Cyanide and Randomness

November 7, 2015 1:09 AM

Cyanide and Happiness is one of the most successful webcomics, combining very simple 'semi stickperson' characters with very simple gags, sometimes silly, more often gleefully offensive. Of the more than 3000 strips in its history, hundreds are three-panel interactions between 'Mr. Blue' and 'Mr. Green'. From those, they have now made a Random Comic Generator, which creates comics that sometimes make more sense than the originals.

(Secret comics hack... note the words in the url for each generated comic... they represent specific comic panels, allowing you to generate Non-Random Comics)

But if "C&H" just isn't your cup of cyanide, "Invisible Bread" is a comic with almost identical characters and a very different attitude; its punchlines often involve being absurdly positive. (It's also endorsed by the author's dog Wendell, no relation)

posted by oneswellfoop (44 comments total)

Possible NSFW judging from first comic, FYI.
posted by Mike Mongo at 1:15 AM on November 7, 2015

I thought I provided fair warning with "gleefully offensive" - sorry.
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:19 AM on November 7, 2015 [3 favorites]

Credible.
posted by brennen at 1:25 AM on November 7, 2015

so basically every time I remember something mortifying I did in the past then
posted by Solon and Thanks at 1:30 AM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]

OH MAN, UNCOOL. UNCOOL!
posted by louche mustachio at 1:51 AM on November 7, 2015 [3 favorites]

True love.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 1:52 AM on November 7, 2015

This is basically my mating ritual.
posted by louche mustachio at 1:53 AM on November 7, 2015 [5 favorites]

Never mind my above comic, I mis-linked ... :(
posted by soundofsuburbia at 1:58 AM on November 7, 2015

This is a true thing that just happened to me in real life.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:01 AM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

I have been down this road before.
posted by Literaryhero at 2:02 AM on November 7, 2015

These are just too goddamn romantic for me.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:18 AM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

Gonna have to remember that comeback.
posted by neonrev at 2:28 AM on November 7, 2015 [7 favorites]

This one works really well
posted by YAMWAK at 2:38 AM on November 7, 2015 [2 favorites]

It was fun and quirky the first hundred times.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 3:37 AM on November 7, 2015

These random panels make coherent (if not exactly witty) gags with surprising frequency.

They were made for each other.

A fair question.

Ouch.

Double ouch.

Isn't this basically a Calvin and Hobbes?
posted by dgaicun at 4:40 AM on November 7, 2015 [10 favorites]

maybe you overdid it a little
posted by castlebravo at 4:41 AM on November 7, 2015

Sent from the future to stop Skynet?
posted by dis_integration at 4:53 AM on November 7, 2015

That got unexpectedly dark...
posted by nebulawindphone at 5:04 AM on November 7, 2015 [3 favorites]

This has probably happened in real life.
posted by The Card Cheat at 5:34 AM on November 7, 2015

Subtlety is the soul of humor
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:44 AM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

This is uncannily accurate.
posted by louche mustachio at 5:49 AM on November 7, 2015

Niiiice try, future me.

Was that inappropriate?

Male bonding.

Should've known better.

How to win an argument.

The Fault in Our Stars (abridged).

BTW, I just noticed both the time travel URLs have the word, 'Cuddly'. Figure out all the codewords and you can build your own comic.
posted by dgaicun at 5:56 AM on November 7, 2015 [2 favorites]

not so random actually, look at the urls
posted by idiopath at 5:57 AM on November 7, 2015

The incessant page-hijacking faux Facebook ads make this unusable on mobile.
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 6:28 AM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]

this one is not a mashup, it's as written. my name is charles. at the time i was working daily with high powered lasers.
posted by chasles at 6:29 AM on November 7, 2015

As someone who spent many years in the closet, this hits a little close to home.
posted by ordinary_magnet at 6:55 AM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]

dgaicun, you missed an opportunity for combination.
posted by Night_owl at 8:01 AM on November 7, 2015

C&H leaves me cold, but these are actually pretty good. And thanks for the Invisible Bread link; that's more my speed.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:36 AM on November 7, 2015

It's not gay if it's yourself, right?
posted by yellowbinder at 8:42 AM on November 7, 2015

THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 8:45 AM on November 7, 2015

Strange family.
posted by Hot Pastrami! at 8:47 AM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

These are semi-coherent surprisingly often: Ouch, Oof, Helpful, Dark, Punny, Yikes
posted by Hot Pastrami! at 9:42 AM on November 7, 2015

LivingNotebookSoup
posted by quonsar II: smock fishpants and the temple of foon at 9:53 AM on November 7, 2015

Implied cannibalism fits right in with real C&H.
posted by Rangi at 10:28 AM on November 7, 2015

Desperation is unsexy.
posted by Jack Karaoke at 10:42 AM on November 7, 2015

My first click and I get this: Genesis abridged
posted by numaner at 12:05 PM on November 7, 2015

Ok, it's much better on desktop and is hilarious. I could just link all of them, but I like this variation on "Genesis abridged": http://explosm.net/rcg/JoyousCowRiddle
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 12:19 PM on November 7, 2015 [1 favorite]

Too real.
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 12:19 PM on November 7, 2015

As someone who spent many years in the closet...
posted by ordinary_magnet

So you're saying you...
( •_•)
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■)
...couldn't change your polarity?
posted by Evilspork at 12:28 PM on November 7, 2015 [6 favorites]

Bromance.
posted by Too-Ticky at 12:51 PM on November 7, 2015

ruined his chance
posted by numaner at 12:57 PM on November 7, 2015

PerfectYakCracker
posted by that girl at 7:26 PM on November 7, 2015

Welp, that makes sense, I think.
posted by Samizdata at 6:05 AM on November 8, 2015

what a way to celebrate!
posted by numaner at 1:39 PM on November 8, 2015