Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by John Cook on Jul 3, 2012 at 9:57 pm February 12, 2015 at 11:03 am ...

Last month’s legal faceoff between Tucson lawyer Charles Carreon and online cartoonist Matt Inman devolved quickly into a sideshow, but it was spurred by a quite serious initial letter asking for ...

The story so far: Matt Inman, AKA The Oatmeal, complains about Funnyjunk.com using his comics without permission. Intellectual property lawyer Charles Carreon sends him a letter asking for $20,000 as ...

FunnyJunk.com is in the process of learning that maybe not all publicity is good, and that lawyers aren't always the best spokespersons. You'd think businesses would learn, having seen lawyers damage ...

Matthew Inman never wanted to be a hardass. He just wanted to write his unique webcomic, The Oatmeal, but only months after he started the project, he began to see his work showing up—often with all ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by John Cook on Jun 17, 2012 at 10:11 pm February 12, 2015 at 11:03 am ...

In Part Umpteen of the endless struggle by Matthew Inman AKA The Oatmeal vs. weird lawyer Charles Carreon, we find our hero beset by the accusation that he is impersonating a charity for collecting a ...

Internet hype exploded around a feud between the Oatmeal — a webcomics and humor site based in Seattle and run by Matthew Inman — and FunnyJunk — a site that has a reputation for reblogging humorous ...

Matt Inman is an acerbic enough character when idle. When roused, the creator of popular online comic the Oatmeal can be downright cutting. The person at the pointy end of his petard this month was ...

I'd like to start with the important disclaimer that any sexy bears mentioned in this article are fictional and absolutely 100% not based on any bear or bears, alive or dead. Any similarity is ...

It’s on now. Matthew Inman at the The Oatmeal has hired a crackerjack lawyer, Venkat Balasubramani, who sent a long and detailed letter to FunnyJunk essentially saying that their mothers should, in ...

Today, let's talk about spite, and how it's a great way to raise money. One of the more entertaining stories to emerge from the Internet lately is the tale of Matthew Inman, the online cartoonist who ...