David Malki !

Check out: Comedy videos from MyDamnChannel.com (Sponsor)

December at Wondermark has been sponsored by MyDamnChannel.com. MDC features original comedy shows by some pretty interesting and talented people! The video above is the first episode of Pilot Season, starring Sarah Silverman, David Cross, Marc Maron, and others. Other shows of note:

Back on Topps: Jason & Randy Sklar — whom I would watch read a grocery list — star as the heirs to the Topps baseball-card fortune who must save the company after it is sold to Michael Eisner.

Wainy Days: A very Curb Your Enthusiasm-style show following the comedian and director David Wain through a series of problematic relationships. (A little blue at times.)

Temp Life: Following the travails of office temps and their managers at the nation’s second-largest cell-phone-button manufacturer.

MDC is also the home of many other shows you may have heard of before, such as You Suck at Photoshop, Cookin’ with Coolio, and Children’s Hospital.

Also did you know that a new Spinal Tap album came out in 2009? I wonder what is wrong with our communications infrastructure that I didn’t hear anything about it at the time. Here is a video promo for same on MDC, featuring the Spinal Tap guys now:

IN CONCLUSION: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP, MYDAMNCHANNEL.COM

Check out: “8-Bit Jesus” chiptune Christmas music

This is a few years old, but I just happened across it the other day. Musician “Doctor Octoroc” has created a full album of Christmas music in the style of old video game themes. Tracks include “We Three Konami”, “Bubbles We Have Heard on Bobble” and my personal favorite, “Have Yourself a Final Little Fantasy”.

You can stream all 18 tracks from Doctor Octoroc’s website (click the box in the lower left), or get a bonus track as well if you buy the CD version.

It’s so easy to make horrible chiptunes that I’m really pleased to hear this one done super, super well! Happy holidays; if you have a few hours free this lazy weekend, maybe bust out the emulators and play a little Elevator Action.

Antlerman REVEALED

More than one person has written in asking about the bike-rider character from Comic #684! Well, his name is Malfidactus O’Rourke and he is originally from Duluth. He has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and he plays racquetball when he can find a partner who likes to go early on weekdays. He lives in a two-bedroom townhouse just outside of Chicago and he recently had a terrible, terrible hunting accident.

A “Steam Trombone” FOLLOW-UP

In a comment left on the previous post about the steam trombone, reader Peter suggested further research in the NY Times archives regarding the incident in question. I was initially hesitant, because I love the perfect snapshot afforded by the irate editorial we examined — personally, I don’t need the context, I don’t need anything except the vivid picture my mind paints of this situation. The facts can only take me a small measure farther, and besides: what if they’re boring? Then the phenomenon of the steam trombone might be ruined for me forever.

Still, my curiosity got the better of me. If you would like to retain a pure-hearted conception of the steam trombone, read no further. If, however, you would like cold, hard facts regardless of the consequences, read on. I will warn you: it is not quite what I expected. (Full articles are at the links; emphases mine.)

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