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Rudism | 1 year ago

The thing I'm most confused about is I thought xkcd was one guy named Randall's webcomic, but this post makes it sound like there are several people involved in creating the comics. Is that the case? Does Randall still draw them or is it like a company with a whole creative team now?

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aiiane|1 year ago

Most comics are just Randall, but there are a handful of people who contribute to the occasional more unique / interactive comics, such as the April Fools ones.

aidenn0|1 year ago

I believe his April 1st "comics" have always been coded by someone else; there's been development notes by the developer(s) like this posted after each one.

saganus|1 year ago

I am actually a little relieved because everytime one of these interactive XKCD comic is published I wonder how does Randall find enough time to work on them, plus What If, etx.

Of course there are some people that simpliy are hyper productive, but the level of detail and complexity of these comics always made me feel a bit "inadequate" :)

nolongerthere|1 year ago

tbf, I don't think he has another job, so if he's only creating 3 comics a week and writing his books, there is def enough time as a side project to put out a fun annual comic that requires a bit of work, obviously it would need to be planned well in advance, which it appears this was not.