The commotion is that the flying man who always comes by has returned once again.
Continued from Wondermark #024
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I’ll be back in the Bay Area this weekend for the Alternative Press Expo! It runs Saturday and Sunday at the lovely Concourse Exhibition Center, and I’ll be at booth 823. AKA THE BEST BOOTH
I’ll be doing Roll-a-Sketches and showing off the Machine of Death game and signing books and giving out firm handshakes! What a world we live in, what a time to be alive.
Just announced: THIS SUNDAY, October 6, I’ll be hosting a conversation and signing with Dinosaur Comics/Adventure Time/To Be or Not To Be author Ryan North!
It’ll be at 826LA’s Mar Vista Time Travel Mart in West Los Angeles. As you may know, 826LA is a nonprofit writing & tutoring center for kids ages 6-18. Here’s one of my Machine of Death Kickstarter videos, talking about 826LA and what they do!
At Sunday’s event, Ryan and I will be chatting and signing our books, and if you have an MOD Kickstarter order that includes a Machine of Death book, you can pick up the book and have it signed right there! (The games themselves will be shipping in November.) (And to be clear, you don’t have to be a Kickstarter backer to attend or to grab a book!)
Ryan and I will also be reading from Choose Your Own Adventure books written by elementary school kids at 826LA field trips!
This event is FREE and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30pm. Hope to see you there!!
RYAN NORTH & DAVID MALKI ! – IN CONVERSATION
Mar Vista Time Travel Mart
12515 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90066
Street parking available
OBLIGATORY REMINDER FOR MOD KICKSTARTER BACKERS:
Monday, October 7 is the last day to make any changes to any BackerKit orders, including adding on a copy of THIS IS HOW YOU DIE if you like. More details here!
At SPX the other week I picked up this comic by Sam Bosma and I really loved it! FANTASY BASKETBALL is a 40-page story about “teamwork, dungeon-crawling, bosses, ancient tyrants, and the greatest sport in the world.” You should read it!
Sam sold out of his first printing of physical comics, but he’s got a pre-order up now for the second printing. The books have screenprinted covers and risographed interiors for a slightly pulpy, authentic comics feel.
The cover is a two color screen print on French Paper’s Speckletone line (I think the exact color is “Madero Beach”. Sort of an off-white with little dark specks in it. The covers were printed by Jimmy and Dan at Pizza Party Printing in Baltimore. The pink and indigo inks were mixed by the printers. They also scored the covers and made a couple cuts to crop them pretty close to size (though I trimmed the books once they were assembled).
The interiors were risograph printed by my pal Kris. They were printed on sheets of Staples’ brand cream pastel paper. It’s pretty thin (20lbs), but it has a nice rough texture and takes the riso ink really well. I toyed with printing the things digitally, but in the end, I’m really happy I went with riso printing, since it adds a really nice textural quality to the work. (from Sam’s tumblr)
Or, you can get the digital version right here on Gumroad, right now!
Either way, I recommend you get a copy! I really liked it and I hope you do too.
This image is by Graham Annable, and it’s from our new Machine of Death collection, THIS IS HOW YOU DIE (which is out now!) It illustrates a story by Richard Salter called “YOUR CHOICE.”
It’s a choose-your-own-path story, so we thought it’d be neat to put it up as an interactive website! You can read and click on links to choose your path, AND we’ve gotten special permission from the publisher to include the audiobook narration as well — so if you prefer, you can let the website read to you. WHAT A FUTURE WE LIVE IN
(If you like this story, and haven’t picked up the book yet, we’ve got a bunch more free excerpts for you to check out as well.)
“Big ups” to Ryan for adapting his To Be or Not To Be choose-your-own-path program for this story!
CLICK…AND READ. OR LISTEN. EITHER IS FINE.
Hope you enjoy!
Previously, I featured Max Martin’s take on the Littlest Butt song. It’s great! And now, here are EVEN MORE takes (shall we call them “covers”?) of the song:
ADAM PROCTOR WRITES:
I hope this missive finds you in good health. After being inspired by your deeply moving, heartwarming lyrics concerning miniscule buttocks, I was unable to restrain myself from recording an a capella rendition of the song; I have taken the liberty of adding four additional couplets to the lyrics. My sole regret is having forgotten to record the line in the alternative text. I have included an empeethree recording of what will surely be the anthem of the age. [MP3 link]
AND ANOTHER, FROM LUSIPURR:
Over at Lusipurr.com we put our Music Director on notice when the Little Tiny Butt comic went live, and I’m happy to report that he finished the job this morning: [MP3 link]
Sad to hear that we’ve been pipped to the post by someone else, but I suppose there is always room in the world for more buttmusik.
MORE. BUTTMUSIK. INDEED.
This is great. This is the best thing ever. Thanks to you all!
SMALL PRESS EXPO ALERT: I’m in Bethesda, Maryland this weekend for the Small Press Expo! Come hang out, get a Roll-a-Sketch, or maybe even play a demo round of the Machine of Death card game!
Thanks as well to everyone who sent in Sketch Rescue pictures — I’m putting together the Roll-a-Sketch book collection now and will have your PDF sent to you when it’s ready!
ESS PEE ECKS. It sounds way less appealing when you write it out that way. But it’s a great time, honest! YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE ME
I WANT THAT ESS PEE ECKS
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