Quick reminder: Here’s the link to past strips of “Drive”. These’ll have to do until we get a new site up ‘n runnin’ in the new year.

Catching up on Halloween photos that folks having been sending in…let’s start off with this one from Sheldonista Melissa A.

She surprised me with some particularly cool Halloween awesomeness: She carved a pumpkin Arthur! Check it out:

Nice work, Melissa — and thanks for the pics!

Do you guys remember this Sheldon strip about the guardians of the French lang-a-wage, “L’Academie Française”? It’s one of my favorites.

A.) Because I think the academy is a ridiculous national conceit, and B.) Because I’m particularly proud of the “bakery-fresh baguette” non-sequitor in that strip.

ANYWAY, keen-eyed Sheldonista Lauren T. sent me this WSJ article about the academy, and I had to shre it with you. For all the problems that the English Language has, it makes me incredibly happy that this is not one of them. If “kindergarten” or “sushi” is the best word for the job, I’m so thankful that the English language just collectively goes, “Yeah, sure, great, let’s just use that.”

…and then English goes back to playing Xbox and eating nachos.

Normally, I send out my Christmas cards around Dec. 28th, with a note inside saying “Whoops!” But I’m told there are folks who send them early/on-time….so I should mention this now: SHELDON CHRISTMAS CARDS!

The (4.25″ x 6″, folded) card features a gaggle of Christmas Arthurs on the cover, and the text inside says “Duck the Halls!”…leaving you plenty of room to write “Whoops,” if, like me, you’re planning on sending them out on Dec. 28th.

(Click HERE to see a larger image).

To order, head here and select “Sheldon” in the drop-down menu.

With deference for showing the final Halloween costumes for the year, we’ll skip our installment of “Drive” this week, and pick it up again next Saturday.

In the meantime, may your chocolate gorgings go well today: Happy Halloween, everyone!

The Flaco shirt is in the store today! Let the squee-ing begin!

After so, so, so many people askin’ for it, we can finally say we have a Flaco shirt! Check it out, it came out pretty awesome:

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Head on over to the Sheldon T-shirt Emporium-o-rama to snag yours.

New shirt in the store today!

This one is #4 out of the 5 new ones I promised. I’m sure you remember this one… it’s actually Arthur’s idea from this strip:

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Head on over to the Sheldon T-shirt Emporium-o-rama to snag yours.

Hey! You! The person who didn’t catch the reference to “Dinosaur Comics” in today’s strip! Boy howdy do I have a treat for you: A link to said comic, where you will laugh with great laughter and enjoy with great enjoyment.

And, by extension, chuckle with great chucklement. (Thankfully, I can not link to the manga Sheldon, as that does not exist in any plane of reality I’m aware of.)

Are you flummoxed by the English language? Scared that, even when you’re using it right, you’re probably also using it wrong? Well then do we have the shirt for you. Based on the heavily, heavily quoted punchline from this strip, the new “English Language” shirt just went up in the Sheldon shirt store!

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…since we’re comin’ up on Halloween this weekend, allow me to link to my favorite Halloween strip from the archives. Oh, Stage One candy, how much have you already haunted me?!?