[mikhailfranco]

I expected 435 Purity to be in the list, but glad to see it in the author's picks:

https://xkcd.com/435/

Fantastic to see the Chess Coaster examples, hilarious, thank you:

https://xkcd.com/chesscoaster/

I had never seen 162 Angular Momentum so well deserved mention for this geek physicist:

https://xkcd.com/162/

Nice honoring of the XKCD byline by mixing romance and physics.

[mikhailfranco]

P.S. Is there an XKCD poking fun of the fact that 99% of HN edits are replacing '_' with '*' ?

No, well there should be.