diff --git a/plugins/xkcd.py b/plugins/xkcd.py
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+import re
+
+from util import hook, http
+
+
+xkcd_re = (r'(.*:)//(www.xkcd.com|xkcd.com)(.*)', re.I)
+months = {'1': 'January', 2: 'February', 3: 'March', 4: 'April', 5: 'May', 6: 'June', 7: 'July', 8: 'August',
+          9: 'September', 10: 'October', 11: 'November', 12: 'December'}
+
+
+def xkcd_info(xkcd_id, url=False):
+    """ takes an XKCD entry ID and returns a formatted string """
+    data = http.get_json("http://www.xkcd.com/" + xkcd_id + "/info.0.json")
+    date = "%s %s %s" % (data['day'], months[int(data['month'])], data['year'])
+    if url:
+        url = " | http://xkcd.com/" + xkcd_id.replace("/", "")
+    return "xkcd: \x02%s\x02 (%s)%s" % (data['title'], date, url if url else "")
+
+
+def xkcd_search(inp):
+    soup = http.get_soup("http://www.ohnorobot.com/index.pl?s={}&Search=Search&"
+                         "comic=56&e=0&n=0&b=0&m=0&d=0&t=0".format(inp))
+    result = soup.find('li')
+    if result:
+        url = result.find('div', {'class': 'tinylink'}).text
+        xkcd_id = url[:-1].split("/")[-1]
+        return xkcd_info(xkcd_id, url=True)
+    else:
+        return "No results found!"
+
+
+@hook.regex(*xkcd_re)
+def xkcd_url(match):
+    xkcd_id = match.group(3).split(" ")[0].split("/")[1]
+    return xkcd_info(xkcd_id)
+
+
+@hook.command
+def xkcd(inp):
+    """xkcd <search term> - Search for xkcd comic matching <search term>"""
+    return xkcd_search(inp)