Below are the 6 most recent journal entries recorded in xkcd's InsaneJournal:

Monday, August 5th, 2019
5:14 pm	Win an xkcd sketch https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/05/win-an-xkcd-sketch/ http://blog.xkcd.com/?p=918 Want a personalized sketch of yourself as an xkcd-style stick figure? If so, you can preorder my new book How To and submit this form to enter a contest to win a personalized sketch of yourself! Fifteen entrants will be randomly chosen to win a personalized stick figure portrait. I’ll draw a sketch of you … Continue reading "Win an xkcd sketch" (Comment on this)
Friday, August 16th, 2019
11:16 am	Serena Versus the Drones https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/16/serena-versus-the-drones/ http://blog.xkcd.com/?p=922 My new book, How To, comes out on September 3rd (preorder: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, and Apple Books). One of the most exciting things about writing How To was that, for a few chapters, I was able to reach out to some extremely cool people who were willing to apply their unique expertise to ridiculous … Continue reading "Serena Versus the Drones" (Comment on this)
Friday, August 23rd, 2019
8:01 pm	Book tour and contest winner https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/23/book-tour-and-contest-winner/ http://blog.xkcd.com/?p=950 The winner We got a huge number of submissions to the How To book tour challenge, and I’m delighted to announce the winner: The How To book tour will be taking me to Juneau, Alaska, thanks to an entry from Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley Public Library. The 98-person entry was submitted in a series of four … Continue reading "Book tour and contest winner" (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
6:33 pm	Book tour wrap-up https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/09/25/book-tour-wrap-up/ http://blog.xkcd.com/?p=1005 Thank you to everyone who came to events on my book tour! It was a wild ride visiting so many cities in short succession. Thank you so much to the booksellers, venues, and especially to the wonderful people who co-hosted the tour events with me: Kate Darling, Alexandra Petri, Lev Grossman, Jim Ottaviani, Ken Jennings, … Continue reading "Book tour wrap-up" (Comment on this)
Monday, January 31st, 2022
3:05 pm	What If 2 https://blog.xkcd.com/2022/01/31/what-if-2/ http://blog.xkcd.com/?p=1020 Im excited to announce that Im publishing a What If? sequel! What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions will be in stores 9/13, and is available for preorder now! In What If 2, I answer new questions Ive receieved in the years since What If? was released. People have asked about … Continue reading "What If 2" (Comment on this)
Monday, July 15th, 2019
2:10 pm	San Diego Comic-Con https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/07/15/san-diego-comic-con/ http://blog.xkcd.com/?p=894 I’m going to be at Comic-Con in San Diego this week! I’ll be appearing on panels with some really neat people for conversations about science, comics, and writing, and talking about my new book, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems. Here’s my panel/event schedule. If you’re attending, come see me there! THURSDAY … Continue reading "San Diego Comic-Con" (Comment on this)