Via Drawn! we bring word of hobos — lots and lots of hobos:

In the beginning, there were hoboes. Then, a notable non-historian wrote some lies about them in his wonderful and wholly inaccurate almanac. That man was John Hodgman. The book was The Areas of My Expertise. Amongst the lies was a comprehensive list of notable historical hobo names, numbering 700. After Hodgman read the list into a music flattening device, one Mr. Mark Frauenfelder of the Boing Boing teletyped a suggestion that 700 cartoonists volunteer to draw one hobo each as a public service or for no particular reason. And so it was, more or less, and here they are.

And if you don’t feel like reading the names of all 700 hobos, you can download a recording of all of them being read, to music, here. Matter Eater Brad was my favorite, followed by Cthulhu Carl and Robert Is-He-an-Elf? And if you don’t agree, hey — there’s 697 other hobos for you to pick a favorite from.

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