Originally published in the March 2011 issue. Matthew Inman’s brand of humor isn’t for everyone. His web comic, The Oatmeal, is a bugnuts bouillabaisse of crack-addled tyrannosaurs, bear-on-pterodactyl copulation, and snark-laced lessons in proper grammar and spelling (“If you put an A in ‘definitely,’ then you’re definitely an A-hole”). But since July 2009, when the Fremont resident and onetime web developer started dishing out his absurdist analyses of everyday life populated by doughy, dead-eyed pseudo humans, he’s recruited an impressive army of fellow twisted thinkers who dig what he does. And this March, he’ll reward his minions’ loyalty by releasing his first book, 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth. And, c’mon—what’s not hilarious about flogging a dolphin?

Inman reads from his new book tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 2, at 7 at University Book Store. Admission is free.

For more from the Fremont resident, read our Quote Unquote interview.