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Line 1: {{work}} ~~----~~ * On the week of November 8th, 2010, ''XKCD''{{'}}s creator put out a comic saying that he would not be drawing new comics for a little while because of family illness. In the Alt-Text, however, he asked for people to send him distracting online games. The result? 2700 by noon of the same day. ** He revealed exactly ''what'' the family illness is in July 2011: [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ his fiancee has Stage III breast cancer]. In that blog post, he thanked all the people who sent him flash games. * [http://xkcd.com/767/ This strip] may not seem too special, but then you read the Alt-Text... Line 9 ⟶ 8: * [http://xkcd.com/346/ "Diet Coke+Mentos"] is quite nice. * [http://xkcd.com/896/ Just remember that if you want to do this stuff, you're not alone.] * [http://xkcd.com/442/ This] ''[[~~Xkcd (Webcomic)\|~~Xkcd]]'' strip, as well as being a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. * [http://www.xkcd.com/515/ This] one; rather heartwarming in a psychopathic sort of way. * [http://xkcd.com/104/ This] is pretty heartwarming as well. That's real devotion right there. Line 23 ⟶ 22: * http://xkcd.com/201/ * http://xkcd.com/112/ * The week they decide to do parodies of other famous ~~webcomics~~web comics. They then get around to ''[[Megatokyo]]''. By frame two, [http://xkcd.com/142/ they call the whole thing off, believing people (especially creator Fred Gallagher) would find it mean spirited and in bad taste]. They decide to bake him a cake instead. It seems more like they're mocking him for being easily offended. The [http://xkcd.com/160/ ''Penny Arcade'' parody a little later on], however... * ... Is an extended gay joke, so [[Your Mileage May Vary]] even in Heartwarming. * [http://xkcd.com/40/ "Like a beacon"] Line 36 ⟶ 35: * [http://xkcd.com/48/ We are just two people...] * The alt-text of the [http://xkcd.com/374/ Journal strip], from a [[Your Mileage May Vary\|certain point of view]]. In a weird way, it could even be a bizarre [[Friendship Moment]]. {{quote\| '''Black Hat Guy:''' And the journal is filled with all the things I'd say to her if I were nice like you. I burn it when it's full.}} * [http://xkcd.com/731/ The most exciting new frontier is charting what's already here.] * [http://xkcd.com/667/ Especially if you read the ALT text.] Line 45 ⟶ 44: * [http://xkcd.com/1053/ You're one of today's lucky 10,000.] {{worksubpagefooter}}{{heartwarming}} ~~{{reflist}}~~ [[Category:Web Comics/Heartwarming]] ~~[[Category:Xkcd]]~~ ~~[[Category:Heartwarming]]~~