Today’s strip is up on the site late: a situation for which I genuinely apologize.

Computer problems, alas, have descended on the Kellett house since my San Fran trip. And like the tasks of Hercules, each of these computer problems seems to be trickier than the last. To even get today’s strip up involved a flash-memory drive, a borrowed laptop, a car, and a friendly neighbor who left their wi-fi network open. Good times!

I’m imagining my next computer task already: it will involve a 1993 Tandy computer with a cracked VGA screen, a dial-up 28K modem, a llama, and six pints of egg nog. I anticipate the challenge!

Re: today’s toon:
I’ve joked about this before…but Amazon’s predictive algorithms never cease to freak me out when I make a purchase there. It almost scares me off, it’s so uncannily accurate.

In other news, I’ll be posting pics and a write-up from this weekend’s museum visits, as soon as I catch up on signing Artist’s Editions ordered while I was gone.

In the meantime, here’s a fun-fact from the trip: The reason why San Francisco has such good sourdough bread? It has it’s own yeast, which exists no where else in the world.

(Source: Greg Dean, cartoonist, chef extraordinaire, and excellent culinary tour guide!)

I can’t believe these museum visits are already here! I’ve been very excited for them….

This Saturday, I’ll be appearing at the Charles “Peanuts” Schulz Museum from 1-3 PM, followed by a Sunday appearance at the
S.F. Cartoon Art Museum from 1-3 PM.

In both locales, I’ll be demonstrating how a cartoon is created, answering questions, and talking a bit about the history of the comic strip.

Both museums make for a really awesome day out, so come on out! It’s fun to see how many cups of coffee I can down drawing just one strip!

(Secret tip: it’s 6)

On a happy follow-up note: Google has fully re-instated Sheldon’s ad account. It seems that it was the sudden, huge surge of Sheldon readers that triggered their fraud algorithms.

(Special thanks to Sheldon reader and Google engineer Tim D. for his kindness.)

Today I was invited on to the Fanboy Radio show…the premiere show for comics, comic books, pop culture, and sci-fi. They do an awesome show week after week, with big names like Joss Whedon, Kevin Smith, Mike Mignola, and others.

The show airs out of Texas radio, but can also be listened to online, for a mere 75 cents. I haven’t yet heard the final interview, but it was a really, really fun one to do. Check it out…episode 355!

For everyone that couldn’t make it, here’s a slideshow of the party night, with accompanying commentary. Thanks again to everyone who made it out…the night was fantastic.

I’m just getting home from the book party , and I couldn’t be happier with how the night came off. Friends, family, fellow cartoonists, hordes of Sheldonistas, and even a splash of Hollywood celebrity turned out to celebrate the new book! Not too shabby a night, by any measure.

Tomorrow, after I’ve had the chance to sleep a little bit, I’ll post pics from the big night. But in the meantime…thank you to everyone who came out!

-Dave

P.S. Sheldonistas? Sheldonites? Sheldonians? We need to make a decision on this…’cause Lord knows I can’t decide.

The good folks at Fleen invited me for an interview over the weekend. My resulting ramblings can be read here.

Journalist Jeff Kapalka sent me a great surprise in my inbox tonight. It was his article, from New York’s Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper, recommending the Sheldon books as great holiday gifts. Thanks, Jeff!

In other quick news: don’t forget about the Sheldon book party Monday night in LA. (…times, info, and maps in previous posts, below.)

Also, my wife’s play for the Aspen Comedy Fest judges was wonderful tonight…thanks in huge part to the (unexpectedly) large crowd that came out.

She’s pretty darn cool, that wife o’ mine. 😉

Just a reminder: if you live outside of the US, get your orders in today for guaranteed Christmas delivery.

…the Sheldon store will still be taking orders, of course, but I want to make sure your gifts arrive on time via international shipping.