xkcd's book tour announcement image is pretty funny

http://imgs.xkcd.com/store/tour-news.png

created by gamehelp16 on 25/07/2014 at 09:51 UTC

289 upvotes, 4 top-level comments (showing 4)

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Comment by jake223 at 25/07/2014 at 13:59 UTC

41 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Look at the bottom of *every* xkcd page. See those preview links for 5 different comics? Look at the source:

<img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/s/a899e84.jpg" width="520" height="100" alt="Selected Comics" usemap="#comicmap">
<map id="comicmap" name="comicmap">
<!-- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=108489 Might be MIME dependent. -->
<area shape="rect" coords="0,0,100,100" href="/150/" alt="Grownups">
<area shape="rect" coords="104,0,204,100" href="/730/" alt="Circuit Diagram">
<area shape="rect" coords="208,0,308,100" href="/162/" alt="Angular Momentum">
<area shape="rect" coords="312,0,412,100" href="/688/" alt="Self-Description">
<area shape="rect" coords="416,0,520,100" href="/556/" alt="Alternative Energy Revolution">
</map>    

Comment by dahud at 25/07/2014 at 15:14 UTC

15 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I'm just bummed out that he's getting that gravity-assist off of NYC and flinging right out to California. It's a very odd tour that goes so far, yet visits so few places.

Comment by [deleted] at 25/07/2014 at 13:40 UTC

11 upvotes, 3 direct replies

What are HTML imagemaps?

Comment by misingnoglic at 25/07/2014 at 17:10 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Wow, 26 dollars is a bit much (though nothing compared to LA)