On certain days, when I pass by a trash can full of rotten fruit and children's vomit, I get a very strong sense memory of being inside Jambalaya Jim's

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Coming up: MoCCA in New York!

This weekend I’ll be in New York for the MoCCA Art Festival! MoCCA is one of my favorite shows, and this year Randall Munroe will be joining me and Yates. I’ll have my new book, Yates will have his new book, Randall will have the charisma that he brings with him everywhere, and if you don’t care about any of us, there’s plenty of other great guests for you to get excited about. If you’re anywhere at all near New York City, you must attend!

In addition, I’ll be on Staten Island Friday night for a screening of Expendable at the Staten Island Film Festival. If you’re in the area, come on by! It’ll also be playing this weekend at Soonercon, in Oklahoma City.

Also, a detail to point out: the book in the photo last week is in fact the very first copy ever, and will be the exact copy going to a lucky contest winner!

May Featured Item: ‘Expendable’ DVD!

At any given time I have about four to six new products for the Wondermark Store in various stages of completion. Occasionally I’ll have one or two ready for launch, but I’ll hold off making an announcement until I can announce several other things all at once — the logic being, that way I spend less time overall harping to you about the store and merchandise. The downside is that if some things end up taking really long to complete, earlier products end up languishing un-announced, sitting in boxes in my house instead of being sold.

In an attempt to solve this problem, I’m going to start announcing “Featured Item(s) of the Month.” This establishes a system for rolling out new products on a regular basis. Because I know that’s what you’ve been clamoring for.

The inaugural Featured Item for May is the Expendable DVD! (If you haven’t seen the movie I released earlier this year, you can watch it on YouTube here.) The DVD version of the film looks and sounds great, and the disc also includes over 30 minutes of bonus features including deleted scenes, A.R.A.C.H.N.I.D. promotional videos (some of which are previously unreleased), and footage from an early test shoot. I should also mention that these DVDs are FREE to film-industry types or financial types that might move us an inch or two closer to our ultimate goal of making a feature film — but to everyone else, they’re a great way to help support this independent project. All revenue goes towards reimbursing our production costs. Click here or on the picture!

Stumptown wrap-up!

Thanks to everyone who came and said hello at Stumptown! This year was the most fun yet, thanks to the friendliness and encouragement of the Portland fan community. Yates and I stayed with The Diaz and hung out with wonderful comickers Meredith, Kate, B., and Nick of the East Coast, the Great North, Parts Unknown, and his own brain respectively. Also in evidence: the idea hat and, of course, the robot. When Nick says “let’s build a robot” the night before he’s due to give a talk, well by God we’re building a robot.

Check out: Sheldon guest comic!

Fun thing #1: I have a guest strip up at Sheldon today! Because Dave Kellett and his wife had a baby. Isn’t that special. Okay, I will concede that in this case it’s pretty awesome, because Dave is about the rockingest guy I know, and he has so much love and goodwill in his heart that I know he’s gonna make the arcade-game top-scores-list of Best Dads Ever. Seriously, among all the dads all throughout history (or at least since the machine was last unplugged), he will totally be up there. Congrats Dave and Gloria!

Fun thing #2: In the grand Kellettian tradition, I am offering a piece of original comic art for sale! It’s strip #395, the only Wondermark I’ve ever hand-drawn. The auction’s live now, and it’s a great chance to own a unique piece of Wondermark as well as help support me and this site.


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