Do you NOT consider saving your mom from having to wear her fingers to the bone deep into the night at her advanced age 'in your best interest'??

Interview: “Words and Pictures”

Here’s an interview I did some time ago that’s only been published recently — it’s a long piece with the Portland, Oregon public-radio program “Words and Pictures.” I talk about some of the historical precendents for the type of work that I do, and also dramatically re-enact some of the material from my book Beards of our Forefathers.

In a separate episode, the program also spoke with Nicholas Gurewitch of The Perry Bible Fellowship; that interview’s here!

Check out: Jim Henson’s Fantastic World

Yesterday I visited the Jim Henson’s Fantastic World exhibit at the Smithsonian’s International Gallery in Washington, D.C. If you, like me, were raised on Sesame Street and still have counting songs rattling around in your head, or like my wife were basically born with Muppet fur, you should definitely check this out — it’s only in D.C. through this weekend, but it’s traveling the U.S. for the next few years, so watch for it in your town.

Check out: Resin toys!

Do you like toys of the resin-figurine variety? Here are two you may like! First, Chris Yates’ SLÜGs, which are hand-cast, hand-painted slug creatures offered in limited edition. Chris designed them, my wife Nikki sculpted and cast them, and Chris has painted them! I think they are super cool.

Right now Scott Kurtz is also offering a Scratch Fury limited-edition resin maquette, which is really neat-looking. They will only exist as a single production run fulfilling pre-orders, so check this one out today!

People in school, take note

School’s in! A prime time for you to share wonderful comics with your campus via this handy-dandy Print-N-Post motivational flyer (PDF):

Also: Would your school newspaper like weekly Wondermark comics for free? They’re yours for the asking! As before, the editor (or AN editor) of the paper should email me the following information:

1. Who you are and what school you’re from
2. How many weeks worth of comics’ you’d need (i.e. how long is your term)
3. Name and contact info of a faculty advisor
4. Favorite reptile and why

If you ARE the faculty advisor, you can leave out the third part. And that’s it! I’ll write back and we’ll go from there. All I ask is that the comics be printed with the header and wondermark.com URL intact, and you can have comics in your paper for free.

If you would like this to happen, but are not an editor of your school newspaper, you should politely inform someone who is!


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