I hope there are lots of ants in that guy's peony...
--Elizabeth
Non Sequitur bears are the best! Amazing what a little "re-branding" can do… DINNER IS SERVED.
--Lindsay
June is Audiobook Appreciation Month and we're going to honor it with a GIVEAWAY! Zachary Nixon Johnson fans, you'll appreciate this one. Enter to win Nuclear Bombshell: The Doomsday Brunette by John Zakour and Lawrence Ganem.
How to enter: Leave a comment on this blog post with your first and last name. The contest will end on Monday, June 17th at 10am CDT. One winner will be randomly selected and announced on the blog that day.
About the audiobook:
In the year 2057, the last freelance private investigator, partnered with an experimental A.I. named Harv, solves cases involving androids, future tech wizards, and all sorts of mayhem... When Ona Thompson, a genetically altered superwoman, media darling, and one of the indestructible Thompson Quads, discovers her sister's murdered body, a freelance private investigator who is wired to an experimental A.I. named HARV comes to the rescue.
This week's pick comes from our Marketing/Publicity Coordinator, Julie: The first Reply All strip that I ever read cracked me up, and it has been a favorite of mine ever since. Lizzie, a young businesswoman, brings humor to the petty issues that many of us struggle with on a daily basis, whether it be a nagging mother, indecisiveness or work-related drama. Its counterpart Reply All Lite delivers witty one-liners that give a voice to everyday dilemmas that we all face, like having “a case of the Mondays.” I recommend Reply All and Reply All Lite to anyone who is looking to find humor in everyday life.
Red's Famous squirrel meat cookies gets 'em every time.
--David
With the latest Cheerios commercial getting a lot of attention, I wanted to point out other normal things that interracial couples do besides eating cereal. Like karaoke singing Hall and Oates.
--Gene
No offense to the actual TED talks, but this looks a lot more interesting. GoComics readers pointed out several other Teds who could have taken part (Koppel, Williams, Bundy). Can you think of any others Brevity should invite to next year's TEDS TALK conference?
--Lucas
Help us welcome Making It to GoComics!
About the comic:
Get a Job? Get a Tan? That is the eternal question at the heart of Making It, the comic strip by Keith Robinson. At one end of the scale is Normy, a beach bum who lives for lying on the sand, listening to the roar of the ocean. On the other is C.J. Silverwood, IV, MBA, a bottom-line businessman who lives for the stock market ticker. Between them are a half-dozen other characters who are torn between work and leisure. You will find yourself along that scale, too.
Keith's Making It cartoons appear weekly in newspapers across the U.S. and have been collected in three books. They have been the basis of a line of greeting cards and of the Electronic Arts video gameNormy’s Beach Babe-O-Rama.
If you're one of the lucky ones attending Heroes Con this year, stop by the Team Cul de Sac booth (AA-630), and don't miss these fun events:
SATURDAY, 6/8 @ 11am
Room 206: TEAM CUL DE SAC
Eisner-nominated Chris Sparks started Team Cul de Sac in 2010 to raise money for Parkinson’s research. In honor of Richard Thompson, the Reuben award-winning cartoonist of the daily strip, Cul de Sac, Sparks assembled the book, Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson’s. The team continues to fundraise through book sales, auction items from cartoonists and the annual HeroesCon Drink and Draw event. The panel features Chris Sparks talking with TCDS contributors Steve Conley, SL Gallant, Dave McDonald,Craig Fischer and more! See it, then stop by their table and see some of the items they’re auctioning off this weekend, including the rare Bill Watterson signed copy of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, and an Art Spiegelman signed and sketched edition of Maus!
SATURDAY, 6/8 @ 3pm
Room 209/210: MEGA MUSIC PANEL: “And Brainiac on Xylophone”:
Comics and music share a lot of affinities—both depend heavily on rhythm and intervals, and many cartoonists are also musicians—and cartoonist Ben Towle and blogger Craig Fischer have organized a diverse smorgasbord of a panel to explore these affinities. Ben will discuss the many ways cartoonists represent music visually, and will chair a wide-ranging panel on comics and music with Peter Bagge (Hate,Yeah!), Ed Piskor (Hip-Hop Family Tree), Andrew Robinson and Vivek J. Tiwary (The Fifth Beatle). Craig will talk about the work of Marc Weidenbaum, an editor, teacher and musician who’s been combining comics and music in his creative projects for over two decades. And Charlotte avant-duo Ghost Trees (Brent Bagwell on saxophone, Seth Nanaa on drums) will participate in two live comics/music performances, including a soundtrack for Joe Lambert’s “Turtle, Keep It Steady,” a rock-n-roll retelling of the Tortoise-Hare fable!
As a fan of longtime AMU writer Roger Ebert (I highly recommend his book Life Itself: A Memoir) I was delighted to come upon a link to zenpencils.com, the web site of Gavin Aung Than, a freelance cartoonist based in Melbourne, Australia. Than adapts inspirational quotes into comic stories, and his version of one of Roger Ebert's most widely-circulated passages is excellent.
It begins "'Kindness' covers all of my political beliefs."
I'd borrow the whole strip and paste it in here, but it would occupy about three feet of vertical space -- plus you will enjoy visiting his site, where signing up for his mailing list rewards you with three free frameable prints. You can read the Ebert piece here, and more about Mr. Than here.
p.s. Oops. I just realized John Glynn beat me to it, posting about this yesterday, but I'll leave it up on the theory that other readers may be as behind as I was.
YOU LIKE US! Major thanks to those who have "liked" GoComics on Facebook! We're feelin' the love. THANK YOU! Now, let's have a big ol' international giveaway, shall we?
Enter to win one of the SIGNED prints pictured above by leaving a comment on this blog post with an answer to the following question: What's the best GoComics strip you've discovered in the past year? In order to be counted, you must include your first and last name when leaving your comment.
This contest will end on Wednedsay, June 5th at 10am CDT. Seven winners will be selected and announced on the blog that same day.
Good luck and happy commenting!
We can't say "walk," "cheese," or "outside" at my house unless we fully intend on those things happening in the next 3 minutes.
--Julie
And some people say that marketing doesn't matter.
-- Gene
As a dog lover, it's hard not to pick this Red and Rover strip as my fave tribute to Memorial Day. Also, BIG CONGRATS to the creator, Brian Basset, on his Reuben Award: Best Newspaper Comic Strip!
--Lindsay
Every time my dog greets another dog, they immediately turn their respective leashes into a double helix as they get busy sniffing each other. Usually, I just drop my leash and let it untangle as nature intended, but if the other guy seems weak enough, I resolve things by claiming his dogs as my own, and walking away with both dogs bound by their omni-leash. It's just simpler than trying to resolve things amicably.
--Dave
That might be the best passport photo ever taken of anyone.
--Elizabeth
It's blockbuster movie season, and I can't believe none of these were ever really said in a movie. It's okay. Rabbits Against Magic, you had me at hello. You complete me. Show me the money. (NAME THAT MOVIE!)
--Gene
I married a very smart woman, who uses logic in arguments. I prefer ad hominem attacks as escape routes...
Wife: Why did you leave the garage door open all night?
Me: What do you have against squirrels? What has a squirrel ever done to you?
EXACTLY. I WIN.
--Gene
