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The Oatmeal

The Oatmeal's tribute to InSight

From The Oatmeal to the space station, Mars InSight lander’s fans are all a-Twitter

Today’s smashingly successful touchdown of NASA’s InSight lander on Mars was a cause for celebration on Twitter. There was good-natured snark… Read More

The Oatmeal

‘The Oatmeal’ creator rips Facebook in comic — and Facebook asks if he wants to ‘boost’ the post

Mathew Inman, the Seattle-based creator of the popular comic “The Oatmeal,” took a shot at Facebook in a new strip… Read More

Grizzly bear

‘The Oatmeal’ backs plan to reintroduce grizzlies in Washington park and new comic urges fans to help

Matthew Inman, creator of the popular comic “The Oatmeal,” is leveraging his strength in numbers to attempt to strengthen the numbers… Read More

From tragedy to ‘Star Trek’: Check out this new uplifting cartoon from the Oatmeal

If you haven’t already, you should take time to see the latest cartoon from the Oatmeal. It tells the story… Read More

Watch The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman talk running in new Saucony campaign

Head on over to The Oatmeal today to see creator Matthew Inman’s life in 171 seconds. As part of Saucony’s… Read More

Nikola Tesla predicted smartphones in 1926 like a boss

Dang, did he go there? Yep. According to a quote found by Big Think, Nikola Tesla basically describes the modern-day… Read More

‘Exploding Kittens’ blows up Kickstarter as most-backed project of all time

When the card game “Exploding Kittens” hit Kickstarter a month ago, it was gaining funding at a clip that was… Read More

Exploding Kittens card game exploding on Kickstarter

After posting about what might become the greatest card game since Cards Against Humanity, Exploding Kittens, and watching their funding… Read More

Love Nikola Tesla? New crowdfunding campaign lets funders build museum brick by brick

Seattle cartoonist and writer Matthew Inman, better known to the internet as The Oatmeal, is well known for his love… Read More

Yikes, somebody else is suing The Oatmeal now

Matthew Inman, the Seattle-based webcomic artist better known as The Oatmeal, responded to a threat of litigation earlier this year… Read More

Oatmeal’s Tesla fundraising campaign tops $1 million

It seemed like such a miniscule amount when Mike Myers asked for “one million dollars” as Dr. Evil. But, seriously,… Read More

The Oatmeal channels awesome money-making powers of Internet again for Tesla Museum

The Oatmeal, aka Matt Inman, tested his Internet rainmaking prowess just a bit ago with his hilarious and awesome Operation… Read More

FunnyJunk lawyer ends bizarre lawsuit against The Oatmeal, still claims victory

One of the strangest legal cases we’ve seen in some time is now over. Charles Carreon, an attorney for the… Read More

Oh, no, now the FunnyJunk lawyer is reportedly suing The Oatmeal’s charity picks

The legal squabbles between Matthew Inman, the Seattle based Web comic better known as The Oatmeal, and Charles Carreon, the attorney… Read More

The Oatmeal raises $100k for charity, and counting, after legal threat from FunnyJunk

Matthew Inman, the Seattle-based webcomic artist better known as The Oatmeal, has raised more than $100,000 to fight cancer and… Read More

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