blog: product announcements

Wondermark holiday cards are now available from TopatoCo! I’ve given them my popular “Shepherds” and “Jail” designs as well as two other brand-new cards that you should check out right now.

A nice thing about TopatoCo handling the cards is that you can mix & match a Wondermark order with cards from other artists all in one go! There’s a very diverse mix available, and I hope you discover some other designs to enjoy as well.

I also have some limited quantities of older card designs still in stock in my own store — but I should let you know that the holiday cards are going pretty fast and I probably won’t be reprinting them now that TopatoCo’s on the job.

Also important to note: TopatoCo has posted its holiday shipping deadlines for all merchandise that needs to be received by Christmas. Bottom line: order sooner rather than later, especially for international orders. Or, save on shipping and mosey over to TopatoCo HQ in Massachusetts this weekend for another housecleaning tag sale, and pick up wonderful T-shirt gifts for the whole family! It will be a good time to be had by some.

Finally: I am working on a limited-edition 2010 calendar, and was hoping to have it available for sale before Thanksgiving, but as they’re hand-made and thus dependent on the availability of supplies (some of which have been discontinued by the manufacturer), it’s going to take a little longer. Watch for those in December, and if you want holiday cards too, you shouldn’t wait to buy them both together. I’d hate for folks to not receive their cards until it’s too late to send them out! I also don’t know how many of the cards TopatoCo printed, so I’d really recommend getting those early. Hooray for things!

For a while now, folks have been asking me about making “Bibliophibian” baby gear, and I’m pleased to say that today is the day when it happens! This handsome navy onesie, emblazoned with the proud Bibliophibian logo, is available now through TopatoCo in three baby sizes.

I should also add that it is perfectly good wear for anything of the appropriate size that requires easy diaper access; I will not make any judgments. Normally a thing of that size is going to be a baby, but you do what you like.

To accompany the Emergency Survival Kit t-shirt, based on this knitting comic, I’m pleased to present this sturdy canvas messenger bag! We looked through a ton of bags before settling on this one — I think you’ll love it. It’s strong, roomy, rugged and great-looking, and it’ll fit all your junk permanently. Available now at TopatoCo!

Prints and posters are once again available of any Wondermark strip! Tall strips such as Captain Pike’s Final Wish and The Fiction Generator are considered POSTERS. Regular-sized strips are considered PRINTS. Here they are!

Honor student stickers are now in stock! I’ve never gotten so much email so fast. HERE YOU GO YOU HARPIES (j/k I am glad you liked that comic).

Russian Elephant shirts are back — the design has been revised slightly and they’re now on American Apparel shirts. In stock and shipping now!

As one returns, another departs. Unicycling Ninja shirts are closing out; the current print run will be their last. I don’t know how many are in stock, but it’s going to be fewer each day, so if you ever wanted one, now is the time.

Surprise return of Artist Editions! My travel schedule has me near TopatoCo HQ in a few weeks, so I figured I’d drop in and sketch in a few books for anyone who missed out last time. I expect I will do this about twice a year from now on. Artist Editions are books that include a custom unique sketch by me (here are some examples from the past). This option will only be available through October 11, which is when I arrive at TopatoCo and begin sketching (so of course these will not start shipping until October 13 or so). Any of the strip collections, or the entire Collections Trio Pack, can be upgraded for this limited time. UPDATE: They’re done! Thanks everyone, we’ll do it again in a few months.

Finally, cold fusion generators are now available wait hold on that is not correct or even possible

Besides the new Piranhamoose shirt linked with today’s comic, I’ve also got two other new shirts I’m very pleased to unveil!

First is “Emergency Survival Kit,” based on this very popular comic.

The other is a lovely piece of Arabic calligraphy that reads, naturally, “My parents never taught me Arabic.”

Because they didn’t.*

All three new designs are up for pre-order now!

* if they did, do not wear this shirt. You will get a “Walak!” like you cannot imagine.