Barrel Boy - Revision history

FaviFake: its not that important

2025-09-20T12:36:04Z

its not that important

82.132.245.182: Presuming it's not the bit that is more relevant to who the barrel boy isn't, so moved that across, but I otherwise have no idea what parts perhaps need to be longer but with 'simpler' words.

2025-09-17T13:54:33Z

Presuming it's not the bit that is more relevant to who the barrel boy *isn't*, so moved that across, but I otherwise have no idea what parts perhaps need to be longer but with 'simpler' words.

FaviFake: ??

2025-09-16T15:09:16Z

BobcatInABox at 18:48, 15 September 2025

2025-09-15T18:48:10Z

BobcatInABox at 18:46, 15 September 2025

2025-09-15T18:46:33Z

BobcatInABox at 18:45, 15 September 2025

2025-09-15T18:45:56Z

BobcatInABox at 21:00, 10 September 2025

2025-09-10T21:00:06Z

FaviFake at 13:19, 7 September 2025

2025-09-07T13:19:29Z

Mathmaster at 23:23, 5 September 2025

2025-09-05T23:23:27Z

FaviFake: removed Category:Comics featuring children using HotCat

2025-07-28T13:33:45Z

removed Category:Comics featuring children using HotCat

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:36, 20 September 2025
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	{{Quote\|I've never referred to the boy in the barrel as "Barrel Lad" -- that seems to have started in this [Wikipedia] article. I've called him "Barrel boy" or "The boy in the barrel". Minor detail, but it's funny how sometimes something can appear on Wikipedia, get referenced in other places, and then Wikipedia cites those other places as supporting references. Hooray {{w\|Wikipedia in culture#Wikiality\|Wikiality}}!\|Randall Munroe\|{{w\|Talk:Xkcd/Archive_2#Notes_from_the_author\|Source}}}}		{{Quote\|I've never referred to the boy in the barrel as "Barrel Lad" -- that seems to have started in this [Wikipedia] article. I've called him "Barrel boy" or "The boy in the barrel". Minor detail, but it's funny how sometimes something can appear on Wikipedia, get referenced in other places, and then Wikipedia cites those other places as supporting references. Hooray {{w\|Wikipedia in culture#Wikiality\|Wikiality}}!\|Randall Munroe\|{{w\|Talk:Xkcd/Archive_2#Notes_from_the_author\|Source}}}}

−	~~{{incomplete\|The following paragraph should be simplified a bit, I can't understand it fully. <!-- can you highlight what bit(s) cause confusion? -->}}~~
	Barrel Boy is very different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style, since he has a face and a human-like body, albeit simplified. He is recognised as his own character, distinct from even the earliest [[Cueball]] stick figure, by both a great gulf of style and by personality. Though the artistic development of style from cartoonish-realism to barebones-stickfigurey might well have included a 'missing link' or two of Barrel Boy 'growing up' into the author-avatar/[[Rob]], the debut to the world (in either its pre-website order, or numbered as per xkcd.com) intermingles the two stages of evolution in a way that at least makes it clear that [[Randall Munroe\|Randall]] considers them parallel art styles, not sequential.		Barrel Boy is very different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style, since he has a face and a human-like body, albeit simplified. He is recognised as his own character, distinct from even the earliest [[Cueball]] stick figure, by both a great gulf of style and by personality. Though the artistic development of style from cartoonish-realism to barebones-stickfigurey might well have included a 'missing link' or two of Barrel Boy 'growing up' into the author-avatar/[[Rob]], the debut to the world (in either its pre-website order, or numbered as per xkcd.com) intermingles the two stages of evolution in a way that at least makes it clear that [[Randall Munroe\|Randall]] considers them parallel art styles, not sequential.

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 {{Quote|I've never referred to the boy in the barrel as "Barrel Lad" -- that seems to have started in this [Wikipedia] article. I've called him "Barrel boy" or "The boy in the barrel". Minor detail, but it's funny how sometimes something can appear on Wikipedia, get referenced in other places, and then Wikipedia cites those other places as supporting references. Hooray {{w|Wikipedia in culture#Wikiality|Wikiality}}!|Randall Munroe|{{w|Talk:Xkcd/Archive_2#Notes_from_the_author|Source}}}}
-{{incomplete|The following paragraph should be simplified a bit, I can't understand it fully.}}
+{{incomplete|The following paragraph should be simplified a bit, I can't understand it fully. <!-- can you highlight what bit(s) cause confusion? -->}}
-Barrel Boy is very different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style, since he has a face and a human-like body, albeit simplified. He is recognised as his own character, distinct from even the earliest [[Cueball]] stick figure, by both a great gulf of style and by personality. Though the artistic development of style from cartoonish-realism to barebones-stickfigurey might well have included a 'missing link' or two of Barrel Boy 'growing up' into the author-avatar/[[Rob]], the debut to the world (in either its pre-website order, or numbered as per xkcd.com) intermingles the two stages of evolution in a way that at least makes it clear that [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] considers them parallel art styles, not sequential. There are theories that this character is who grows up to be [[Beret Guy]], while one could perhaps also directly link with [[Jack and Jill]], which pops up years later, infrequently as contrast to the contemporary Cueballs/other adults.
+Barrel Boy is very different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style, since he has a face and a human-like body, albeit simplified. He is recognised as his own character, distinct from even the earliest [[Cueball]] stick figure, by both a great gulf of style and by personality. Though the artistic development of style from cartoonish-realism to barebones-stickfigurey might well have included a 'missing link' or two of Barrel Boy 'growing up' into the author-avatar/[[Rob]], the debut to the world (in either its pre-website order, or numbered as per xkcd.com) intermingles the two stages of evolution in a way that at least makes it clear that [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] considers them parallel art styles, not sequential.
-He is very similar to the character in [[39: Bowl]], however, the original title text states "This is not the barrel boy".
+There are theories that this character is who grows up to be [[Beret Guy]], while one could perhaps also directly link with [[Jack and Jill]], which pops up years later, infrequently as contrast to the contemporary Cueballs/other adults. He is very similar to the character in [[39: Bowl]], however, the original title text states "This is not the barrel boy".
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← Older revision		Revision as of 15:09, 16 September 2025
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	{{Quote\|I've never referred to the boy in the barrel as "Barrel Lad" -- that seems to have started in this [Wikipedia] article. I've called him "Barrel boy" or "The boy in the barrel". Minor detail, but it's funny how sometimes something can appear on Wikipedia, get referenced in other places, and then Wikipedia cites those other places as supporting references. Hooray {{w\|Wikipedia in culture#Wikiality\|Wikiality}}!\|Randall Munroe\|{{w\|Talk:Xkcd/Archive_2#Notes_from_the_author\|Source}}}}		{{Quote\|I've never referred to the boy in the barrel as "Barrel Lad" -- that seems to have started in this [Wikipedia] article. I've called him "Barrel boy" or "The boy in the barrel". Minor detail, but it's funny how sometimes something can appear on Wikipedia, get referenced in other places, and then Wikipedia cites those other places as supporting references. Hooray {{w\|Wikipedia in culture#Wikiality\|Wikiality}}!\|Randall Munroe\|{{w\|Talk:Xkcd/Archive_2#Notes_from_the_author\|Source}}}}

		+	{{incomplete\|The following paragraph should be simplified a bit, I can't understand it fully.}}
	Barrel Boy is very different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style, since he has a face and a human-like body, albeit simplified. He is recognised as his own character, distinct from even the earliest [[Cueball]] stick figure, by both a great gulf of style and by personality. Though the artistic development of style from cartoonish-realism to barebones-stickfigurey might well have included a 'missing link' or two of Barrel Boy 'growing up' into the author-avatar/[[Rob]], the debut to the world (in either its pre-website order, or numbered as per xkcd.com) intermingles the two stages of evolution in a way that at least makes it clear that [[Randall Munroe\|Randall]] considers them parallel art styles, not sequential. There are theories that this character is who grows up to be [[Beret Guy]], while one could perhaps also directly link with [[Jack and Jill]], which pops up years later, infrequently as contrast to the contemporary Cueballs/other adults.		Barrel Boy is very different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style, since he has a face and a human-like body, albeit simplified. He is recognised as his own character, distinct from even the earliest [[Cueball]] stick figure, by both a great gulf of style and by personality. Though the artistic development of style from cartoonish-realism to barebones-stickfigurey might well have included a 'missing link' or two of Barrel Boy 'growing up' into the author-avatar/[[Rob]], the debut to the world (in either its pre-website order, or numbered as per xkcd.com) intermingles the two stages of evolution in a way that at least makes it clear that [[Randall Munroe\|Randall]] considers them parallel art styles, not sequential. There are theories that this character is who grows up to be [[Beret Guy]], while one could perhaps also directly link with [[Jack and Jill]], which pops up years later, infrequently as contrast to the contemporary Cueballs/other adults.

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 <noinclude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Barrel Boy|Comics featuring Barrel Boy]].''
 :''For the comic series, see [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel]].''</noinclude>
 '''Barrel Boy''' is a character in [[xkcd]]. He only appears in the [[:Category:The Boy and his Barrel|The Boy and his Barrel series]], an early six-comic story whose parts were randomly published during the first several dozen strips. He's one of the few characters that's not a [[stick figure]]. The last image on the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article {{what if|147|Niagara Straw}} features [[Beret Guy]] riding in a barrel, which may be a reference to Barrel Boy.

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 {{Quote|I've never referred to the boy in the barrel as "Barrel Lad" -- that seems to have started in this [Wikipedia] article. I've called him "Barrel boy" or "The boy in the barrel". Minor detail, but it's funny how sometimes something can appear on Wikipedia, get referenced in other places, and then Wikipedia cites those other places as supporting references. Hooray {{w|Wikipedia in culture#Wikiality|Wikiality}}!|Randall Munroe|{{w|Talk:Xkcd/Archive_2#Notes_from_the_author|Source}}}}
-Barrel Boy is very different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style, since he has a face and a human-like body. He is recognised as his own character, distinct from even the earliest [[Cueball]] stick figure, by both a great gulf of style and by personality. Though the artistic development of style from cartoonish-realism to barebones-stickfigurey might well have included a 'missing link' or two of Barrel Boy 'growing up' into the author-avatar/[[Rob]], the debut to the world (in either its pre-website order, or numbered as per xkcd.com) intermingles the two stages of evolution in a way that at least makes it clear that [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] considers them parallel art styles, not sequential. There are theories that this character is who grows up to be [[Beret Guy]], while one could perhaps also directly link with [[Jack and Jill]], which pops up years later, infrequently as contrast to the contemporary Cueballs/other adults.
+Barrel Boy is very different from what would quickly become the xkcd [[stick figure]] style, since he has a face and a human-like body, albeit simplified. He is recognised as his own character, distinct from even the earliest [[Cueball]] stick figure, by both a great gulf of style and by personality. Though the artistic development of style from cartoonish-realism to barebones-stickfigurey might well have included a 'missing link' or two of Barrel Boy 'growing up' into the author-avatar/[[Rob]], the debut to the world (in either its pre-website order, or numbered as per xkcd.com) intermingles the two stages of evolution in a way that at least makes it clear that [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] considers them parallel art styles, not sequential. There are theories that this character is who grows up to be [[Beret Guy]], while one could perhaps also directly link with [[Jack and Jill]], which pops up years later, infrequently as contrast to the contemporary Cueballs/other adults.
 He is very similar to the character in [[39: Bowl]], however, the original title text states "This is not the barrel boy".

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