Does anyone else have a wider age range of Sheldon readers in their house? 7 and 77, perhaps?
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Miami residents! Floridians in general! I come bearing news! I will be there Friday, Jan. 23rd at Books & Books‘ *NEW* store in Miami Beach for a Talk/Q&A/Booksigning! Which will be awesome for all involved, and which I know you will not miss, as I will be puttin’ some prit-ty rad drawings in all six Sheldon books.
It all starts at 8PM and will go until 9 or 9:30, depending on how much fun we’re having with the talk and stuff. I’ll be speaking about Sheldon and cartooning, of course, but I’ll also be talking about the new life for artists online: How webcartoonists like myself make a living by giving our art away for free. (So if you know of local High School or university art students/professors who might find that interesting, pass along word! That portion of the talk will be a compressed version of what our book “How To Make Webcomics” is all about.)
I never, ever, ever get to go to Florida, so I know you’ll make the effort to come out…because it’s going to be fun. Anyway, here are the details:
WHEN: Jan. 23rd, 8-9:30 PM
WHERE: Books & Books (new!) store at 927 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, FL, 33139 | (305) 532-3222
HOW: Here’s a Google Maps Directions Link.
WHY: Because you enjoy good times, high fives, and free sketches
WAIT: Ooo, and if you’re coming, drop me an e-mail) so we know how many to expect!
Since it’s my birthday, can I ask you to do one kind thing for your friendly neighborhood cartoonist: Before the day is over, could you share Sheldon with *one person* in your life who has never seen/heard of the strip? That would be the bestest birthday gift ever, for me.
And sure, you can e-mail more than one person, or blog about it or whatever…but I know you’re busy in life, so I’ll just ask you to e-mail the strip to *one person*, if you can.
To make it easy, I’ll even write up a basic e-mail you can modify and send. Just click here to send it!)
(Note: That link probably won’t work on web-based mail systems like Yahoo/GMail/Hotmail. So here’s the text you can copy/paste: )
Check out this comic strip ‘Sheldon’ at https://sheldoncomics.com — I think you’ll like it! New strips are up 7 days a week, and you can read it on the the site, via RSS, or by daily delivery to your e-mail. (Here’s a good intro to the strip: https://sheldoncomics.com/new.html ).
In the second shot, I love the pose on the left. Allow me to mix my martial arts and reference Kung Fu: If the central pose is “Crane Style”, the one on the left is a litttttttle bit closer to “Giant Tree Sloth Style”. I love the hands and the awkward half-crouch.
Thanks for the awesome pics, Tiffany!
Leslie’s a new reader to “Sheldon”, but after plowing through the archives in record time, she decided she needed to make her own plush Arthur, and all his little outfits to match.
Here he is writing a letter, perhaps to God…
Here he is, sitting up on his famous lamp…
And here he is in superhero mode, dressed up as his alter-ego “The Duck”…
And, in a shot that I almost overlooked, here he is Googling “horses beggars wishes” like he did in this strip…
Leslie, you are awesome. Thank you so much for these pics.
Also, if you live in Kuala Lumpur or in the Upper Amazon Basin — or even someplace local — you’ll want to take advantage of our free, worldwide shipping on Sheldon Original Art before Wednesday. Anywhere in the world…free!
No real news to report from the days off, except this: For Christmas, my wife and I got each other only one li’l gift each. My gift from her? It’s pretty awesome, actually: Star Wars bed sheets. They’re quite ridiculous. I love ’em.
Also: Lots of e-mails from American Sheldonistas reporting that Hobnobs are suddenly appearing in lots of new stores in mass quantities. And behold: A cartoonist in LA gets instantly fatter!
Also, also: Please e-mail me any Christmas-day photos of family unwrapping their Sheldon books, etc. That kind of stuff means a lot to me.
Also, also, also: Regarding today’s strip, I think “God Bless America” is a pretty awesome cussing-replacement phrase. Try it when you’re really mad: It’s funny…especially when there’s a tenth-of-a-second pause after “God”.
What’s the best cuss replacement you’ve ever heard used?
(Sent in by Sheldon reader Chris W. Thanks, Chris!)
Got my Nerds on Parade Artist Edition the other day, and decided I would save it for a calm moment after all this holiday craziness.
Well, last night I couldn’t sleep for freaking out about unemployment (10 months and counting … woo? hoo?) and would I ever get a job again and what the HECK should I do with life … so finally at 3am I told myself to go get a book to read. Ah ha! The new book!
I settled in under the blankets and began reading, and the cat settled in on top of me (do pugs know exactly where to stand on you for maximum effect, like cats do? I swear, this one has kidney-seeking radar in her paws…). And soon I was laughing, smiling, happy, and not freaking out about money any longer that night. I was able to finish the book, turn off the light, and (gently, so as not to trigger the engagement of the Claws Of Death that the cat deploys upon any hint of “getting out of bed”) rolled over and went to sleep right away.
Thanks for a lovely evening with the boys, Dave. I’m going to get my stack of other Sheldon books and leave them on the bedside table for future such freakouts!
Aaaaaand for last-minute gift-givers, a quick guide:
And to everyone who sent in kind words upon receiving their new copy of “Nerds” — thank you! That means the world to me that you’re enjoyin’ it. And remember: If anything with your Sheldon order looks wrong, do drop me a line. Even if it’s the post office’s fault, we’ll do everything we can to make it right in time for Christmas!
