The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman

(T)Eddy · **Joined:** 02 Jul 2009 **Posts:** 11767

I'm sure that SOMEWHERE on IMWAN I started a thread about this weird on-line comic, but I don't remember doing it and if I did, it had an obscure title that nobody can remember. So I'm starting this new one that I know I'll be able to FIND.

Actually, somewhere else, I posted this cartoon from The Oatmeal called "Winter Is Coming."

Warning: NSFW!

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/winter_is_coming

And somebody else posted this cartoon which talked about his 17 cats (including one named "Domino") and a house fire.

Warning: Safe for work, but grab your tissues---you'll need them!

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/house

But the main reason I'm posting about Matthew Inman is because of these cartoons which actually do a fun job of helping people use grammar correctly.
(I do think that "whom" is a lost cause and that it's going the same way as "thee" and "thou".)

http://theoatmeal.com/tag/grammar

Now I hope I'll get to read some "Yeah, I really love these 'Oatmeal' comics" before I read "Hey, idiot! Don't you know there's another thread about this topic somewhere else?"

Steve · 21 Oct 2004

I love the one about running. I go through the same things he does when I run.

(T)Eddy · **Joined:** 02 Jul 2009 **Posts:** 11767

I may need to repost this in the IMWAN spam thread:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/email

Allen Berrebbi · 07 Sep 2004

Except for the occasional preachy ones, I love his stuff.

(T)Eddy · **Joined:** 02 Jul 2009 **Posts:** 11767

Why am I bumping this thread? Well, The Oatmeal has made history. He's been running his own little Kickstarter for a silly card game he created with some friends, called "Exploding Kittens." I haven't pledged to this Kickstarter campaign and I never even knew about it until today. I think it's safe to say that this little project was a lot more successful than The Oatmeal could have ever expected:

Stan Shroeder, Mashable wrote:

Exploding Kittens is the most backed Kickstarter project ever

When Matthew Inman, best known as the creator of online comic The Oatmeal, launched a Kickstarter campaign for a card game called Exploding Kittens, he asked for a modest $10,000. The internet, however, would have none of that nonsense.

The original goal soon turned out to be pocket change as the project reached its goal in mere minutes; within 24 hours, the funding had reached $1 million. On Tuesday, with 22 days to go and more than 107,000 backers pledging $4.2 million, it became the most-backed Kickstarter project of all time.

Other projects have raised more money, but Exploding Kittens has the most backers.

http://mashable.com/2015/01/28/explodin ... rter-ever/

If you're interested in learning more, here's the link to the Kickstarter page:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/el ... escription

(T)Eddy · **Joined:** 02 Jul 2009 **Posts:** 11767

This is the official Exploding Kittens introduction video:

The Oatmeal by Matthew Inman

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