - a list of all categories
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==History of explainxkcd==
 
==History of explainxkcd==
 
<div class="plainlinks">'''explain xkcd''' was originally a blog, [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20091026122109/http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/07/03/extrapolating/ created in July 2009] by [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120626125757/http://www.explainxkcd.com/2012/04/13/thanks-for-your-support/ Mike] and mostly written by [[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([https://twitter.com/jeff_underscore @jeff_underscore]), who posted explanations of [[xkcd]] comics, occasionally [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120530084205/http://www.explainxkcd.com/author/bergsandwich/ helped by his friend Berg] ([https://twitter.com/ActuallyBerg @ActuallyBerg]) and by [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120627061354/http://www.explainxkcd.com/author/mike/ Mike]. The blog gradually [http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=explain+xkcd developed a significant following], and much interaction happened in the comments, especially for complex comics, where commenters pieced together all parts of [[Randall]]'s [[:Category:Large drawings|epic]] [[:Category:Dynamic comics|comics]] which would have taken way too much time for Jeff to do alone.
 
<div class="plainlinks">'''explain xkcd''' was originally a blog, [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20091026122109/http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/07/03/extrapolating/ created in July 2009] by [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120626125757/http://www.explainxkcd.com/2012/04/13/thanks-for-your-support/ Mike] and mostly written by [[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([https://twitter.com/jeff_underscore @jeff_underscore]), who posted explanations of [[xkcd]] comics, occasionally [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120530084205/http://www.explainxkcd.com/author/bergsandwich/ helped by his friend Berg] ([https://twitter.com/ActuallyBerg @ActuallyBerg]) and by [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120627061354/http://www.explainxkcd.com/author/mike/ Mike]. The blog gradually [http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=explain+xkcd developed a significant following], and much interaction happened in the comments, especially for complex comics, where commenters pieced together all parts of [[Randall]]'s [[:Category:Large drawings|epic]] [[:Category:Dynamic comics|comics]] which would have taken way too much time for Jeff to do alone.

Revision as of 04:13, 29 September 2020

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Welcome to explain xkcd, the site that explains many of the obscure references in Randall Munroe's amazing xkcd web site!

Here is a tour of various entry points to the site:

History of explainxkcd