Got some spare time? Make a comic!
Download the sample printable comic right here!
Reasons for doing this?
1: My followers can finally have a printed comic by me.
2: It seemed like a fun activity to do, specially with young kids.
3: It might be cool if interweb folks shared tiny little mini comics with each other. And a whole bunch of people can print each other’s comics and maybe we could collect ones by other artists. So… ya know. Why not?
EDIT: AHH! Before I forget, I should mention that this mini comic format was created by the folks at http://www.pocketmod.com/ I came by their technique while listening to Fear the Boot, a roleplaying game podcast as they were interviewing Stuart Robertson an indie table top rpg designer.
If you’d like, support those folks cause they helped me discover this neat design.
EDIT2: Added tags. Dag nabbit.
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WHEN I’M RESPONDING TO PITCHES
That is me, except I’m the bullets she’s deflecting not Wonderwoman. The hardest part about being a publicist is knowing how much the media probably hates you.
Haha… love it.
You go girl.
Photograph of Rebecca West resting her hands on a cane. Text beside it says:
“I, myself, have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is. I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute.”
LOLadelphia!: Commentary: The television media is more than happy to watch the School District of Philadelphia crumble
I’ve been trying really hard to avoid writing anything about the dire and extreme measures taken by the School District of Philadelphia, as they look for ways to cope with the $218 Million budget shortfall for the upcoming school year. For those new to the situation, the School District of…
An important read for anyone in the Philadelphia area. Coming from a homogeneous, very liberal, and more affluent state (Vermont*) it’s still incredibly surprising how segregated Philadelphia can be in terms of class and race. Suburban people have no idea what life inside the city is like (both good and bad) and families inside the city seem to have a sort of tunnel vision.
Chris makes good points about the media in the Philly area and I’m happy to see people call them out on this bullshit. Don’t get me wrong, I still loathe the teens who ride their dirt bikes up and down my block while their friends drive behind them blasting music and whatever else teens do, but I respect that they deserve better than what their city is giving them. And I don’t even live in a bad area - South Kensington/Fishtown has an arts magnet school, a couple of private Catholic schools, and a lot of hard working families. Go North of my neighborhood and you begin to run into trouble of all sorts.
Still, not gonna lie, as someone who doesn’t have kids or family in the area, my main motive for being passionate about the education issue here (aside from human decency) is because I’m sick of those little shits who I see skipping school and skateboarding around my house. You better watch your backs teens, I’m on to you.
COME FRIENDLY BOMB: ghostorballoon: Today, I announced my forthcoming return to short...
Today, I announced my forthcoming return to short fiction at a press conference held in front of the Huntingon/Tulip post-office box. This announcement was met with cheers of adulation and desire by a throng of buff and bronzed eighteen year old muscleguys, who had followed…
I don’t understand what is happening in my world.
Key guns, 1600s
‘Jailers’ keys were apparently filled with gun powder to create a primitive gun that could be detonated if there was any trouble when opening a cell door. We found several original versions that back up this claim, dating from the 17th century and of various complexity.’
(via isolationary)
Sci-fi Spy vs Spyesque face protection from snowstorms in Montreal, Canada, circa 1939.
Having grown-up near Montreal, I have no idea how these would be useful.
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1. Read novelist Teju Cole’s amazing article: “The White Savior Industrial Complex”. A lot has been written about KONY 2012 but this is brilliant.
2. Follow Teju Cole on twitter.
3. Read more about his tweets, which he calls “small fates”
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This article, “The Trials of Nunavut,” has been in my mind since I read it last year. Look for the story of Leo Nangmalik especially. An important read.
Story by the Globe and Mail’s Patrick White, photo here by Peter Power.
