Live Q&As

Introduce yourself and explain what you'll do in today's chat.

Farm animals in wizard outfits playing D&D

How did you come to develop The Oatmeal? What do you do in addition to (or what DID you do prior to) The Oatmeal comics/postings? P.S. Funniest. postings. ever.

"The Oatmeal" -- How did you come up with that name?

Is there anything in particular you do to stay motivated/inspired? Where (or to whom)  do you turn when you need to revive that creative spark?

What do you think a typical reader of your comics look like/what is their thought process? Can you draw one?

How did you come up with the idea of tile-based icons for your site? It is wonderful and is now being applied to a large number of places including Windows.

Draw that crazy [person]! (please :)

I wanted to ask you how you live on a diet of crickets and whiskey. Sounds like a quick way to get rickets. Do you work out?

[From the producer]

Here are some of the requests you have gotten. Can you pick one and draw it?

- A white-trash panda

- Skydiving rainbow penguins

- Stalin breakdancing

- A llama-dinosaur breathing fire

- A bichon frise eating a cat

How did you learn to use Fireworks so well?

Matt, would you describe yourself as more of a geek or a dork? I mean really, you're probably neither. I imagine you to be this super suave sexy guy with geeky tendencies. Would you agree?

Whats your opinion on people that really put in a lot of effort to have that extreme hipster look? what do you think about the 'movement' in general? You should make a comic about how they are so 'alternative' that they are now mainstream :P

More choices to draw 

- A whale parachuting

- Lady Gaga, illustrating how overrated she is 

- A gorilla in labor wearing a wedding dress

- A swan holding a dagger

- A fat road cyclist

Last question: Do you have friends or family members  who do not find "The Oatmeal" as humorous as your fans do?

That's all the time we have. Thanks for watching!