Comic 1128 - 50 Shades

Whether living in mansion or hovel
You're probably reading this novel
About a hot chick
Who clicks with a dick
Cause she digs the way he makes her grovel.

Original comic here.

Synecdoche!

Comic 1122 - Electoral Precedent

In a move reminiscent of Motson
Today’s pundits come up with lots’n
Lots of cute unbroken
Streaks, but by that token
They’re rather less Holmes and more Watson.

Original comic here.

Comic 1109 - Refrigerator

At midnight, a goblin armada
Creeps silently into my larder
To turn food once delicious
To dangerous dishes
That would scare Don Alonso Quesada.

Original comic here.

Comic 1049 - Bookshelf

In my library, Atlas Shrugged’s placed
So the unwary reader is faced
With a room dank and dark
And a candlelit plaque
Telling him he has terrible taste.

Original comic here.

Comic 1044 - Romney Quiz

There once was a poor boy named Charlie
Who barely had two grains of barley
But a sweet lucky dip
Won a factory trip
That was straight out of Salvador Dali.

Original comic here.

Classic comic 79 - Iambic Pentameter

There was an erudite young man from Stoke
Who used this meter ev'ry time he spoke,
Which might recall the Bard;
But it is hard
To use it to make any sort of joke.

Original comic here.

Nice to try a different meter once in a while. I noticed this comic because Explain XKCD (which I should probably read more) has started posting explanations of classic XKCD editions as well as new ones. Though I'm sorry to say that their expanation of this comic is somewhat lacking; not to put too fine a point on it, it is completely incorrect.

Comic 971 - Alternative Literature

You can stimulate thoughts on demand
By just holding a book in your hand.
They don't even need writing!
Now, does this sound inviting:
Two thousand blank books for a grand?

Original comic here.

Comic 921 - Delivery Notification

My laptop: delivery missed.
Well I won't just sit here and be dissed!
I will not be ignored -
Now send for my sword!
My sword: delivery missed.

Original comic here.

Classic comic 451 - Impostor

There once was a student from Split
Who pretended to be a lit crit
He bluffed and he stumbled
But never got rumbled
Until he was old and arthrit.

Original comic here.

Classic comic 548 - Kindle

Wherever you end up, worldwide
If you have this device at your side
Your knowledge won't dwindle
So is it a Kindle
Or is it - *scratch scratch scratch* - the Hitchhiker's Guide?

Original comic here.

Classic comic 483 - Fiction Rule of Thumb

If you're making up words by the barrel
For characters' food and apparel
I'll know in a jiffy
Your novel is whiffy
Unless your name's Tolkien or Carroll.

Original comic here.

Or Lear, of course!

Classic comic 760 - Moria

Behold, we approach Khazad-Dûm
Where the Dwarves met their end in the gloom
In the mines of Moria
Not shadow and fire
But short, stubby legs wrought their doom.

Original comic here.

Another Tolkien-inspired comic and limerick, to go with the one about Sam G from the other day.

Comic 847 - Stingray Nebula

If you're bearing an arduous load
Like Sam did in Sauron's abode
You can find succour knowing
Your star's always glowing
So long as it doesn't explode.

Original comic here.

Comic 740 - The Tell-Tale Beat

Ever since I murdered Daft Punk
And buried their bodies in junk
I've found it astounding
My building's resounding
With monotonous pounding (thunk... thunk...)

Original comic here.

This is the comic that first inspired me to write an XKCD-based limerick, so it's only right that it should be my first post on the new site.