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DECLARATION of Matthew Inman in Opposition to 20 Ex Parte Application For Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Shaw Cause Re Preliminary Injunction filed byMatthew Inman. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Exhibit G, # 8 Exhibit H, # 9 Exhibit I, # 10 Exhibit J, # 11 Exhibit K, # 12 Exhibit L, # 13 Exhibit M)(Related document(s) 20 ) (Opsahl, Kurt) (Filed on 7/1/2012)

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Have you grumbled about a misused semicolon or been annoyed by the airport check-in line?
Webcomic The Oatmeal has probably featured a comic about it.

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The man behind the crude drawings and crass jokes is 28-year-old Matthew Inman. In 2009, Inman
put his hand to the page, and the world hasn’t stopped laughing since. For a man with no art training,
save for a few oil painting classes in high school, the Seattleite’s diatribes about “How to Suck at
Facebook” and “ The 9 Types of Crappy Handshakes ” (are you a Sweaty McSweaterson?) have
struck a nerve with readers – primarily the funny bone.
After two years of potty-mouthed humor, Inman compiled the
best into an anthology called 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a
Dolphin in the Mouth and embarked on a whirlwind book tour
across the nation. He took a breather in Brooklyn to chat with
NewsFeed. Hopefully we played it cool and didn’t provoke him
to gripe about us in a future comic.
(More on TIME.com: See The Oatmeal as part of the best
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You’ve drawn everything from riding polar bears to
navigating awkward phone conversations. How do you come
up with the seemingly disjointed and random ideas for your comics?

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I typically focus on something I want to write about, whether that’s polar bears or cheese or
Japanese toilets, and I just iterate on my thoughts until I come up with something that makes me
chuckle. Fortunately, my sense of humor seems to coincide with that of a lot of people. So I’ll get
my notebook and scribble for hours and at the end I’ll have garbage – but then I’ll be showering or
running or shopping for taquitos and be like ‘I got it!’ and have to go write it down. It’s like a twoday delay where the thoughts have to incubate before they can sprout.

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Do your comics reflect the real Matt, or is this a hidden side of you that not many people see?
These ideas come out quite a bit in my daily conversation. I definitely have a knack for words,
especially when I’m ranting or criticiz ing things. Usually I’ll have a little tiny notebook with me, and
my friends are always worried that they’re doing something that’s aggravating me and that’s why
I’m writing it down. A lot of my comics are very gripe-y, so if they see me writing they’re like “What
did I do? Did I say something?”

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What has the critical reaction been to your unique drawings?
It’s hard to gauge because all I see is people tweeting “LOL” at me, which isn’t super rewarding, but
it’s the best I can do as a comic artist. Sometimes I get criticiz ed for my artwork, because it’s very
simple and crude. No one ever goes after Charles Schultz for his work, but people seem to blend my
work with graphic novels. And they’re like ‘This is not art!’ but this isn’t a graphic novel, it’s a poop
joke – I’m not a making a profound statement here.
You started drawing comics to promote a dating site you founded. When did you realize these
comics deserved their own forum?
There was one comic in particular, “How to Tell if Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You ,” that I made
while working at the dating site, and that one just blew up. Millions of people read it, and that’s when
I sort of realiz ed I was a cartoonist. But I didn’t want to be a marketing gimmick for a dating site. I
didn’t like the thought that my comics had been turned into an ad. It would be like a concert pianist
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doing Gatorade commercials.
We hope you keep drawing forever, because we nearly suffocate from laughing so hard when
reading The Oatmeal . But what does your future look like?
If I run out of jokes or the humor becomes stale, I’m not just going to string it out for 20 years. I’m
sort of impulsive, so if I get bored with it, I think I’ll have to try something new. I’ve been thinking
about standup, animation, podcasting, video, or even long-form comedy.
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