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*There are several comics that almost share name with at least one other comics.
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**Sometimes this is because they are related in a [[:Category:Comic series|direct series]], where it is just a number (part number) that changes, but this is not the case with all series.
 
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**But a few comics actually share the exact same name, without being directly in a series (sorted after oldest pair, i.e. the 2nd comic's age):
 
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***[[786: Exoplanets]] and [[1071: Exoplanets]].
 
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***[[60: Super Bowl]] and [[1480: Super Bowl]].
 
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***[[827: My Business Idea]] and [[1721: Business Idea]].
 
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****The first one was original named "Business Idea", but Randall renamed it to to fix a conflict on xkcd when he released the new one.
 
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****Why this problem did not occur the two previous times are uncertain.
 
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*****In the case of Exoplanets, [[786: Exoplanets]] image is named <tt><nowiki>exoplanets_2010.png</nowiki></tt>, while [[1071: Exoplanets]] is named <tt><nowiki>exoplanets.png</nowiki></tt> (and <tt>exoplanets_large.png</tt>)
 
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**And at least four other pairs of comics only differ in that one of the titles is plural:
 
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***[[1027: Pickup Artist]] and [[1178: Pickup Artists]].
 
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***[[518: Flow Charts]] and [[1195: Flowchart]]
 
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***[[235: Kite]] and [[1614: Kites]].
 
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***[[441: Babies]] and [[1650: Baby]].
 
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*All comics that thus share name with only up to one different character are listed here.
 
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**Exception is made for instance if:
 
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***The plural form changes more than just adding an "s", like for baby vs. babies,
 
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***A word is split in two words in one comic's name and not the other like Flow Charts vs Flowchart, where also the plural is changed.
 
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*For true series, however, where a number is added after the title, then only the series, not the individual comics are listed (for those that already have their own category of course).
 
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**There are still some series like that which has not had a category created. This may be a mistake, since there are comic series with just two comics that have their own category like the Well series.
 
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*Finally there is a series of new year comics with the year changing to match the new years number.
 
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**So far it seems they only appear every 2nd new year...
 
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**If this series continue until 2020, then that comic should still be listed here, even though two numbers change...
 
  
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NOTE FOR EDITORS: This category is different from the most comic categories, since it sorts comics by name instead of sorting them in chronological order by default using the "DEFAULTSORT" tag hidden in the comic card template.
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To add new comics in the right order in this category, use the {{distinguish}} template. It's easy! See the template documentation for more details:
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:''Not to be confused with [[Comic series]].
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</noinclude>These comics have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters. Sometimes, this is because they are part of a [[:Category:Comic series|comic series]], where often the only difference is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name without being part of a series<noinclude>, such as:
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*[[786: Exoplanets]] and [[1071: Exoplanets]]. Both images were originally named <code>exoplanets.png</code>. When the latter was published, this broke the former on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], so it was renamed <code>exoplanets_2010.png</code>.
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*[[60: Super Bowl]] and [[1480: Super Bowl]]. No images broke because the first one is a {{w|JPG}} file and the second one is a {{w|PNG}} file.
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*[[827: Business Idea]] and [[1721: Business Idea]]. When the second comic was released, the image file and the comic title were the same and there was a conflict both on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and [[1721:_Business_Idea#Trivia|on this site]]. Randall renamed the first comic [[827: My Business Idea]] and the comic image <code>my_business_idea.png</code>.
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There are also other pairs of comics where the only difference is that one of the titles is plural:
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*[[235: Kite]] and [[1614: Kites]],
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*[[441: Babies]] and [[1650: Baby]].
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*[[518: Flow Charts]], [[1195: Flowchart]], and [[1488: Flowcharts]].
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*[[561: Well]] and [[3004: Wells]].
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*[[716: Time Machine]] and [[1203: Time Machines]].
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*[[1027: Pickup Artist]] and [[1178: Pickup Artists]].
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*[[1256: Questions]] and [[1448: Question]].
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*[[1373: Screenshot]] and [[1863: Screenshots]].
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*[[1490: Atoms]] and [[3050: Atom]].
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[[Category:Distinctive comics|Name]]

Latest revision as of 11:10, 3 August 2025

Not to be confused with Comic series.

These comics have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters. Sometimes, this is because they are part of a comic series, where often the only difference is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name without being part of a series, such as:

There are also other pairs of comics where the only difference is that one of the titles is plural:

Pages in category "Comics sharing name"

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