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FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

2025-04-26T13:03:06Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

2025-04-26T13:02:41Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new bottom navigation bar to browse the early xkcd comics in the original order, and a new style for the original title!

FaviFake at 16:05, 26 March 2025

2025-03-26T16:05:20Z

Icandostuff: /* Explanation */ Lighthouses were never mentioned

2024-01-29T05:36:18Z

‎Explanation: Lighthouses were never mentioned

FaviFake at 07:54, 31 August 2023

2023-08-31T07:54:39Z

FaviFake: Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

2023-08-18T10:57:51Z

Moved the original title and quote (and added Wayback Machine links) from the trivia to the comic template because they are relevant to understanding the comic

FaviFake at 10:05, 29 July 2023

2023-07-29T10:05:10Z

FaviFake: Added trivia about footer comic

2023-07-26T10:05:35Z

Added trivia about footer comic

FaviFake: New category name

2023-05-23T14:00:11Z

New category name

Theusaf: Reverted edits by Donald Trump (talk) to last revision by CRLF

2022-05-26T20:01:44Z

Reverted edits by Donald Trump (talk) to last revision by CRLF

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 | date      = October 21, 2005
 | title     = Light
-| ognumber  = 21
+| ognumber  = 22
 | ogtitle   = Friday's Drawing
 | oglink    = https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A03%20pm-,Friday%27s%20Drawing,-(3%20Comments

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 | date      = October 21, 2005
 | title     = Light
-| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=1%3A03%20pm-,Friday%27s%20Drawing,-(3%20Comments Original title</span>]: '''Friday's Drawing'''</big></big>
+| ognumber  = 21
 | image     = light.jpg
 | titletext = Like a beacon
 }}
-This was the twenty-second comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[44: Love]], and the next one was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]].
+This was the twenty-second comic [[LiveJournal|originally posted to LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[44: Love]], and the next one was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]].
 ==Explanation==

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 }}
 This was the twenty-second comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[44: Love]], and the next one was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]].
 Beacons, often in the form of lighthouses, were built on coasts to give ships a point of reference where land was, so that they could find where they were going, and to know where they should avoid during a storm. In the comic, [[Megan]] fills this role for [[Cueball]]: she is his beacon to know where he can be safe. This also has a romantic notion, as Megan is lighting up the world for Cueball to find her.

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 This was the twenty-second comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[44: Love]], and the next one was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]].
-Lighthouses were built on coasts to give ships a point of reference where land was, so that they could find where they were going, and to know where they should avoid during a storm. In the comic, [[Megan]] fills this role for [[Cueball]]: she is his lighthouse to know where he can be safe. This also has a romantic notion, as Megan is lighting up the world for Cueball to find her.
+Beacons, often in the form of lighthouses, were built on coasts to give ships a point of reference where land was, so that they could find where they were going, and to know where they should avoid during a storm. In the comic, [[Megan]] fills this role for [[Cueball]]: she is his beacon to know where he can be safe. This also has a romantic notion, as Megan is lighting up the world for Cueball to find her.
 ==Transcript==

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 [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 22]]
-[[Category:First day on xkcd]]
+[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
 [[Category:Checkered paper]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]

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 ==Explanation==
-Lighthouses were built on coasts to give ships a point of reference where land was, so that they could find where they were going, and to know where they should avoid during a storm. [[Megan]] fills this role for [[Cueball]]. She is his lighthouse to know where he can be safe.
+Lighthouses were built on coasts to give ships a point of reference where land was, so that they could find where they were going, and to know where they should avoid during a storm. [[Megan]] fills this role for [[Cueball]]. She is his lighthouse to know where he can be safe. This also has a romantic notion, as Megan is lighting up the world for Cueball to find her.
 ==Transcript==
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 ==Trivia==
 * This used to be one of the [[Footer comics|footer comics]] featured in the bottom segment of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
-* This was the 22nd comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[44: Love]], and the next one was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]].
+* This was the twenty-second comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[44: Love]], and the next one was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]].
 * Original title: "Friday's Drawing"
 * This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
 ** It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
 ** The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 22]]
 [[Category:First day on xkcd]]

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 ==Trivia==
-*This was the 22nd comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].
+* This used to be one of the [[Footer comics|footer comics]] featured in the bottom segment of [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
-**The previous was [[44: Love]].
+* This was the 22nd comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[44: Love]], and the next one was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]].
-**The next was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]].
+* Original title: "Friday's Drawing"
-*Original title: "Friday's Drawing"
+* There was no original [[Randall]] quote for this comic.
-*There was no original [[Randall]] quote for this comic.
+* This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
-*This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.
+** It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
-**It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.
+** The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
-**The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.
+* One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper or graphing paper]].
 {{comic discussion}}