Oatmeal Book: 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth

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“5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)”, a new book based the hilarious web comic “The Oatmeal” by Matthew Inman, will be released on March 1st is now available for pre-order.

In the spring of 2009 Matthew Inman debuted his website The Oatmeal which became one of the most popular comics on the web, garnering millions of readers and nearly a quarter billion pageviews the following year. His website was subsequently turned into a book, and 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth is that book. It contains a year’s worth of comics, with a mixture of classic Oatmeal comics such as Why it’s better to pretend you don’t know anything about computers and How to use a semicolon, as well as plenty of brand new material that isn’t available online.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.