XKCDViewer Android App

RATING:
5 out of 5

PRICE:
FREE

TASTY:
Take Randall Munroe’s classic webcomic with your geeky self anywhere you and your smart phone may roam.

BUMMER:
If you’re not already a geek, fan of geeks in general, or understand the breed (both male and female), then the XKCD strips may not appeal to your funny bone. (Just leaves more humor for the rest of us math and/or technology-savvy souls!)

COOL:
The added ability to touch any comic to see the embedded text commentary helps this “one of several XKCD viewer apps” rise above the rest.


If you’re like me, then part of your morning routine involves combing through a newspaper to catch up on all the news you didn’t get a chance to read online the day before. For my wife, it’s all about the comic strips. And what she can’t find in the trusty News & Observer here in Raleigh, NC, she finds on the Web.

For me, a majority of my favorite comics (strips and otherwise) are just a click away online. And three times a week, it’s treat to head over to http://xkcd.com to catch up on the latest XKCD strip.

If you’re a hardcore math nerd or do any kind of technical work with computers or the Internet (think programming, HTML coding, making your own circuit boards, etc.) then it’s likely you’ve heard of XKCD.

It’s difficult to accurately describe the feature, but here goes: XKCD offers a high-brow, Dilbert-like comic strip that randomly deviates from hilariously-drawn circuit patterns with accompanying text to stick-figures talking about the finer points of existence to insightful commentary on the Web, Java, programming, math, language, sarcasm, and more.

Thanks to developer Tom Coxon, the XKCD Viewer app now lets us take Randall Munroe’s classic webcomic with our geeky selves anywhere our Android phones may roam. Just open the app, turn your phone to landscape mode, and you’ve got yourself the very latest, perfectly sized and oriented XKCD comic to read.

The added ability to touch any comic to see the embedded text commentary helps this “one of several XKCD viewer apps” rise above the rest. It’s light, loads each comic in a hurry, and makes viewing a breeze. Plus, the app makes it super-easy to share each comic image to your favorite social media outlets, send as an SMS, email attachment, and more.

So give this “webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language” a shot, both on the Web and on your DROID. It’ll be time well spent.