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Many many pardons for things being so quiet on the Kitsy-front! I've been away from my computer for the past couple days doing important business! :D First off, all orders made up until yesterday have been processed and mailed! I also want to note that items have been quietly disappearing from our online shop - our Unisex Peanut Butter Pirates XL shirts are completely sold out and will not be restocked. A few other items are on the verge of disappearing as well, so if there's something you see on our site and are waffling over, I suggest you place your order before Sunday, May 11th. Most of…

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Happy Children's Day/Kodomo no Hi/Tango no Sekku! Many local folks have been flying their carps for the past couple weeks and my favorite arare are in stock at my local Japanese grocery marts! (If I can make it to one of those shops, I'll have some photos up later to share of my finds!) Great news - our re-order of Volume 2 has finally come in and I am happy to announce that all orders held up until now have either been processed and are en route or going out today! Thank you so much for your patience! Some important notices: Both editions - artist and standard are now available in our shop.

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In celebration of the NEW CLIP ART shirt, i’ve made a “find the 7 things”out of the comic! I’ve hidden the comments, but good luck, and go buy a shirt!! here are the answers! 1. Left-most paperclip’s expression. 2. Second paint bucket’s paint color. 3. Tenderness’ glasses. 4. Handle of Binx’s paint roller. 5. Binx’s expression. 6. Paint glob under green paperclip. 7. Extra dot inside a paperclip on the painting. Share This

Ok, I’m happy to announce my shirts are now available at Topatoco and Sheriff Pony’s Designer Rodeo!! To celebrate I’ve done a new shirt! CLIP ART!! Jeffery Rowland is friend of mine, and he’s gotten a lot of awesome web peoples together and made this great web store. There are TONS of fantastic t-shirts on this site. And I’m glad to be apart of it. I’m hopping it brings my work to a large audience and sell more shirts! He is handling Polka Dot. Emotional baggage and now Clip art! So the Clip art shirt is only available there!!!! So go get one they’re awesome!! Ryan Share…

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Oh i’m going to have T-shirt news VERY SOON!!! ( a new shirt and new way to get them) Also a new album came out today that is amazing! It’s by Firewater and is called “the golden hour” It’s like Greenday and Graceland put together. It’s Awesome! Share This

I took a flip through Action Comics Annual #11 out of curiosity. The cover promises “The Last Son Finale”, which sounded interesting, even though I didn’t recall having read any of the rest of it. (I had a different cover than the one shown here. This one doesn’t seem to have the tag line text.) Turns out that it’s one of the delayed conclusions DC’s becoming famous for. Written by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner with art by Adam Kubert, the previous pieces of this story came out over a year ago. (Johns blamed Kubert’s schedule for the change when it…

Two years ago, I pointed out a comic sketch blog by Dirk Schwieger. He was living in Tokyo and taking requests from readers for “assignments”, things readers wanted to see him draw. Subjects included “spend a night in a pod hotel” or “try fugu (poisonous blowfish) sushi” or “talk about fashion”. Now NBM is collecting his work under the title Moresukine (the Japanese pronunciation of Moleskine, the type of notebook he used). Read more samples here. The book, due in July at $15.95, can be ordered from your local comic book store with the code…

I’m very happy to see Halo and Sprocket return with an all-new graphic novel. The characters — the robot Sprocket, the angel Halo, and regular girl Katie — are still exploring philosophical questions and human nature with great humor and outstanding cartooning. Halo and Sprocket: Natural CausesBuy this book In this volume, Katie tries to explain to her roommates why people want privacy in the bathroom, societal expectations about women’s body hair, and whether you should kill spiders. The group goes picnicking, where Sprocket tries being human for a while. Katie tries…

Sometimes I’m really glad to be an adult with a good job, a reasonable income, and some room to play. I stopped by the local game store this evening, on pure whim, and it turns out that they had one Wii left in stock from the batch they’d gotten in this morning. So I bought it for KC and me as a joint anniversary present, along with Wii Play (for the second controller; hate the billiards game) and (the real reason we wanted to buy any game system) Dance Dance Revolution. That last one has me very confused. I can’t figure out how to reset it or much of the option navigation.

Wow, the demand for this whole Iron Man thing is stronger is expected! Yesterday, Marvel put up a trailer to promote the new series Invincible Iron Man, a great starting point for those interested in the character because of the movie. The video teaser is a neat idea, but it waits much too long to show any Iron Man, with only regular people (not Tony) on view until over halfway through. That’s not the biggest head-scratcher, though. Today, the company announced that the issue (and all of its six covers) had sold out and that “Marvel currently has no plans to go back to…

Imaginary Friends Forever, by Diana Nock.

Imaginary Friends Forever, by Diana Nock.

Imaginary Friends Forever, by Diana Nock.

Imaginary Friends Forever, by Diana Nock.

Hey-o! You know how sometimes people want to know how artists and writers get their ideas? At least in the case of “Imaginary Friends Forever,” one answer is obvious: I love my toys. If you ask reeeaaaaalllll nice, maybe I’ll let you play with them a little.

Here's Dan's brilliantly illustrated second installment of the storyline. If you'd like to see more of Dan's work I recommend you check out his cyborg caveman epic (yes, that's right: CYBORG CAVEMAN) Thog Infinitron, and although it's not updating at the moment I strongly advise a browse through the archives of his other comic Anything Could Happen for some 5 star laffs. And in other news, that master of photographic phoolery Chris Yates has just released his new book Set it to Awesome which looks like a cracking read. And on the subject of books, don't forget I still have plenty of copies of…

And the winner is: Dan Woodhouse! Woo! Dan will be handling the art work for the site for the next 5 weeks (and he'll also be getting signed copies of my books in the post) - I hope you will all enjoy his art as much as I do! The runners up (who will all be receiving a set of Beaver and Steve badges) are Andy Powell, Rick Eades and Drew Mokris - as you can imagine it was incredibly hard to pick a winner since all of these are so good, and I hope they'll all provide some art for the comic in future. Also I'm awarding a bonus set of badges for the entry that made me laugh the most - that has to…

Hello! Are you intrigued by the message above? Would you like to have your artwork appear on the Beaver and Steve front page? Would you like to win signed copies of Beaver and Steve volumes 1&2? Do you know which end of a pencil is the one used for drawing with? If you answered yes to all these questions then this is the competition for you! As you may have noticed from the prevelance of guest strips of late, I am suffering a little work overload at the moment. However, rather than abandon Beaver and Steve into the murky world of 'Hiatus' I have decided that for the next few weeks I will get…

Hey folks, today's guest strip is by Rebecca Clements who puts the fun into fungus with her comic KinokoFry. Take a LOOK! Also Boxcar Comics has done their first podcast! I wasn't able to get involved in this one, but it seems like a lot of fun, and I hope I'll be able to call in in future. Take a listen!

Today's unimaginably excellent guest strip is by that master of the biro, Nobby Nobody, creator of the tentacle-tastic comic Odd Fish. Go read it, and marvel at the cross-hatching!

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May 8 2008: New strip -- Destiny can be a bitch. ****************************************************** Now on Pre-order till May 16!

May 5 2008: New strip -- Muffins don't have any self-image problems. XD ****************************************************** Now on Pre-order till May 16! ****************************************************** New icons! Hee hee! You can find all these icons (and a ridiculous amount more) over at the site.

May 1 2008: New strip -- Stumped is my default state. ****************************************************** Now on Pre-order till May 16!

April 28 2008: New strip -- Damn you cookies 'n' cream! Your deliciousness is rooted in evil! ****************************************************** I have a nifty new interview over at ! Check out my inner mental workings... if you dare. XD ******************************************************

April 24 2008: New strip -- I do admire his salty stoicism. ******************************************************

Recently a few dudes have been making some pretty sweet live streams of their comic drawing process. For today's comic I recruited a small number of readers via Twitter to watch me tinker on uStream for a few hours. It was lots of fun interacting with some of you and it really kept me focused on getting the comic done! I anticipate there'll be more screenings in the future. Congrats especially to the brave few who stayed for the entire screening -- I warned you I ink slow. :) And thanks so much to everyone who ordered something last week! Your support is greatly appreciated. I have to take…

Today is the last day to get free shipping on books, T-shirts and tote bags! Go go go go go go! (go) If you'd like to snipe the next thumbnail sketch, you might wanna add me on Twitter. I post all kinds of to-the-minute comic-related stuff there!

Just a reminder, free shipping on books, T-shirts and tote bags until Friday! You can now navigate through the thumbnails for sale, and I'll be updating this list to show off the purchased strips. FYI, today's sketch hasn't been uploaded yet - check back in the afternoon if you want it!

Folks, it's an exciting day! First off I'd like to announce that I'm officially dedicating my entire work week to Octopus Pie. That means more time spent on the comic, site maintenance, and merch shipping. I'm overjoyed to consider this my job. Which is not to say it will permanently be my job -- the ultimate decision on that is with you folks. But to celebrate my newfound optimism, I am buying you all a drink! Or rather, a drink's worth of free shipping. For the next week you can score free domestic (US & Canada) shipping on any T-shirt, book or tote bag, or a hot discount on international…

Some of you might spot a callback to Eve's childhood here. Enjoy your weekend!

as much as i want to blather on about things, my brain is right tired. so let me just thank you all for your patience, and i hope to continue to please. before i go i’d like to point you in the direction of MAROONED a fun little comic by tom dell’aringa. good night and good luck…  ShareThis

a very late update for which i apologize. these pages took double the time to illustrate and colour. totally took me off guard… it’s a bit of a quiet sequence. i hope you enjoy.   ShareThis

fear+mushrooms=frooms. that’s the way it works. next week’s gonna be fun… till then, enjoy!  ShareThis

it seems like i haven’t been here in ages! last week saw me away in ny for the new york comic con. it was an awesome week. i got to meet and talk to many people whose work i’ve admired over the years! actually as i was having a geek out moment showing my portfolio and talking with duncan fegredo, one of my favourite artists, i was caught on camera!   ShareThis

just a quick note that kukuburi will not be updated on tuesday the 22 as i will be attending the NYCC. i will not be showing at the show, i’m just going down to enjoy it as a guest and do a little networking. if you’re at the show and spot me feel free to say hello, if not i’l l see you back here on april 28th! ShareThis

(this crazy storyline started HERE) this should be a fun strip for those of you that have been reading c&b for a while (or have made their way through the archives). i don’t want to tell you what they are (i think it would be more fun to find out for yourself), but this week’s strip has a couple references to some past ones. if you don’t know what they are, and don’t feel like clicking through four or so years worth of comics, i’m sure someone will let everyone know what i’m talking about in the comments. :) also- i started a new comic! it’s a…

where will this take me? tune in next week to find out! hopefully i’ll think of something by then… (this storyline started HERE) in other news, iron man was awesome.

hope you all don’t mind the slightly extra sized strip this week. one of the benefits of putting this comic on the web is that i can have as many panels as i want. take THAT newspaper! for those of you new to c&b, this current mess of a story arc started right HERE. though, seeing as how the last of my main characters has now bit the dust- quite literally- there may be no point in coming back next week. but make sure you all do anyway, just in case i think of something. :)

buffalo just can’t catch a break, can he? one thing i always try to do with my strips each week is to make them accessible to new readers- because every strip may be the first one someone reads. but this week’s is pretty dependent on last weeks i’m afraid. really, unless you’ve been following this storyline for the past month, you really have no clue what the significance of the buckets is or, because i’m such a realist, what the heck is even in them. so for all of you new to c&b this week, this current ridiculous storyline all started right HERE. and for…

this week’s title was suggested by none other than my work mate, andrew. and since andrew happens to be an actual character in my comic, i thought it fitting that he also be the one to say his title suggestion within the strip itself. this also means andrew is inadvertently responsible for buffalo’s sudden irrelevance to this current death peach situation and therefore dooming our heroes to spend the rest of their un-lives making sure buffalo’s books don’t tip over. thanks, dude! for anyone new this week that’s wondering just what is going on with the buckets of…

I couldn’t resist this one last digression. Back to the plot next week, I promise. ;)

Hey everyone! Just a quick note to let you all know that I’ll be in Calgary this weekend for the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo. It runs from April 26-27 at Stampede Park, and I’ll be signing stuff and doing sketches (and working, because I have a looming deadline) so stop by and say hi. I’ll bring my cowboy hat. ;)

It’s been quite a week! The Abominable Charles Christopher was nominated for two awards - an Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic and a Shuster Award for Outstanding Canadian Webcomic! I’m extremely honoured and thrilled, and I’m especially proud that TX Comics, the little webcomic collective we launched less than a year ago, was recognized by the Shusters as well, with nominations for Cameron Stewart, Ramón Pérez, Michael Cho and Scott Hepburn! We put a lot of time and love into this stuff and I’m so happy for all of them. Best of luck to all of the nominees, and…

Here are two links for your Ginger studies: Dail Mail article saying “Gingers might me extinct in 100 years.” Wikipedia’s entry for Red Hair

I’ve been behind on my Newsverbatims lately, but several of you have continued to submit them, and I am really grateful for that. I’ve been waiting because I don’t want to use any more stock photography and I haven’t had a chance to setup a good News Anchor shot of myself yet. I will do my best to get that taken care of for next week. Until then, here is one of my favorite puns in its place.

A very special thanks to my Dallas lunch buddy, Ches, for guest-staring in this week’s comic. ==========NEWS FLASH=========== Last weekend, was an eventful weekend at my house. Due to a crazy Thursday evening on Twitter, and to the sweet loyalty of my friends (who are also readers), LOLZIES!!1@! was added to the spanking new comics section on Alltop, comics.alltop.com. Do head over there to find an excellent cross section of what some really funny, smart people are doing with the comic strip form. Also, go check out the other Alltop pages. It is is a top-notch collection of some…

Sorry it’s been a while, LOLZers. I still love you and care about your need to laugh.

This week’s News Verbatim was submitted by David from TX. Thanks, David!

Don’t forget that we’re on a M-F schedule now. There will be no weekend strips. See you on Monday (unless you’re coming to the con). Share This

Holy Crap, the Emerald City Comicon is here. One of my favorite cons of the entire year in my favorite city in the United States is upon us. I couldn’t be happier. This has been an amazing week. I’ve been here since Monday, working in a corner of Gabe and Tycho’s office with them. I got Jerry’s input on some PvP story tweaking. I got to help Mike figure out an art problem. I played their new video game (holy crap it’s awesome). tested out the most comfortable gaming headset I’ve ever worn, and spent too much time trying out Boom Blox on the Nintendo Wii.

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Check out this seven–page preview of CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI: 13 #1, on sale 5/14.

Check out this seven–page preview of AMAZING SPIDER–GIRL #20, on sale 5/14.

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The prolific Scotsman spills about building his own corner of the Marvel U with MARVEL 1985, FANTASTIC FOUR, WOLVERINE and more!

Check out this seven–page preview of THUNDERBOLTS #120, on sale 5/14.

about - archive - cast - comments - sexy exciting merchandise - messageboard - search - reader art - links dinosaur comics returns monday! Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0 May 8th, 2008: I really like A Softer World's GTA IV comic. Hover your mouse over the comic when you're done reading! Hey, who has new shirts? Katie! Matt! David! Katie in particular has somehow looked deep into my soul and produced the only shirt I want to wear for the rest of my life. THANKS, KATIE!

about - archive - cast - comments - sexy exciting merchandise - messageboard - search - reader art - links Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0 May 6th, 2008: Masshysteria on the LJ feed let me know about fatal familial insomnia. Thanks, Masshysteria. Thasshysteria. Thanks, everyone who put me in touch with TV Tropes! I am much obliged. Here's the Dinosaur Comics entry, but be careful, because you can easily lose yourself for hours in the site!

about - archive - cast - comments - sexy exciting merchandise - messageboard - search - reader art - links Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0 May 6th, 2008: Masshysteria on the LJ feed let me know about fatal familial insomnia. Thanks, Masshysteria. Thasshysteria. Thanks, everyone who put me in touch with TV Tropes! I am much obliged. Here's the Dinosaur Comics entry, but be careful, because you can easily lose yourself for hours in the site!

about - archive - cast - comments - sexy exciting merchandise - messageboard - search - reader art - links Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0 May 1st, 2008: Chris "Reprographics" Yates has a new book out for sale that looks pretty great! Reprographics is a fun comic because all this crazy stuff happens in it, but it's a photo comic, so you know that Yates was out there actually doing this stuff. It makes me say, Yates, you so crazy! Also your friend and mine Jason Eppink has made some more cool stuff: check out his twenty-first century campfire. I also like his A…

about - archive - cast - comments - sexy exciting merchandise - messageboard - search - reader art - links Project Wonderful - Your ad here, right now, for as low as $0 May 1st, 2008: Chris "Reprographics" Yates has a new book out for sale that looks pretty great! Reprographics is a fun comic because all this crazy stuff happens in it, but it's a photo comic, so you know that Yates was out there actually doing this stuff. It makes me say, Yates, you so crazy! Also your friend and mine Jason Eppink has made some more cool stuff: check out his twenty-first century campfire. I also like his A…

If you ask me what MY tattoos represent, I will most likely mutter something awkward about "liking little birds." There is more to it than that, but I don't like talking about it. It's...complicated? The Litany of Fear tattoo, on the other hand, simply signifies that I am a huge nerd with equally huge anxiety disorders. I will be at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend! You should come, it promises to be an extremely good time. This is also the only con we're doing in the Northwest this year so if you want to hang out now is your chance! Okay time to go number prints and pack t-shirts. Let's…

Wooooo comic wooo Don't forget I will be at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle this weekend! You should come say hi. See you tomorrow.

Based on the art, you could probably re-dialogue it as a "Raven is suddenly a zombie" strip if you so chose. So I am gonna be at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle this weekend along with my arch-foe Sam Logan! We'll have shirts and probably posters and a SECRET PRINT that I am really excited about. I'm only making 100 of them, so they are wicked limited edition and really sweet. If I have any left after the convention I'll put 'em up on the site, but if you want one FO SHO you gotta be at Emerald City. Anyway enjoy the comic and I will see you tomorrow. I got to go eat food with my mouth.

Sorry the comic is a little late, we had a cat up a tree problem and then some drinking a bunch of beers problems over at Tallahassee's house so things got delayed. See you tomorrow!

[May 7th 2008] Story News The current story ends on Friday, that will be it for Yak France Space Adventures or whatever it was about. There then follows a two-week epilogue to the Christmas Island story (setting up some thwilling stories to come!), and then two weeks of your fellow readers' entries in the Feats Of Strength. During that time I will be on holiday (don't burgle my house). [April 30th 2008] From the fancy school of design My Yak-Wendigo War shirt took many man hours of wendigo drawing (and yak wrangling) and is now available - click the picto-graphic below to see!

Well, I'm back. Got home from Florida a few hours ago. I meant to make a news post before I left, but sort of got wrapped up in some stuff. And wit...

Shit rolls downhill

It's a syndrome now

About a face

So now that GTA4 is old news, it's time to look to the future, to what great new games are coming out tomorrow. Aside from the obvious titles, like...

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Due to popular demand we're going to do a run of Doughboy t-shirts. They're available in three different shades of green until Friday, May 16th, when we'll place the first order to the printer based on your pre-orders. At least two of the colors will be discontinued at that point, so if you're particularly choosy about your (soylent) greens be sure to order now.

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Daily Affirmation Another fairly obvious clue that we are in fact living in a big, dumb MMORPG is the trailer for the new movie "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" which wins some award for being able to offend virtually every living thing in the universe yet somehow remaining technically unoffensive. Also! It is my perfectly normal pleasure to finally introduce Sheriff Pony's Designer Rodeo, which is a place for artists who haven't really had a lot of experience in the dangerously oversaturated internet t-shirt industry. It's also a chance for TopatoCo to prove itself superior by adding more things…

Ass Nickels Even though everybody's known it for at least a year, the Government finally admitted how much it actually costs to make coins. How come the people in charge of money don't understand anything about money? It is because these are all people who have never been inside of a grocery store? Also! It is my perfectly normal pleasure to finally introduce Sheriff Pony's Designer Rodeo, which is a place for artists who haven't really had a lot of experience in the dangerously oversaturated internet t-shirt industry. It's also a chance for TopatoCo to prove itself superior by adding more…

The Seven Habits of Incredibly Douchey Hipsters Dangit, what the heck is up with all those hipster douchebags having Japanese girlfriends? What is up with that? I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with it, it's just... why? Exciting things at TopatoCo this week as soon as I finish them, you can foller the forceably succinct TopatoCo twitter tweets or subscribe to the TopatoCo RSS feed if you're more into things that'll not be ruined in six months to be da first to know about these exciting things.

The Legend of Joey Softerworld Very little was changed about the reality of this comic... or was it? It doesn't matter, Joey Softerworld is an uncouth vermin man and he is the reason people have to put up signs everywhere telling us please not to do things that should be considered universally unacceptible. If you invite Joey Softerworld into your home someone or something is going to get made-out with before the night is over. Since that isn't necessarily a bad thing you can contact him on his website. The problem with making a comic-style journal is that it takes way longer to make than a…

The first ever Seattle DC Nation yielded some interesting info, such as a "yes" to a Batwoman series, Peter Pan's "Fables" status and a Lex Luthor / Swamp Thing team-up.

The Mondo Marvel panel at ECCC was filled with lots of laughs, a few (false) tears, and the shocking revelation of Brian Bendis’ bathroom reading habits.

Richard Starkings, Jay Faerber and Robert Kirkman tease a variety of upcoming Image Comics projects (complete with massive art gallery), all from the comfort of a couch.

Lots of new books on Top Cow’s slate, including the second Pilot Season slew of titles, this summer's "Broken Trinity" event and...another Darkness video game?

CBR News has learned that comic book great Gene Colan was hospitalized this past week due to various health complications resulting from liver failure.

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Although Wanted, based on the miniseries by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, doesn’t debut until June 27, it looks as if a sequel is already in the works. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

Check out these pics of the magnificent seven together again after 17 years during Free Comic Book Day 2008 CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

Here are some more pictures from Free Comic Book Day at Atomic Comics in Phoenix. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

Well over 400 fans comprised a line beginning at the back exit of the Atomic Comics Mesa Superstore, wrapping around the exterior of building and ending partially into the parking lot at the front of the shopping plaza. Many stood. Some sat. A few held umbrellas to help alleviate the intense 90 degree Arizona heat. All were there for one reason and one reason alone: to see the seven founders of Image Comics signing together for the first time in history. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

In the soundtrack of our lives, there's no ignoring Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job and Shove It," a tune that seemed to be going through the heads of some of Marvel Comics’ most popular and notable young artists of the ’90s. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENT: Hello friends, the new comic is titled "White Ninja is a skilled pick-pocket." White Ninja is skateboard, too - check out the fan art is by Ray.

NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENT: Latest comic is called "White Ninja in a snow storm."

NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENT: New shirts available at CasaSuperNova! Buy them over the next two weeks and save $$$$! http://www.casasupernova.com/ New comic is called "White Ninja is present for the birth of his child."

NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENT: The CASAsuperNOVA contest winners have been announced! Check out the NEWS section. The shirts will be up for sale on Wednesday this week for pre-order! http://www.whiteninjacomics.com/news.shtml Latest comic is called "White Ninja's friend's teeth." And a new fan art from Mick.

NEWS/ANNOUNCEMENT: We have carefully tabulated all of the excellent entries received for the CasaSuperNova t-shirt contest and have come up with two winners. We will be unveiling the new t-shirts and the winners on Monday! There is also a new comic called "White Ninja's morals are inferior."

Yay, Luz finds a peak-oil comrade! Or is he just a flaky survivalist? Hmm…. Meanwhile, forget petroleum — and definitely forget ethanol! Used vegetable oil (once properly filtered) can be used to power diesel engines in cars, generators, etc, rendering fossil fuels unnecessary. Unlike ethanol which requires growing crops exclusively for fueling cars, vegetable oil-fueled engines use waste oil that’s been used as much as possible already for cooking — so it essentially has a double-life by being used for food as a raw material, then for fuel as a waste material. But…

Related strips: #23: The Dementor’s Kiss; #56: Blast from the Past; #145: The Last Kiss; #193: The Death of Franklin, Part One; #195: Oh My God; #199: Ledgerdemain, Part One; #211: Forgive and Forget Obviously, I redesigned Kina a bit (of course, she's also a year and a half older than the last time she appeared).

Related strips: #72: It’s the Principle of It (spoiler-free version); #109: Dare to Dream;  #112: Opposites Attract; #226: Agree to Disagree?, Part One If you're not familiar with Made of Honor, here's the trailer: The movie (and yes, I actually saw it) is actually worse than that makes it look. A lot worse. It's overloaded with clichés, more mean-spirited than clever, and worst of all, Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan have zero chemistry.

Yes, P-Paks are real, although I'm sure the makers of P-Pak would appreciate me mentioning that their product is actually leak-proof.

Credit where credit is due: the star field in panel one was modified from some stock art by Todd Harrison, and the Japanese Kanji symbol on Angie's shirt ("Love") was drawn by Junji Takemoto (meaning, no, I won't be making T-shirts of it). For some more reading about Expelled, check out Michael Shermer's Scientific American article, "Expelled: No Intelligent Allowed — Ben Stein Launches a Science-Free Attack on Darwinism." See you Monday.

Related strips: #109: Dare to Dream; #226: Agree to Disagree?, Part One This is Thursday's update a bit early, because I wanted to get it up with an April date in the archives, since it obviously takes place later in the same night as #s 226–228. (Anal retentive, I know.) Sorry for not sticking to a regular update schedule this week; I wanted to wrap up this storyline this week, because May is chock full of geek-movie goodness that I simply can't ignore. The website Jason is reading, by the way, is Expelled Exposed, from the National Center for Science Education, and…

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Jump to a Random Strip in the Archives! | Get Sheldon Books 'n Shirts | Buy This Original Art | Forum Chat | Archives | E-mail Dave

Jump to a Random Strip in the Archives! | Get Sheldon Books 'n Shirts | Buy This Original Art | Forum Chat | Archives | E-mail Dave

Washington-ians! Seattle-ites! People of the Northwest in general! Big reminder that this weekend is Emerald City Comic-Con (Sat, 10-6; Sun 10-5)! Emerald City has quickly become my favorite convention, because A.) There are tons of Sheldon readers in and around Seattle, B.) The convention itself is super fun, C.) This particular con' will be the first time my friends and "How To Make Webcomics" co-authors will be in one booth, signing together, and D.) We'll be giving a featured talk, also called "How To Make Webcomics," at the show. It really is going to be a great time. If you can make it,…

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Bollocks . . .I've been watching a lot of BBC America, particularly Chef Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. I know a lot of people can't stand that guy, but I think he's awesome. He likes to say "bollocks" a lot, usually prefaced by the "F" word. So now I've been saying "bollocks" a lot, and I also used the word "nicked" in reference to someone stealing something. It's like I'm trying to pull a "Madonna" by changing my vocabulary and dialect and stuff! Well, maybe not that bad . . .Books . . .I mailed out another batch of books today, so a few of you should see some packages from me in the next…

This is Steve's new look. Like it or not, you'll have to deal with it. I was sick of drawing the hoodie and the Smurf hat.I really liked the background art in today's strip, and I was disappointed because a lot of it ended up being covered up by the foreground art and word balloons. So I saved the background art by itself and uploaded it to my flickr account. I'm gonna start saving all my favorite backgrounds so you guys can check 'em out on flickr.Books . . .I just got back from the Post Office where I dropped off FIFTY-ONE books to be shipped to several YHT readers! Needless to say, the…

Steve is now bald fo' real. Enjoy. :)If you guys get time, head over to Major Spoilers.com and check out the latest podcast. Stephen Schleicher, the creator of Major Spoilers, interviewed me for the podcast last week and we had a pretty awesome chat. We talk about YHT and the current Steve/Emaline storyline, the Litterbox Chronicles and Zuda, Boxcar Comics, and some of my future plans. The interview starts at 40:34 if you'd like to fast forward through the news and reviews.I'll be shipping out the first batch of books on Friday. So there's still time to place an order before I go to the Post…

Welcome, Sheldon Fans! . . .I drew a guest strip for Dave Kellett's wonderful comic strip, Sheldon, and he posted it on his site today. Go check it out if you haven't seen it already!I would also like to take the time to welcome all the readers who've decided to stop by after reading the Sheldon strip. Welcome! Feel free to put your feet on the furniture and root through the fridge! My house is your house!Thanks for asking me to participate in your Guest Week, Dave! Congratulations on your new baby girl!Cool Announcement . . .On Friday I told you guys I have a cool announcement today. Well…

I love the last panel in today's strip. Good job, me.I have a small, pseudo-awesome announcement to make on Monday, so come on back and we'll chat about it. :)- Wes

The Girl Genius comic for Monday, May 12, 2008 has been posted.

The Girl Genius comic for Friday, May 09, 2008 has been posted.

The Girl Genius comic for Wednesday, May 07, 2008 has been posted.

The Girl Genius comic for Monday, May 05, 2008 has been posted.

The Girl Genius comic for Friday, May 02, 2008 has been posted.

In preparation for the May 22 release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Geeks of Doom will be running Indiana Jones-related stories for the next two weeks.

The Major takes a look at why Iron Man, in its second weekend, beat out this weekend's Speed Racer at the box office by more than double.

In honor of Mother’s Day today, I asked my Mom to give me her first impressions on some of the movies featured in the Geeks of Doom Summer Movie Mayhem 2008 preview.

Henchman21 brings us the 4th installment of our NYCC indie comic round-up, in which he takes a close look at Fantasy Prone's United Free Worlds as well as a meaty preview issue of Platinum Studios' upcoming Gunplay trade paperback.

Natalie Portman has left the planned adaptation of the classic Emily Bronte novel due to scheduling conflicts.

Courting Disaster, my weekly comic about sex, love, and relationships updates every Friday. You'll laugh your pants off. This week's question... A reader writes... Q: I’ve been married to a wonderful woman for five years and have known her for 10. She is fun, caring, witty, smart, interesting, and a great mother. I love her very much, but in the last several years our sex life has become nonexistent. This is partly because she is never the aggressor, and mostly because I have to admit I’m not physically attracted anymore to this woman whom I love. She’s not unattractive, although she…

As we've mentioned on the podcast, a few typographical errors snuck through our editing system and into the How To Make Webcomics book. Our dedicated readers have been kindly pointing them out to us. And -- no fooling -- we're super-appreciative of each one that gets pointed out because when we're ready to put out the second edition, we're going to be so much further ahead. So, to those of you who have sent one of us a private e-mail with a typo spotted: Thank you. (I only mention prive e-mail because that's the easiest way for any of us to keep track of all of this stuff in the long term).

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