The Oatmeal project is one of the most famous and popular humorous online comics sites, attracting about half a million visitors annually. It was created in 2009 by American cartoonist Matthew Inman, who periodically adds his comics and articles here.
The content of the site is solely the responsibility of its creator, and all works posted here belong to him. The author’s character Oatmeal is a funny little man who is always in a festive mood and has a party hat on his head.
The main content on The Oatmeal is humorous author comics. There are laconic jokes and sketches consisting of 1-2 pictures, and whole stories, in which black and white and color pictures are interspersed with text. Among the works of Matthew Inman can be found a kind of ironic philosophical treatises in the genre of comics – about happiness, about family problems. Many comics are funny and sad at the same time, they make you think.
The comics are divided into several thematic sections:
- About cats and other animals;
- food;
- computer technology;
- there is a whole section of grammar comics, one of them clearly demonstrates the difference between some English words that are often confused.
The comics also teach the correct use of punctuation marks, abbreviations, certain words and turns. The most popular author comics are grouped in a separate section, you can also use a random selection or browse new releases.
Besides online comics, The Oatmeal has fun quizzes with pictures like “How many Justin Biebers can you put down in a fight”, “Are you a sriracha addict” (Sriracha is a spicy chili sauce) or “How many hungry caresses can satiate your body”. These will appeal to fans of black humor, and the results can be shared via Twitter and Facebook.
The Blog section contains the author’s articles in typical Oatmeal style, with pictures. It is also where news and sale announcements are posted. The site has a store where you can buy books by Matthew Inman, paintings and posters, original greeting cards, and exclusive card games.
The Oatmeal also sells soft toys depicting comic book characters, clothes, bags and mugs decorated with the author’s drawings, and various gags like Sriracha lip balm.
All in all, The Oatmeal is a funny website collection of author comics online. If you like this kind of comic genre, be sure to check it out.