2018 Update: We did in fact make a followup to this chart called “So you’re MAD about something on the Internet…”  soon after that I suggest you also check out.

WHAM. That’s gotta be the biggest damn comic-chart there ever was, right?

UPDATE: HELP IRONY HAPPEN! Here’s today’s comic on . Here it is on BoingBoing. Post it in places and let me know where or post in the comments!

Thank you oh-so much to this joint endeavor of The System and Caldwell of Loldwell.com. Both of us have had plenty of experience with our work making its way across the internet, both with and without attribution to our hard work, and so we thought we would make a comic/chart about how to do it right.

Consider this reference material for the next time you find an artist’s work on a website without attribution to all the hard work someone put in. Next time you see someone posting something that isn’t theirs on Tumblr or Flickr or DeviantArt or wherever else, let them know what you really think. That they are killing the internet. And of course, every time you do that, the Internet (which, let’s face it, is a kitten) sheds a single tear. And then dies because IT HAS BEEN KILLED BY STUPID PEOPLE.

What’s that? You want this on a t-shirt? A poster? Not a problem!

Oh, you thought it would make a good shirt? Which part? The Googles? The sharing emblem? The sad kitten? Gotcha covered. Click on the images below to take you to the HilariAwesome.com store, where you can purchase any of the three shirts we’ve created from this comic. Proceeds go to the original artists, who worked hard to make you laugh and provide this public service announcement.

UPDATE: For those of you who were here earlier, there used to be a “sharing is awesome!” shirt based largely on the image in the above chart available right where this paragraph now lives. Due to using, oh, everyone’s logo in it, this infringed on some copyrights. If you think about it, that goes completely against the point of the chart in the first place, so we’ve taken it down for the time being. Caldwell and I fully plan to retool the design to not feature so many other people’s work in a way that goes against the spirit of the chart and then repost it as available for sale. In the meantime, hope you like the other shirts!

F%*k You T-shirt

To The Googles! T-shirt

See Something? Cite Something. Poster (NOTE: If you would like a “radio edit” of the chart for whatever reason, just place the order and put that in the “special instructions” and we’ll make it happen!)

Of course, talk it up in the comments! We hid a ton of little jokes into this chart, see if you can find them all and list your favorite!

As per request, here are signs as twitter icons. After Venn F%#king Diagrams, I’ll see about shirts if anyone wants. If you use one of the icons, tweet me at either @systemcomic or @rosscott and say hi.

If you like these icons, check out more Twitter icons here.

How long until this works?

It’s a well-known fact that my mom reads this comic. It’s maybe not a well-known fact that my dad does not (on most days). Mom, this would be a bad day to tell him to start. Let’s just see if he finds it…

This is actually the 2nd comic based on a true story involving my father. The first being a quote he always says, “that’s how they get you.”

UPDATE: If you’re a fan (or a true Systemic), here’s two ways to help me out!

1. If this is like your parents or someone you know, post so in the comments! I’m trying to prove to my Dad it’s universal and more about “parents” than him in particular.
2. If you really like the comic,

Also learned from experience: self-referential comics never work.

Remember, the CUPCAKE SANDWICH contest is running this week. 2 entries so far, so your chances to win are pretty high! All you have to do is enter.

We can now add Dejabvious, Retale and Internab to our growing list of The System’s rules and terms.

Do your part this year. Help spread the word about what is awesome on the internet. If that includes this comic, so be it.

Btw Mom, and I’m NOT kidding around about this, just let this one go.  Don’t ask me about it and whatever you do, DO NOT GOOGLE IT.

More like Brandon J Awesome! The other day on Twitter, Brandon asked for what to draw.  A comic for me, I sez.  Here it is.

As a note, I’ll be posting the big recap poster / comic about the last 100 (201 – 300) tomorrow, so consider this a week of extra comics as we try and get life back on track.  Enjoy!

Who is your Frinterweb?  And for that matter, what was the last Gauntnet you had to look up?  For me, it was the new psychiatrist on House, and whether or not he’s on this new TNT show with Scott Bakula.  The world had to know that answer, and fast.  (Yes, that was the same guy.)

PS Special thanks to Bree, for coming up with that final punchline!

I consider this a followup to “Singletasking“.