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If you’re reading this article, chances are good you’ve heard of xkcd, the thrice-weekly stick figure webcomic by Randall Munroe. I’ve been reading (and loving) it for over three years now because of science strips like this one, computer strips like this one, and all-around awesome strips like this one. I own an xkcd T-shirt and a signed xkcd print.

You see, I’m biased.

I’ve been pondering, though. With many things I enjoy (The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, the Matrix trilogy), I’m well aware of the sizable minority (or even majority) who dislike them. After all, LotR has no shortage of detractors, and if you haven’t seen a Harry Potter hate site, you haven’t been on the internet. But somehow, I’d always assumed that xkcd was different; I guess I just figured it was one of those things, like sunshine, Earthbound, and Patrick Stewart, that… … Does xkcd Suck?

Tonight is the premiere of the final season of Lost. We not only wanna read your opinions on the episode as it happens, but we’d also like to know how various fans are marking the occasion. We would do a live blog, but there’s no way we’re taking our eyes of our hi-def displays long enough to click “update post.” The show starts at 8 Central, 9 Eastern/Pacific.

So, Heroes returns to the air with brand new episodes tonight. While many of us have given up on the show, others have continued to watch in hopes that one day it’d return to the quality of the first season. Glimpses of its former glory were pepered throughout last season, but they were few and far between.

Tonight, the two-hour season premiere airs at 7:00 pm CST on NBC. We invite all ‘Funk readers to return to this thread and contribute to a live public commentary on the show. The only caveat is that you have to be nice to one another; feel free to trash the show as much as you desire.