• August 24th, 2012

    The Oatmeal Helps New Tesla Museum Raise One Million Smackers

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    The Oatmeal, who really should freaking start making comics and stop helping museums in Long Island that no one thought about until a week ago, just announced that he and the Internet raised $1 million to support the purchase of Nikola Tesla’s old laboratory on Long Island.

    In 9 days, we managed to raise over 1 million dollars to go towards buying back Tesla’s old laboratory, and with the… → Read More

    August 21st, 2012

    The Oatmeal Hits Its $850,000 Goal To Fund A Tesla Museum In Less Than A Week

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    About a week after posting a call for donations to fund a Tesla Museum on Long Island, the goal has been surpassed by $20,000. Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal announced the plan last week in a post entitled “Let’s Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum” and it looks like his dream – and ours – will come true. → Read More

    August 16th, 2012

    Internet Darling The Oatmeal Wants To Build A Tesla Museum And You Can Help

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    Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal (who could, arguably, make more comics instead of being the Internet’s Sarah McLachlan for geek causes) has taken up the ultimate in geek causes: rebuilding Nikola Tesla’s lab in Shoreham, New York. The lab originally held Tesla’s workshop and a giant freaking tower that we was about to send crazy electricity all over the world, powering the universe from a single… → Read More

    June 15th, 2012

    Cartoonist’s Lawyer Responds To FunnyJunk: The Oatmeal Will Not Cave

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    It’s on now. Matthew Inman at the The Oatmeal has hired a crackerjack lawyer, Venkat Balasubramani, who sent a long and detailed letter to FunnyJunk essentially saying that their mothers should, in the end, have carnal relations with a bear.

    The Oatmeal wrote a blog post complaining about his content being made available on FunnyJunk. There is no dispute that large quantities of his content… → Read More