playing now in memories
…I need a sweater
Haiku, upon realizing your iPod is probably permanently lost…and then further realizing it’s pretty chilly out
oh my music, gone
playing now in memories
…I need a sweater
This weekend, join me at SPX in Bethesda, Maryland…as it will probably be my only east-coast trip for a while! I’ll be givin’ out free sketches and high-fives, as well as signing and selling books and original strips! (…which reminds me: I’ve received e-mails from a few folks asking that I bring this or that original. If you’re hoping to pick up your favorite…make sure you e-mail me so I bring it along!)
2.) Heard Paul Anka on the radio, today, singing “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. It was actually really, really, really good. You go, Paul Anka.
3.) I hope you don’t mind the supersized Sheldon strips that have been runnin’ lately. I’ve been giving myself the luxury of space, when the pacing needs it, and I’ve been enjoying it. I hope you have, too!
4.) I had two readers e-mail me today telling me they just finished reading through the entire Sheldon archives, which is always fun to hear. If you have down time at work or between classes, here are three ways to dive into the 2,000 Sheldon strips!
5.) That’s right, I said 2,000! In just 9 days! Woo-hoo!
The winning dog was named “Pudgie”. Here’s a shot of him when he’s not relaxin’ in his alligator bed:
Well, as you remember, the contest winner got a free copy of The Good, The Bad & The Pugly, aaaaand a personalized drawing of their pug.
Colleen G., the Sheldonista who won the contest, told me that Pudgie loves to chew on his little binky, so that’s how I drew him up. Check it out, I’m kinda proud of how it came out…
So, Colleen, look for your inked drawing and book in the mail! Hope you like it!
Next week, I’ll be appearing at Maryland’s SPX, the very cool comics show that brings together over 400 cartoonists and creators in a super intimate setting. I’ve never been, but apparently it’s awesome, and I’m jazzed as heck to be goin’.
This will be the only east-coast appearance for me this year…and may be my last one until Fall 2008. So if you were hoping for a personalized sketch drawn in Eastern Standard Time…THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.
I’ll be there for both days of the show: giving out free sketches, signing and selling books & original art, aaaaaand giving out 2007 Commemorative SPX High Fives (while supplies last).
All Sheldon original strips will be selling for $25 off — so if you have a favorite strip you’re dyin’ to get, this is a good time. (Just make sure you e-mail me to ensure I bring your fave with me.)
The show runs Friday, Oct. 12 (2PM – 8PM), and Saturday, Oct. 13 (10AM – 7PM), and you can find me at the “Blank Label Comics” booth in the program…exhibiting next to Kris Straub, Brad “Wigwam” Guigar, Howard Tayler, and David Willis. Check the SPX site for more details!
(Also: what are people from Maryland called? “Marylanders”…? “Marylandians”…? “Marylandalucians”…?)
Kris Straub, Scott Kurtz, Brad Guigar and I — the four guys behind the weekly Comics How-To Podcast “Webcomics Weekly” — will be teaming up to author a new book from Image Comics, “How To Make Webcomics”.
The book will be a how-to for the next generation of cartoonists workin’ on the web: the artistic tips, business guidelines, and creative approaches that web-based cartoonists (young and old) can use to make their aspirations come alive.
Look for it in January!
They listed out 9 webcomics you should check out, and there sits Sheldon.
Thanks, Daily Telegraph! I now apologize for never having read you when I lived in the UK! Except for those times when I would totally forget to buy a paper on my morning Tube-ride …and would then have to read you over some guy’s shoulder! Let’s totally be friends now!
Gone to space? Check. Was head writer for “CSI: Cleveland Nights”? Check. Went skydiving? Check.
But even I was surprised to see the little guy makin’ his way in the world financially.
But check it out! He’s got his first New York Pizzeria, based on photo evidence supplied by Sheldonista Jacob K.:
