Laugh Tracks

Catchin' up

 

Last month, GoComics began serializing Dan Thompson's series, "Rip Haywire and the Curse of Tangaroa," which reprises the 2011 graphic novel of the same name. A new installment in the saga will be posted on GoComics every Sunday. As Rip editor Reed Jackson advises, "take a peek inside the heart-stoppingly hilarious first few pages of this awesome-flavored, action-comedy blockbuster! No matter how freakishly large your seat is, we guarantee you'll be on the edge of it!

Also in recent GoComics creator news is Ruben "Tom The Dancing Bug" Bolling's video of cartoonists taking a stand against gun violence, which features original work by a score of top-flight cartoonists and narration by no less than Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julianne Moore. 

 

 

Washington Post's "Comic Riffs" had the scoop in an interview with Bolling last week, which you can check out here.

 

That's about it for this little mini-post. In closing, enjoy this lovely slice of comic zen from the timeless Jim's Journal.

 

 

Take care,

 

Lucas

ALPHA HOUSE

Here's a freshly brewed Morning Joe segment about Garry's Trudeau's Alpha House:

 

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Gocomics Featured in the APP Store? I'm tingling!

 

I haven't been this emotionally moved by an image since the time I saw a photo of TV's Joy Behar in a limbo contest. 

It's been a special couple of weeks here at GoComics HQ, and all the hard work by so many GoComicers has made being recognized on the global scale quite fulfilling.

So congrats to all! Frappuccino(s)* on me!

-JG

 

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Rabies, rabies, you set my heart in motion

For the rest of my life, I'm going to call raccoon babies (which are actually called "kits" according to the issue of Ranger Rick I stole from John Glynn's executive bathroom,) rabies.

 

As in, "I used to feed the rabies living under my floorboards, but I think they must have been allergic to marshmallow Pop-Tarts."

 

Thanks, The Creeps!

THE FOURTH is coming! (This Saturday!)

Be prepared! Learn how to draw C-3PO with Andertoons and share your drawings with us on our Facebook or Twitter accounts.

 

Have fun and May the Fourth be with you.

 

Lincoln Peirce in Real Life!

Hey, everyone! I hope you are having a great day. Our friends at our sister company Andrews McMeel Publishing have just launched their new site! Check it out! You deserve to do something for yourself for a change so get on over and BUY BUY BUY! 

They also produced these cool Lincoln Peirce Big Nate videos that delve into his creative process. Now, Lincoln denies that Coach John is modeled after yours truly, but I think we can all see the similarities (strong jaw, ample tummy, hirsute calves). But I think we'd all acknowledge that "squiggle lines" don't come off of my head when I'm angry. LOL!  In my case, my eye starts to twitch and I break any nearby glassware. 

Though I can assure you that anger squiggle lines would have come off my head the other day when my wife told me she wasn't going to buy mayonnaise anymore. WTH!? She said I was the only one who used it and that it wasn't good for me. And also that she found it disturbing to see someone eat it directly out of the jar with a spoon. 

WTH!? What am I supposed to use ... a fork!? LOL! Until next time, dear friends. Until next time.

 

-JG

Weekend Staff Faves (May 26)

Thatababy by Paul Trap | gocomics.com/thatababy

I don't have any children yest, but when I do, I'll start asking myself: Would I wear this?

--Lindsay

F Minus by Tony Carrillo | gocomics.com/fminus

Nurse, neither the puppet, nor the man growing out of him have been properly sedated.

--David

Garfield by Jim Davis | gocomics.com/garfield

Alternate comedy sound effects include: 'ZOTZ!', 'KA-THUNK!', 'BOING!', and 'YAHTZEE!'.

--David

Nancy by Guy Gilchrist | gocomics.com/nancy

I spent several hours this weekend playing with my family's various rescue animals. It was the best part of a great weekend. Please, please, please, please rescue!

--Elizabeth

Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts | gocomics.com/working-daze

It's okay, @wilw. Even if Roy isn't impressed, we are.

--Gene

"Small Apartments" at the Free State Film Festival This Weekend!

 

If you happen to be readers in the Midwest (and also a Jayhawk fan), we're giving you a reason to make a visit to Lawrence, KS and the Kansas City area this weekend. 

 

Indie darling movie "Small Apartments", produced by GoComics' sister company AMUSE and by the president of Universal Uclick/GoComics (John Glynn), will be one of the featured films at this weekend's Free State Film Festival on Sunday evening, April 28th at the Lawrence Arts Center Main Stage at 6PM CDT. 

 

The film has received compliments on its cast, storyline and unique performances from James Caan, Johnny Knoxville, James Marsden, 2013 Sundance Film Festival darling Juno Temple, Billy Crystal and lead actor Matt Lucas. 

For more information on the festival and tickets, click here. As a part of the screening, executive producer John Glynn will field questions from the audience. Be sure to ask him about GoComics as well.

- Gene  

 

Graduation

I graduate from college in three weeks. My senioritis is in full force and I think I am just about ready to be done with school forever. Throughout my high school and college years, it took time to decide what I wanted to do. Not because I couldn’t think of anything, but because there were so many subjects I wanted to explore (with the exception of math.) While there are many things I absolutely will not miss about school --  like homework -- I am going to miss the opportunity to quench my thirst for knowledge. I’ll also miss student discounts… and snow days.

 

Here are a few comics that summarize my feelings perfectly better than my senioritis-filled words can express. 

 

Incidental Comics

Pearls Before Swine

TOM THE DANCING BUG

Catch the buzz on the Inner Hive project: