The drawings are MS Paint-style doodles, and the stories are about everyday things like cake, poor spelling and dopey dogs. And yet each month, millions of people visit Hyperbole and a Half, the ...

Allie Brosh’s comics examine the mundane and the irrational – crazy dogs, the danger of a kid’s dinosaur costume, a shriveled kernel of corn that can break through deep depression. Brosh’s blog is so ...

Exaggeration used for emphasis or humour that’s not meant to be taken literally. Chances are you’ve used hyperbole before when talking to your friends. What about this? "OMG she was dying of laughter” ...

Then, in 2011, after updating only once after the announced march to publication, Brosh took a hiatus that began to seem interminable. The original book launch date of fall 2012 came and went. With ...

Exaggeration used for emphasis or humour that’s not meant to be taken literally. Chances are you’ve used hyperbole before when talking to your friends. What about this? "OMG she was dying of laughter” ...

You may have vague recollections of hyperbole from high school English or Language Arts class es. Or, perhaps you’re a seasoned writer looking to add more hyperbole examples to your arsenal. Maybe, ...

Webcomic Hyperbole and a Half may not have been updated since 2011, but it’s still going strong. Without so much as a whisper from its main blog, Hyperbole’s upcoming book adaptation is already at No.

Have you ever been so hungry you could eat a horse? Or so tired you could sleep for a million years? If so, congratulations—you’re familiar with hyperbole (even if you couldn’t define it to save your ...