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xkcd

webcomic created by Randall Munroe
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xkcd

Summary

xkcd is a webcomic[1]. xkcd ranks in the top 8% of webcomic entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (776 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • xkcd authored Randall Munroe[3].
  • xkcd received the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards[4].
  • xkcd received the The Weblog Awards[5].
  • xkcd received the The Weblog Awards[6].
  • xkcd received the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story[7].
  • xkcd's image is recorded as Malamanteau.png[8].
  • xkcd's image is recorded as Xkcd philosophy.png[9].
  • xkcd's image is recorded as Webcomic xkcd - Wikipedian protester.png[10].
  • xkcd's image is recorded as StAr TrEk InTo DaRkNeSs (xkcd).png[11].
  • xkcd's image is recorded as 1337 Part 3.png[12].
  • xkcd's instance of is recorded as webcomic[13].
  • xkcd's instance of is recorded as comic strip series[14].
  • xkcd's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 313262600[15].
  • xkcd's GND ID is recorded as 1064280994[16].
  • xkcd's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Generic[17].
  • xkcd's Commons category is recorded as Xkcd[18].
  • xkcd's language of work or name is recorded as English[19].
  • xkcd's country of origin is recorded as United States[20].
  • +2005-09-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of xkcd[21].
  • xkcd's start time is recorded as +2005-09-01T00:00:00Z[22].
  • xkcd's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fzd3g[23].
  • xkcd's characters is recorded as Cueball[24].
  • xkcd's characters is recorded as Beret Guy[25].
  • xkcd's characters is recorded as Megan[26].
  • xkcd's characters is recorded as Black Hat[27].

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Works and Contributions

xkcd authored Randall Munroe[3].

Recognition

Awards received include Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards[4], an award[28], founded in 2001[29]; The Weblog Awards[5], an award[30]; and Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story[7], a comics award[31], founded in 2009[32].

Why It Matters

xkcd ranks in the top 8% of webcomic entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (776 views/month).[2] xkcd has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] xkcd is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did xkcd receive?

Honors received include Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards[4], The Weblog Awards[5], The Weblog Awards[6], and Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story[7].

Related Entities

mathematics Randall Munroe United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . xkcd.com. Retrieved . xkcd.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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