Cyanide and Randomness
November 7, 2015 1:09 AM Subscribe
Cyanide and Happiness is one of the most successful webcomics, combining very simple 'semi stickperson' characters with very simple gags, sometimes silly, more often gleefully offensive. Of the more than 3000 strips in its history, hundreds are three-panel interactions between 'Mr. Blue' and 'Mr. Green'. From those, they have now made a Random Comic Generator, which creates comics that sometimes make more sense than the originals.
(Secret comics hack... note the words in the url for each generated comic... they represent specific comic panels, allowing you to generate Non-Random Comics)
But if "C&H" just isn't your cup of cyanide, "Invisible Bread" is a comic with almost identical characters and a very different attitude; its punchlines often involve being absurdly positive. (It's also endorsed by the author's dog Wendell, no relation)
(Secret comics hack... note the words in the url for each generated comic... they represent specific comic panels, allowing you to generate Non-Random Comics)
But if "C&H" just isn't your cup of cyanide, "Invisible Bread" is a comic with almost identical characters and a very different attitude; its punchlines often involve being absurdly positive. (It's also endorsed by the author's dog Wendell, no relation)
I thought I provided fair warning with "gleefully offensive" - sorry.
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:19 AM on November 7, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:19 AM on November 7, 2015 [3 favorites]
so basically every time I remember something mortifying I did in the past then
posted by Solon and Thanks at 1:30 AM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Solon and Thanks at 1:30 AM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
This is basically my mating ritual.
posted by louche mustachio at 1:53 AM on November 7, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by louche mustachio at 1:53 AM on November 7, 2015 [5 favorites]
Never mind my above comic, I mis-linked ... :(
posted by soundofsuburbia at 1:58 AM on November 7, 2015
posted by soundofsuburbia at 1:58 AM on November 7, 2015
This is a true thing that just happened to me in real life.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:01 AM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by louche mustachio at 2:01 AM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
These are just too goddamn romantic for me.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:18 AM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by louche mustachio at 2:18 AM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
It was fun and quirky the first hundred times.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 3:37 AM on November 7, 2015
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 3:37 AM on November 7, 2015
These random panels make coherent (if not exactly witty) gags with surprising frequency.
They were made for each other.
A fair question.
Ouch.
Double ouch.
Isn't this basically a Calvin and Hobbes?
posted by dgaicun at 4:40 AM on November 7, 2015 [10 favorites]
They were made for each other.
A fair question.
Ouch.
Double ouch.
Isn't this basically a Calvin and Hobbes?
posted by dgaicun at 4:40 AM on November 7, 2015 [10 favorites]
Niiiice try, future me.
Was that inappropriate?
Male bonding.
Should've known better.
How to win an argument.
The Fault in Our Stars (abridged).
BTW, I just noticed both the time travel URLs have the word, 'Cuddly'. Figure out all the codewords and you can build your own comic.
posted by dgaicun at 5:56 AM on November 7, 2015 [2 favorites]
Was that inappropriate?
Male bonding.
Should've known better.
How to win an argument.
The Fault in Our Stars (abridged).
BTW, I just noticed both the time travel URLs have the word, 'Cuddly'. Figure out all the codewords and you can build your own comic.
posted by dgaicun at 5:56 AM on November 7, 2015 [2 favorites]
The incessant page-hijacking faux Facebook ads make this unusable on mobile.
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 6:28 AM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 6:28 AM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
this one is not a mashup, it's as written. my name is charles. at the time i was working daily with high powered lasers.
posted by chasles at 6:29 AM on November 7, 2015
posted by chasles at 6:29 AM on November 7, 2015
As someone who spent many years in the closet, this hits a little close to home.
posted by ordinary_magnet at 6:55 AM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by ordinary_magnet at 6:55 AM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
dgaicun, you missed an opportunity for combination.
posted by Night_owl at 8:01 AM on November 7, 2015
posted by Night_owl at 8:01 AM on November 7, 2015
C&H leaves me cold, but these are actually pretty good. And thanks for the Invisible Bread link; that's more my speed.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:36 AM on November 7, 2015
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:36 AM on November 7, 2015
THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 8:45 AM on November 7, 2015
posted by Foci for Analysis at 8:45 AM on November 7, 2015
These are semi-coherent surprisingly often: Ouch, Oof, Helpful, Dark, Punny, Yikes
posted by Hot Pastrami! at 9:42 AM on November 7, 2015
posted by Hot Pastrami! at 9:42 AM on November 7, 2015
LivingNotebookSoup
posted by quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon at 9:53 AM on November 7, 2015
posted by quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon at 9:53 AM on November 7, 2015
Ok, it's much better on desktop and is hilarious. I could just link all of them, but I like this variation on "Genesis abridged": http://explosm.net/rcg/JoyousCowRiddle
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 12:19 PM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 12:19 PM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]
As someone who spent many years in the closet...
posted by ordinary_magnet
So you're saying you...
( •_•)
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■)
...couldn't change your polarity?
posted by Evilspork at 12:28 PM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by ordinary_magnet
So you're saying you...
( •_•)
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■)
...couldn't change your polarity?
posted by Evilspork at 12:28 PM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]
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