What is awesomepedia.org?

Anders Backlund,
in polar bear hunting garb

Jakob Burrows,
scaring"da ladies"

Jakob Burrows,
during a raccoon-storm

Emil Cox,
impressing "da ladies"

Awesomepedia Logo,
Encyclopaedia Awesomeica

FAQ

This site looks weird!

You are using the internet wrong! REPENT!

What's this site about?

This is basically where I dump any product of my pesky creative brainwaves. The site has lots of different sections because I want anything & everything I make to find a home here, whether it be a comic about introversion or a drawing of a friend or an offensively cheerful song about rape.

Who makes all this shit?

A lot of collaborative projects (involving many people) are published here, notably longer film-projects like There Is No Santa Claus and Anderssons Fall, but this website is essentially the personal outlet of Jakob Burrows!

Who the hell is Jakob Burrows?

That's me. I'm writing this. Hello!

You know what I mean, dammit.

I'm an 18 year old guy living in Sweden. I'm the sort of person who spends a lot of time alone in my room making music, comics, videos and more comics. I'm currently studying film-production at the University of Dalarna!

How can you even afford this domain if you're studying something artsy-fartsy like "film-production"?

Good point! The site is actually co-owned by Emil Cox and Anders Backlund as well as myself. Emil studies medical biology in Uppsala and you can read his Secret Super-Blog here (if you understand Swedish, that is). Anders studies comic-making in Gävle (which is hilarius because I make a lot more comics than him) and you can see some of his artwork here. If you want to spend a month with either one of my partners-in-crime you can simply read my hourly comics, where they appear frequently.

Can I put your comics/songs/whatever on my website/blog/whatever?

Yes! Sharing is caring. You may repost any material on this site for non-commercial purposes as long as you give credit and link people back here. Want to use something for anything commercial? Then drop me a line!

How can I contact you?

The easiest way is via a comment (like below), but if you want me to reply you'd better send me an email at:

That's assuming you’re not a spam-bot! Not that I have anything against bots – some of my best friends are bots. I think. I just don’t want you in my inbox. Please.

Some of your comics/music/videos/pictures are pretty sucky. THIS ONE is kinda ok though.

I’d appreciate it if you’d let me know which is which! That’s why I’ve placed comment- and rating-buttons all over the site; so that you can easily let me know what I’m doing wrong/right. Anything else?

Yes. Why ”awesomepedia”?

There was/is an idea of expanding the site to become what I'd call the Encyclopaedia Awesomeica. It would, for instance, contain articles describing the proper way to perform a high five and how to judge the awesomeness of an object by measuring things like the amount of potential explosions it contains. This hasn’t got off the ground yet.

But why “dot org”?

The Encyclopaedia Awesomeica would be a global project with fancy internet-things like a “forum”. But for now it's just me, Anders, Cox, and whoever joins us in our schemes, so I guess... We're the organisation? Anyway, when we’re doing stupid public things like dancing in a fountain and video-taping it it’s nice to say that there’s an organisation behind it. It gives an illusion of purpose.

But wait! I have more questions!

Well. Why not leave them in a comment?

kitpic says:

(October 9, 2008.)

nice stuff you got here, pretty awesome. are those swedish facts really true? ever heard of encyclopedia dramatica?

Jakob Burrows says:

(October 20, 2008.)

@kitpic Thanks! Yup, unless I start blabbering about polar bears, most things I say about Sweden are probably true. Encyclopedia Dramatica is to... arbitrary for my taste.

Blue says:

(October 20, 2008.)

I've only just started poking 'round here (found you via Digg) and have yet to find any type of ads, pop-ups, or other piss-offs. I don't get it. Where does your money come from to keep the site running?

No really. I don't get it. I'm still on the internet right? Where the hell are the marketing gimmicks?? Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough...

Jakob Burrows says:

(October 24, 2008.)

@Blue: Don't panic! You're still on the internet! No need to inject yourself with distilled youtube comments just yet.

I guess I can only say... thanks for noticing? It's correct that there are no ads or similar poop on this site, mostly because they would be too confusing what with the design (which is confusing enough without links that lead AWAY from the site). So I make no moneyz at allz. Woe is me.

I've been considering putting up some paypal links and then showcasing the donors with links to the site of their choice, which would be more contained and pleasant than google ads or whatever.

pyrosim says:

(November 10, 2008.)

All I can say is that if I were a pretty girl, I'd be massively attracted to you. But I'm not, so I'm not. >.> As to why the attraction would be a function of my own appearance, it is beyond my comprehension. I assume the universe is that way in order to reward you for being such a badass.

In any case, Apathy Comics is awesome and so is everything else here. I look forward to the Manual of Evil. I expect great things from you. :)

mark says:

(December 25, 2008.)

Stumbled upon your site, very cool, very funny. Really enjoy it, while come back to poke around some more. Keep doing it all.