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The comic strip from two weeks from now is here! The topic is somewhat related to next week's comic, which I shared earlier (some of you will have to wait until Monday to see it!). It's not strictly a comic about CSS (or is it? 😉), but as always, it's coded with HTML and CSS. I'm using the componen

I drew this cartoon with HTML and CSS today. It is based on a thread that started the other day after I posted this silly joke on social media: The W3C released a new HTML element out of nowhere. It was the element of <surprise>. (I said it was silly) It is a really basic pun, but I like it and I li

I don't speak at conferences very often, but I have a handful of "stable talks" that I've been presenting on and off for years, mostly around CSS and JavaScript. This year, I've spoken at four conferences across two countries. In reality, they were the same two presentations delivered in different p

Developers love classes. They sprinkle them everywhere: .hidden, .loading, .active... But HTML already gives us attributes that do the job better. Attributes that are semantic, standardized, and supported across browsers. So, why reinvent the wheel? Let the browser handle the heavy lifting, and impr

Following the July 1st message sent by Sony and PlayStation, the CSS Working Group has decided to adopt a similar approach. One that all web developers are sure to support. As developers preferences and the broader web development industry continue to shift away from digital formats toward physical

Lately, I've been working on a side project related to something I originally created for comiCSS. I built a website for the 4Connect game where I can publish games that aren't necessarily related to CSS or web development: fourconnect.net. I'm really happy with how the project is coming along. It's

I recently spoke at a conference about a new CSS feature that, in my opinion, represents a significant shift in the language, and in how we need to think about it. My talk was part of the Front-End track, but many of the other sessions felt oddly monolithic, and not particularly front-end focused. T

Tomorrow is Monday so there will be two new things on the site: A new game (Branches, a CSS-version of NYT's Strands) A new comic (decorating this post, and shared with more information before) Even with some technical problems at home (the Internet service went off for a day), I have been able to c

A cartoon versio of one of my terrible CSS-Dad Jokes. And an "educational" one at it. The drawing uses the property that it mentions to create the reflection of the character. Links to the joke on the site: Permalink: https://comicss.art/comics/245 Image link: https://comicss.art/comics/245/webkit-b

Today's comic retakes the comiCSS library to generate cartoons. I thought about making the third person suggest <table> but opted for float:left to keep it all CSS-themed... and I kind of regret it, because people may be more identified with the table version than with the float (or maybe that's old

The cartoon for March 23, 2026 is an aerial view of a hopscotch game before and after "flexboxizing" it (technically it was FlexBox already, but I wanted to use that word.) Not super-educational, but it shows the difference between align-items values like center and space-between. So I have that (sm

Today I released two versions of the same cartoon. One with characters (the yellow one that decorates this article), and another only with text. I liked the idea of doing it with characters, and I still think that it could look nice in a poster or a card or something... but I must admit that the tex

Earlier this week I shared a post about how I remembered an old postcard that I got a long time ago, with a cartoon with how the "perfect European" should be: a good driver like the French, with the sense of humor of the German, a good cook like the British, as humble as a Spaniard... and I decided

Last Wednesday, I shared a large CSS-themed crossword. For next Wednesday, I coded a new crossword, and this time, it is HTML themed! Patreon members get early access to a private version of the game. It is not publicly shared on the site, so the only way to access it is through that link. It will b

As part of the comiCSS weekly games, we released a large CSS-themed crossword! It has 89 different CSS terms: from properties to values, keywords and functions. Enjoy! Here's how you can play: Visit the game online, just fill in the crossword. Printing the attached pages in PDF :) Most of the defini

The latest comiCSS strip is an inspirational story about how CSS exercises and gets in shape by walking 10,000 steps a day. This is a cartoon idea that I had drafted a while back, but never finished it (even when it's a simple thing). It showcases the steps() function that divides the animation into

This will be February 16 comiCSS edition. It is inspired by a Liniers' cartoon and his gnomes (or is it elves?) I created this small cartoon with CSS gnomes fighting about the best background gradient. The radial gradient gnomes advocate for radial gradients, and the linear gradient gnomes advocate

Monday is Groundhog Day! In the morning of February 2nd, in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will come out of its burrow and tradition says that if he sees his shadow, then it will be six more weeks of winter web developers will need to add six additi

Everyone loves a good conspiracy. The web is held together by standards, browsers, frameworks… and a vast network of deeply suspicious nonsense. CSS specificity? Browser support? JavaScript APIs? What if all of it were part of a much bigger plot? Have you ever wondered if there’s something more goin

Over the past week, I have coded a series of optical illusions using CSS only (and some HTML for one of them, but most of them are CSS only). I created a collection on CodePen with 40 of them, although the number may grow in the next few weeks. Many of them play with color effects, some others are a

Hello everyone! I wanted to share some exciting updates about comiCSS. Although you may have noticed some of them already if you visited the site today. First, I've revamped the website's navigation to remove the link to Twitter and replace it with one for Bluesky. I haven't logged into Twitter in m

New year, new collection of web development puns and short jokes! They are all equally terrible and funny (I wish... in reality they are more terrible than funny). I recently published an article with 100 Web Development Jokes (also available on Medium and DEV), and I’m continuing the "tradition." I

A silly pun to start the year...

Next week’s cartoon was inspired by a comic strip from Liniers’ Macanudo (always amazing, you should check it out if you haven’t read it before). This comic is one of those recurring reminders to use semantic HTML and to take advantage of all the native capabilities and functionality you get out of

A short comic strip to end the year 2025. What would happen if a comic character coded in HTML and CSS took one of those DNA tests that tells you about your origins and ancestry? The comic in itself has no 2% Tailwind (that was added later for comedic/dramatic purposes), but it does have some JavaSc