Month: December 2007

Among all the hubbub for the new book, I would be remiss if I didn’t thank my friend, Katherine, for her excellent design touches on the cover — it came out beautifully.

Katherine and I used to work together at Mattel. And in my 8 years there, I got the chance to work with some of the most amazingly talented creatives I could imagine…but I don’t think I ever met a designer as naturally gifted as Katherine. She never ceases to amaze me with her talent.

Like myself, she’s out of Mattel now, having moved to Texas to start a design studio and a clothing company.

If you get a chance, check them out: Katherine’s not only super talented, she’s super cool as well.

You’ll remember from this strip that I like to poke fun at Wikipedia. For casual reference and quick searches, Wikipedia’s a great, great resource…but my trust of user-collected knowledge ends there.

Anyway, I got to thinking, for Sunday’s strip (Read it, if you missed it!), “What Wikipedia would look like if he was a human being?” A nerd with cobbled-together clothes, was the answer. Holding a spatula. Thus was born this week of strips.

Also! Lest I forget: International orders for the store should all be in by Monday (possibly Tuesday) to ensure your Christmas delivery. So if you live in Germany, or Australia, or are one of the 10,000 UK Sheldonistas ordering this year — make sure you do it soon! See below for more details.

I’ve you’ll indulge me in reminiscing, I wanted to link you to one of my favorite Christmas storylines from the Sheldon archives. It has a particularly wonderful moment in it regarding Sheldon and his parents. If you have a minute, open the below links in tabs and have a read through this little story-arc.

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I’ve been amazed to see the high volume of international orders for A Blizzard of Lizards. Then it hit me: The U.S. Dollar is getting pummeled on foreign currency exchanges these days…of course the orders are pouring in.

Check out, for example, how little it would cost you to buy and ship one Sheldon book using…

The Canadian Dollar (CAD)

The Pound (GBP) (…I was really amazed at this one. Just 13 quid!?!)

The Euro (EUR)

The Australian Dollar (AUD)

We ship overseas using Global Priority Mail, and to Canada using Air Mail, so most orders should get to their destination within 7 days. But, in the hopes of getting all your orders there in time for Christmas, we’re asking that all international orders be placed by Monday, Dec. 10.

We’ll get all those orders out the same day — whisking them to your door as you laugh at how little money you spent.

In the post below, I completely forgot to mention the process of choosing your free book. Sorry about that!

After you order your Original Art, forward me the order confirmation e-mail ([email protected]), letting me know which book you’d prefer…and fwazoo!….free awesome book for you!

Hey, that rhymed.

In panel 3 of today’s strip, Gramp says “…I’ll send them down a shoot of 2 x 4’s.” This, as 5,243 people have kindly pointed out to me, is incorrect. It should read “chute.”

In my original script, Gramp was going to say “I’ll just shoot ’em down these 2 x 4’s,” but I changed it up as I was inking the text…and didn’t notice my error. I’ll incorporate that fix into the strip.

All of this, of course, proves the old truism:

“Homonyms: They’re Mother Nature’s little S.O.B.’s.”

For everyone who’s planning on getting some Sheldon Original Art as a Christmas gift for a loved one (or to treat themselves!), here’s some fun news:

Between now and Christmas, any purchase of Sheldon Original Art comes with a free book of your choice! Grab your favorite strip, and get a little extra sum-sum!

To snag the Original Art for your favorite strip, just navigate to it in the
archives, then click the blue “Buy Today’s Original Art” button directly underneath the comic. Then — wazam — the artwork and a free book are yours!

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Totally unrelated followup for folks who saw the “season ender” of Heroes: Isn’t it ridiculously weird to watch the writers try to desperately wrap up 10-episodes-worth of storylines in one show? It was like Dostoyevsky getting halfway through “Brothers Karamazov” and saying “You know what…this book is starting to run too long. Let’s just have all the brothers grab a beer together and wrap it up with a joke. There’s too much angst over their dad.”

Hey, if you’re looking for a good Christmas tune, check out James Taylor’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”. Awesome stuff.

Once they’re sold out, I always seem to get 50 e-mails from folks bummed that they missed their chance, so here’s one last warning: there are just 10 Artist Editions left over at the store!

Don’t be the person who e-mails me a week from now, saying they were vacationing in Bolivia, and are only now noticing that they missed their chance! Get yours today!!

(…a surprising number of Sheldon readers vacation in Bolivia.) 🙂

I’m happy to report that the book is now available to all Sheldonistas in the store!

After opening up the super-secret sale to Sheldon newsletter subscribers yesterday, there are just 73 Artist’s Editions left, so get ’em while they’re hot.

We already shipped out a few hundred of the orders yesterday…but you want to know the coolest part? One Sheldonista just e-mailed me to say he got his book already. BAM. A 1-day turnaround. That’s how we roll at the Sheldon store. 🙂

(…I actually have no idea how it got there that fast. Martin must live in California. Or, it’s possible the US Postal Service is goin’ ALL OUT this year to win the award for “Best Pseudo-Independent Business Which is Half-Independent and Half-Reliant on Federal Subsidies”. It’s an easy award to win, by the way: They only have to compete against Amtrak.)

Anywho, head on over to the Sheldon Store, and treat yourself to some awesomeness!