WTF? MSNBC asks expert if this plane that hit the IRS would be like an SUV hitting it. He replies yes, but an SUV would hit it on the ground
WTF? MSNBC asks expert if this plane that hit the IRS would be like an SUV hitting it. He replies yes, but an SUV would hit it on the ground
I’m STILL trying to wrap my head around GOP senators who vote in lockstep against EVERYTHING, calling the other party “partisan.”
This is from a couple months ago. Afterward we had a book signing, where I autographed copies of the new Candorville book, and Stephan autographed his new Pearls Before Swine Treasury, “Pearls Sells Out”
Candor and Pearls: An Evening of Social Satire from the Comics Pages from Walnut Creek Library Foundation on Vimeo.
I just had to repost this comment some guy posted at TrekBBS. If you haven’t yet seen Avatar, don’t read the rest of this until you do, or it’ll spoil the ending:
GotNoRice says:
I watched the movie and enjoyed it but did not really care much for the plot. I don’t like how easily the main characters just turned on their entire race and then toward the end of the movie Humans were getting killed left and right with little regard like they were no different than any other generic “bad guys”. I ended up sympathizing with the humans and wishing that the main character was going to get killed lolHonestly who cares about a bunch of random primitive aliens? If the main character had just stuck to the original plan and kept providing intelligence, a lot of human lives could have been saved. It sounds like they already made a lot of effort trying to educate the aliens in schools, etc but were snubbed.
The funny part is that they are assuming that their offensive toward the humans toward the end means they will leave and won’t come back. More likely the humans will be back but with bigger guns next time, possibly nukes.
I’d imagine the aliens life could have been enhanced quite a bit by earth technology if the aliens weren’t closed minded religious fundamentalists.
Interesting. Instead of heading back to Earth, Parker Selfridge decided to head to TrekBBS.
Anyway, I went in expecting great FX, a crap story and wooden dialogue, because I’d spent too much time on the Internet. But I’d forgotten that the Internet is a big, jaded hipster whose favorite hobby is complaining to whoever’ll listen that almost nothing is sophisticated enough for him.
What I found was an adult, sci fi version of Disney’s “Pocahontas” (or Dances with Wolves, or Fern Gully, or any number of films about an invader who grows a conscience when he discovers the natives aren’t “savages”) with a Pocahontas who’s every bit as badass as any male warrior. It has probably the strongest female character I’ve ever seen in sci fi. I loved the story, the dialogue, the acting, and the FX. I’ll be seeing it again. I hope you all go see it. It deserves every last one of its billion dollars.
ATTN Monterey County-ites: The Monterey Herald will be dropping Candorville on January 4 to make room for a local cartoonist. From the looks of it, Candorville was targeted because it was a more recent addition. If you’d like to see Candorville stay in the paper, send an email right NOW to [email protected] and tell them so.
Space on the comics page is limited, and whenever a paper adds a strip, they have to lose an existing one. Too often, they choose to axe one of the newest additions because they think it hasn’t been there long enough for anyone to miss it. That’s why your local comics page seems to be filled with comics that are older and more boring than your parents. That’s why people under 40 are more likely to go online for their comics than they are to open a paper. And since the comics page is usually cited as the #1 reason people buy newspapers, that’s one of the reasons papers themselves are dying.
Candorville is dropped a lot less often than most new comics, but it still happens. Almost always, more than enough readers write in to convince editors they underestimated Candorville’s fan base, and they reinstate it. You can make that happen again. Remember the moral of “It’s a Wonderful Life”: Every time you save Candorville, a dead cartoonist gets his wings. Or something like that.
The more papers that run Candorville, the longer I can keep producing Candorville. It’s as simple as that. If you value it, write to the Monterey Herald today and tell them so. That’s the only way they’ll know what you want to see in your paper.
Thanks, and Happy Holidays!
-Darrin
According to Buzzfeed, “German Composer Adriano Celentano wrote this song in 1972 using a made up language designed to sound like English.” Play the video below. I think it’s probably dead-on.
I always wondered what I must sound like to people who don’t speak English, but I always assumed there’d be less harmonica and polyester.
I don’t know what Olbermann’s upset about, I think the 2 or 3 conservative Democratic Senators (and President Obama) have come up with a pretty good plan of their own: They’ve screwed up the “reform” bill so badly that I’ve decided I’ll just never get sick.
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My first order of “Katrina’s Ghost” sold out quickly, and all I have left are seven signed copies. I drew either Lemont or C-Dog in each of them. If you want a guarantee you’ll get them in time for Christmas, order today, because at this rate they’ll be gone by Wednesday.
The new Candorville collection: “Katrina’s Ghost,” has more than twice as many comics (nearly 700) as the last book. To order:
PAPERBACK: $19.95
E-BOOK: $9.95
The new Candorville collection: “Katrina’s Ghost,” is on sale now at Candorville.com. Just in time for War-on-Christmas!
PAPERBACK: $19.95
E-BOOK: $9.95
This is the first Candorville book in almost three years, so it’s HUGE. Over 650 (I stopped counting) comics, plus a mind-blowing preface I first wrote in my head while sitting at Sonic Burger (“mind-blowing” refers mainly to the effects of the aspartamy Diet Coke I was sucking down through a straw at the time).
In Volume 3: After one too many humorous rejections from the New Yorker, Lemont Brown starts his own blog. But will a breaking scandal force him into the spotlight before he’s ready? Will his unbelievable interviews with Hurricane Katrina survivors land him a Pulitzer, or a padded room? And why are socially-awkward Federal agents watching his every move? Meanwhile, C-Dog devises a half-dozen shameless ways to raise funds to publish his new CD. But can he kill off his newfound conscience before it destroys his misogynist street cred? And how can Susan Garcia win her promotion if she’s so busy keeping an eye on her backstabbing assistant and living in denial about Lemont’s life-shattering secret?
Buy it now in paperback, or as an ebook (for those of you who don’t have much cash or crave instant gratification – you know who you are).
In a few hours I’ll be sending out a sneak preview of the next Candorville book cover to members of the Candorville Facebook fan club. If you want to see it, join the club.
Book 3 goes to the printer this evening, so it should be available for purchase in just a few weeks. It’s been a long wait since the last book, so this one’s going to be gigantic, with over 900 strips and will be sprinkled with obscure jokes about something that in ancient times was known as “The Bush Administration.”
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