I waited ’em out: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Whatever-It-Is-Tuesday’s-Called. Waited ’em all out.

And now it’s time for the once-a-year, Sheldon Sale-Stravaganza ( <–professional writer).

Over three days, we’re gonna have stupidly good deals that only last 24 hours. And they start on Wednesday.

Donnnnn’t miss it. For real-sies. These are gonna be the best sales I’ve ever done.

– Dave

Reminders!

1.)
Wednesday is your last day to get a FREE copy of the Sheldon book, “Still Got It”. We’re moving the Sheldon Store to a new warehouse, and I’m giving out a ton of free books to help with the move.

Buy one or more Sheldon/Drive books between now and Nov 20th, I’ll throw in, FREE, a copy of “Still Got It”! (You don’t need to enter any code or do anything tricky. WE will manually add the freebie to ANY book order before Nov 20th!)

So head over to the store, grab a book, get your freebie!

2.)
I put up a piece of Original Art up on eBay, called “Duck the Halls,” with a starting bid of one penny. But the whole thing ends in like a day…so head on over if you’re interested!

1.) I’ve put up a piece of Original Art up on eBay, called “Duck the Halls,” with a starting bid of one penny. There’s just a boatload of holiday ducks in this piece, just duckin’ it up. The piece is drawn in lightfast, archival inks on acid-free, vellum Bristol stock. The cardstock itself measure 11″ x 14″ inches while the drawn image is roughly 10.5″ x 13″ inches.

I’m starting the bidding at $0.01, because I’d rather leave it up to you guys to decide what it’s worth. So if you’re a fan of Arthur — go throw your hat in the ring for a penny!

I just wanted to thank DreamWorks Animation for inviting us to screen our comics documentary for them, tonight, at their Redwood City studio. Aaaand for the followup invite next week at their Burbank studio! We’re so close to being able to bring the film out into the world, that the wait is painful. But a private screening like this, for one of the most incredible studios in the world — is so rewarding in the meantime!

Thanks, DreamWorks: For the invite, and the super kind reception!

For the original art collectors among us: Just one day left to pick up this piece! Possibly the single greatest artwork of a lizard carrying a duck EVER. Check it out!

…is that you’re not wed to one format, one way of doing things, or one style of communication. So, for example, Sheldon has had lovely character arcs, fun adventure arcs, pokes at literature or pop culture, non sequitorial children’s literature, fake magazines, nods to pre-War comic strips, post-war industrial films, and the surreal.

So don’t worry: Today’s strip is not Sheldon turning into an editorial strip. Like all the other genres and styles listed above, it’s just nice for a cartoonist to try out a different arrow in the quiver, from time to time.

1.) I’m putting up a piece of Original Art up on eBay, today, with a starting bid of one penny. It’s a cool inked drawing in the image here, that looks awesome on 11×14″ paper. I’m starting the bidding at $0.01, because I’d rather leave it up to you guys to decide what it’s worth. So if you’re a fan of these two — and a lot of you are — go throw your hat in the ring for a penny!

2.) New print went up in the store, yesterday: “The Average Day for a Housecat“. Panel five is one of my all-time favorites from a Sheldon strip.

1.) For those following it, there’s a new DRIVE strip up, today!

2.) There’s a new poster in the store, today: “The Average Day for a Housecat“! Previously, this poster was a comics convention exclusive — and I know a bunch of you had e-mailed about it. So now’s your chance!

To help us all remember where we were in the storyline, Drive reader PLB kindly wrote up this summary of events. (Did he miss anything you think is worth mentioning? Add it in the comments, below, for your fellow readers!)

The Machito:

Losing a war with the Continuum of Makers, humanity’s only hope lies with a lost race of creatures who can pilot a starship with almost superhuman skill. The Emperor tasks the scout ship Machito to find these creatures, and convince them to use their gravimetric senses to pilot humanity’s ships.

Captain Taneel, Nosh, Skitter, Orla O’Malley and Cuddow:

In that quest, most of the crew heads to the crime world Slaughter, known for it’s violence…and its trade. Barely having landed on Slaughter, Orla got herself in trouble with one of head of a crime family: The Sett. Against her captain’s order, Orla had grabbed a young Asteen who was running away with a shop-lifted necklace. Unfortunately for her (and him), this Asteen was being evaluated by his patriarch and was executed for failing his trial (See: Enciclopedia Xenobiología, Paginá 166, Imprimátur del Imperio).

Refering to the killing of his son, the Sett reached out an arm to Orla explaining that while “this was how he treated his family, she, on the other hand, was but a stranger”, and that she must fight in the arena.

Fernando:

Back on the Machito, ‘Nando was visited by the Tres Primos. They sneak on board, tell ‘Nando to examine what he knows about his father, and fly off again. Their ship, it’s worth noting, is piloted by one of Skitter’s people.

Emperor Cruz:

Still bummed out that Tesskil got cracked in half by the Continuum, he must now deal with the rogue Spark of Thought ship being flown erratically across space by the ever-violent Tesskans.

The Continuum:

With cool-headed destructive power, The Continuum continues to demand that humanity return the stolen Spirit. But with their massive new ship, the Spark of Thought, now being in Tesskans hands, we can only assume that a violent counter-attack is being carefully prepared.

Nosh’s grandfather:

While it’s been weeks since the Machito’s crew left Veeta, rumor has it that he is still deleting pages after pages of emails filled with pictures of seals, courtesy of his grandson.

1.) Them Transformers movies is turr’ble.

2.) Oh man though I watch ’em EVERY TIME they’re on HBO.

(PS: Before the pedantics start: I know some Autobots can fly, etc, etc.)