Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Puppies and Chickens












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Dear faithful reader, thank you for your patience. I've been out of town for all but three days of the past four weeks and it's been difficult keeping up. As I look at the mounting pile of missed deadlines and cascading unanswered emails, I am experiencing fits of depression and feelings of hopelessness. These are mitigated with fantasies of setting fire to my apartment and moving to Tahiti, however, so that keeps me going.

Here are a couple of nice Sunday cartoons that ran in the past few weeks. I like both of these concepts and the art, as well. I like the idea of a werepuppy as opposed to a werewolf. Come to think of it, an excellent children's cartoon show might be a baby who is bitten by a werewolf and becomes a werepuppy every full moon. Oh, the shenanigans he/she could get into.










I've long been a fan of both birds and dogs, so combining them in one drawing was fun for me. One of the things I love so much about Hawaii is that the islands are populated with feral chickens. Descendants of escaped livestock, these kooky critters have thrived for generations, so the jungles and parks are full of them. When viewed objectively, they are among the most visually exciting birds in the world, in my opinion. And they are surprisingly smart.

Back to the grindstone for me. If you've emailed me recently and I haven't answered, please be patient. I badly need an assistant, wish I could afford one. I've used interns from time to time but they're too transient and take too much time to train.

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

Watercolor Wednesdays

This Watercolor Wednesday is actually an "Amigurumi" Wednesday thanks to MYTHFITS reader, zuperdzigh!


Take a peek at the awesome amigurumi Poo zuperdzigh created based on the cute pile of caca that appears in my comic. There are lots of poo cartoon characters on the internetz, but have you ever seen one as cute and cuddly as this???

















Please visit zuperdzigh's blog and let her know how amazing her creations are. If there are any other MYTHFITS readers who'd like to share artwork with us all, please let me know!

Another comic coming soon...

FCBM6 Day 18

It's day eighteen of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Falisha Weatherspoon. The five comics that Falisha likes are:

1. Wonder Woman
2. Batgirl
3. Huntress
4. Amazing Spider-Man
5. Deathstroke

And her other thing of interest is art.

For Falisha I have the mother-and-daughter super-heroes Firebirds one-shot by Jay Faerber & Andres Ponce, as well as Digital Webbing Presents #25 which also features a Firebirds story.

For Falisha's bonus comic, I'm sending her the Casper/Little Lulu Halloween comic.

Falisha's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
30 entries
53 free comics sent so far
13 days remaining

Monday, 17 May 2010

FCBM6 Day 17

It's day seventeen of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from William Burns. The five comics that William likes are:

1. Incredible Hercules
2. Promethea
3. Peanuts
4. Groo
5. Dykes to Watch Out For

And his other thing of interest is The Office.

For William I have the first issues of Age of Bronze by Eric Shanower; and Planetary by Warren Ellis & John Cassaday.

For William's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Casper/Little Lulu Halloween comic.

William's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
30 entries
50 free comics sent so far
14 days remaining

Sunday, 16 May 2010

FCBM6 Day 16

It's day sixteen of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Justin Fain. The five comics that Justin likes are:

1. Astonishing X-Men
2. The Walking Dead
3. Chew
4. Incognito
5. Y, the Last Man

And his other thing of interest is world travel.

For Justin I have the first three issues of B. Clay Moore & Jason Latour's espionage thriller The Expatriate.

For Justin's bonus comic, I'm sending him the Popeye Halloween comic.

Justin's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
30 entries
47 free comics sent so far
15 days remaining

Saturday, 15 May 2010

FCBM6 Day 15

It's day fifteen of the Sixth Annual YACB Free Comic Book Month!

Our next selected entry is from Brandi Kenyon. The five comics that Brandi likes are:

1. The Walking Dead
2. Choker
3. Transmetropolitan
4. Barry Ween
5. Batman and Robin

And her other thing of interest is cooking and pottery.

For Brandi I have the first issue of Jimmie Robinson's girl-and-her-talking-gun comic Amanda and Gunn.

For Brandi's bonus comic, I'm sending her the Popeye Halloween comic.

Brandi's comics should be in the mail within a week. Enjoy!

There's still time to send in your entry for the YACB Free Comic Book Month; details are here.

Current FCBM Statistics:
30 entries
43 free comics sent so far
16 days remaining

Can I Die Yet?

Here's a look at Jody Macgregor's 100 Comics To Read Before You Die (via Tom Spurgeon) and whether I've read them or not.

Green = read it
Black = on the shelf, haven't read it yet
Red = don't own it, haven't read it yet

100. Why I Hate Saturn
99. The New Adventures of Hitler
98. From Hell
97. Palestine
96. Transmetropolitan
95. Maus
94. Ghost World
93. L'il Abner & The Bald Iggle
92. Action Philosophers!
91. A Lesson Is Learned But the Damage Is Irreversible
90. Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth
89. Watchmen
88. Yotsuba&!
87. Understanding Comics
86. Enigma
85. Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others
84. The Sandman #25
83. Squee!
82. Tank Girl book 1
81. Death Note
80. Persepolis
79. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye
78. 30 Days of Night: Juarez
77. Bone
76. Harvey Kurtzman's The Jungle Book
75. Blankets
74. Yummy Fur
73. A Softer World
72. Y, the Last Man
71. V for Vendetta
70. The Perry Bible Fellowship
69. Nat Turner
68. X-Force #116-129
67. Bookhunter
66. Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
65. Killer Princesses
64. Scary Go Round
63. The Wallflower vol. 1
62. Crécy
61. Pogo
60. Lost at Sea
59. Nana
58. The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo
57. Little Nemo in Slumberland
56. Bolland Strips
55. Uzumaki
54. The Left Bank Gang
53. Dropsie Avenue
52. The Maxx #1-12
51. Midnighter #7
50. I Killed Adolf Hitler
49. Jar of Fools
48. The Sandman #19
47. The Nightly News
46. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
45. Green Manor
44. Kabuki: Metamorphosis
43. Disappearance Diary
42. Platinum Grit
41. Mushishi
40. Frank
39. Calvin and Hobbes
38. Pictures for Sad Children
37. Saga of the Swamp Thing vols. 1-2
36. Deff Skwadron
35. Dice Man #5: You Are Ronald Reagan
34. Stuck Rubber Baby
33. Fun Home
32. Dungeon: The Early Years
31. Castle Waiting
30. Runaways #1-18
29. Nextwave


(Will be updated as Macgregor adds to his list.)