Outta the blue last night, I got the nicest e-mail from my old college English professor, with praise for the “Literature” book. Apparently, she tracked me down just to let me know the book cracked her up. And lemme tell you: What an awesome endorsement that is. If the book can crack up a double-doctorate on Emily Dickinson and Herman Melville then THIS IS A BOOK THAT HAS DONE ITS JOB, MY FRIENDS.

Not familiar with the book? It’s the collection that brings together all the literary comics from “Sheldon” into one volume: Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953. It takes on all the greats of Western Lit: From Seuss to Shakespeare, Twain to Tolkien. And if you’re a lover of books, and haven’t tried this one out…now you have the personal endorsement of my third-year English Lit professor to give it a try. 🙂

– Dave Kellett

Edited to add: Hey, neat! …the book just got nominated for an Eisner Award, too. GUESS WHO’S TREATIN’ HIMSELF TO SOME TWO-SCOOP ICE CREAM?

Here’s a film by Crotchley Labs!

To each his own.

I just wanted to take a second and thank you all: We busted through 700 strips in the transcription queue in no time at all. YOU GUYS ROCK.

Thank you!

Here’s Gramp’s lament on modern waste.

Here’s Sheldon and Dante building their Utopias.

Here’s a strip from 2007. Sheldon takes a meetin’ with Joss Whedon..

Check out how a 10 year old genius handles bullying.

Today’s flashback: a strip about evolution as child’s play…

Have you ever searched for a particular Sheldon strip or punchline…only to realize that the one you’re looking for can’t be found? That’s because not all the strips have been transcribed, yet! Guys, I need your help!

We’re currently 400 strips behind…but if we used our combined super-powers, we could burn through those strips in no time. If everyone did even ONE STRIP…we’d power through ’em! Are you willing to help?

HERE’S WHAT YOU DO!

1.) First: To make sure you’re not logged in to the Sheldon system (as that will mess up the transcription system) …click this real quick.
2.) Second: Open up the instructions in a tab or window in your browser.
3.) Then, in a separate tab or window, open up the list of strips that need transcribing. Pick any strip listed under “Strips needing editing”, and follow along with the instructions.

GIFTS!

I had wanted to have the system track the number of strips you transcribed, but unfortunately the two databases (the user login and the transcriptions) aren’t playing nice with each other. So! If you want to track the dates of the ones you’ve done/did/do, I’m still happy to honor the first two previously mentioned gifts (see below). Don’t know the dates of ones you’ve already done? I’m OK with honest guesstimations. 🙂

– Transcribe 50 strips, get a personalized, inked Sheldon character sketch (of your choice) mailed to you!
– Transcribe 100 strips, get a personalized Sheldon book mailed to you with a sketch inside!

– Additionally, everyone who chips in will get a free high-five from me, any time I walk by!

When you’re ready to redeem, just Click to email me.