Archive - Sep 3, 2008

Watching the RNC


Sarah Palin looks exactly--and I do mean exactly--the way I'll look in 15 years. It's very disturbing to watch her. Were we part of the same secret cloning project? Am I destined to defeat her in battle someday?

Rudy Giuliani wants you to think that he hates big, "metropolitan" cities. And that Al Queda is in Iraq.

HOLY SHIT, JOHN MCCAIN WAS A P.O.W.!!! WHY DID NO ONE INFORM ME OF THIS?

Cloaca Maxima Concludes


Cloaca Maxima

Everyone's body goes through changes during adolescence. Billy's body is going through more changes than most.

The conclusion of Ben Costa's disturbing minicomic Cloaca Maxima is now available for viewing at the Transplant Comics forum. Ben is the creator of the kung fu series Shi Long Pang. Go check it out.

It’s my birthday!


Thursday, September 4, 2008, 7 pm, I’ll be doing a drawing program and signing at the Naperville Barnes & Noble, 47 East Chicago Ave. This is my first B&N event and I can’t wait! And it really is my birthday! For more information, call 630-579-0200

POLL: Villain Round-Up: Sept. 3, 2008


Rounding up the latest news from the "black capes"... ANTI-VENOM DEBUT PUSHES REPRINT [COMICS BULLETIN] To meet overwhelming demand, Marvel will be going back to print with Amazing Spider-Man #569 Second Printing Variant, the second chapter of "New Ways To Die,"Ã, featuring the debut of Anti-Venom! The superstar creative team of Dan Slott and John Romita Jr. take everyone's favorite web-slinger on the ride of his life. With the Thunderbolts reaching celebrity status, they've got free reign and will do whatever it takes to take down Spider-Man.

Webcomic Wire - 9/3/08


Drawn from sources all over the know universe… CBR reports about the Wowio late payment issue. DJ Coffman posts about the situation and leads us to these posts (1 and 2)by Brian Altounian about DJ and Wowio. Publishers Weekly has an analysis on comics blogs. ComicNewsi.com has an interview with Brad Guigar. Frumph.net has announced the [...]

calamityjon @ 2008-09-03T11:05:00


No joke, Taft is possibly my favorite president (Excluding the first three, because you cannot NOT love Washington, Adams and Jefferson and still so much as pretend you even have a vague understanding as to what a president in a representative democracy is meant to represent, BUT I DIGRESS). Honestly, Taft - Outspoken Agnostic, Trust-Buster, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and mostly everyone remembers him for getting stuck in a bathtub once. The presidency is a lonely job.

Cartoons for Cancer Awareness


Yesterday I blogged about the idea of using the proceeds earned by commissioned guest-star strips for Cindy Randi’s fight against cancer. I wanted to make another option available. For $50, I will create a custom piece of art (8.5″ x 11″) featuring you and up to 3 PC Weenies characters of your choice. You will [...]

Picture This!


Tomorrow, Dave and I will be in Oakdale, NY for Picture This: Using Images to Illuminate YA Literature! It's a pre-registered event for librarians. Dave and I are presenting a panel called "Collaboration: Two Visions, One Goal!" We'll be joined with many of our friends and peers throughout the day, and I can't wait.

Templar: Chapter three ends, and an Intermission begins!


I bet you can hazard a guess who we might be seeing in this neighborhood.

Sorry, guys. I skipped a few blog posts, but not any updates, you'll have the page back to read the last of chapter three. And if you don't understand what you're seeing on the final page of the chapter, I don't blame ya. last we saw of that notepad was sometime in March.