You're suggesting that HEADSTABBERS UNIVERSITY, a midseason-replacement spinoff show conceived expressly to draft off the brand recognition of the famous franchise but feature mostly younger, lower-priced actors with only token cameos from the more famous and more expensive core franchise cast, and which seems to be painstakingly written to justify reusing extensive special effects footage from previous seasons of its parent show is, what?? Garbage???

#1587; And Onward One Opines

  — June 5th, 2026

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Check out: Max Temkin on values

A few weeks ago I was pleased to attend XOXO in Portland, which bills itself as “an arts and technology festival celebrating independent artists using the Internet to make a living doing what they love.”

It was a really fun time, and I got to meet great people and demo the Machine of Death game and eat from some good food trucks and even have pizza too! All around I recommend it as a cool way to spend a weekend.

The first speaker (of many) at the weekend was Max Temkin, one of the creators of the game Cards Against Humanity. Among other things, he talked about the genesis of CAH, and how he and his colleagues have managed its growing complexity as a business as well as a creative endeavor.

Sometimes I feel bogged down trying to figure out what to do — how to run my business, how to be creative, how to spend my time. Max’s answer is to focus on developing and heeding your values: because having a core set of values will make your actions in a given situation clear or obvious, since you will always have a true north to align to.

The talk (as well as the other XOXO talks) is well worth watching, and it also includes a performance by The Doubleclicks, performing an absolutely gorgeous song about the Mars Curiosity rover.

Max Temkin at XOXO 2013 – YouTube

By the way, if you’re into creating custom Cards Against Humanity cards, here are some good ideas, these are free from me

THIS SUNDAY: Ryan North & me: In Conversation at 826LA!

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!

Check out: Sam Bosma’s dungeon-sports comic FANTASY BASKETBALL

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.

Interactive text & audio version of the THIS IS HOW YOU DIE story “YOUR CHOICE”

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!


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