Charlie Brown School of Dance
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A Quantum of Snow
Washington DC is known for its political gridlock. It also suffers from snow-induced gridlock and it doesn’t take much of the fluffy white stuff to shut things down. Today is one of those days, when a lightly drifting stream of snow has shut down offices, schools and induced a slightly panicked style of driving among the local denizens. I just finished reading John Scalzi’s latest novel, The Human Division, which was originally published online in a serialized form. Ten years ago I would have definitely made an effort to read it online, but life is too busy these days to …
Now that’s how you Sonic
I’m glad I stuck with Hijinks Ensue. The less schticky, more character driven strips of recent vintage are really good and just an approach that resonates much more with me. This one is a great example of layering in some clever pop culture references in a way that still builds the relationship between the characters.
Don’t Send Me Someone Else’s Email
Thanks xkcd! So it’s not just happening to me? I wondered if anyone else had this kind of thing happen to them. I have been included on family-wide emails to a clan of Mormons for years despite trying to explain to them that they HAVE THE WRONG EMAIL ADDRESS. I tried for a year or so to correct things — I certainly don’t want the email and I figured some relative was missing out on them — but it never seemed to stick so I gave up. I don’t read them but they do still come by on a regular …
Spike on Everything I Know
This is Everything I Know is a great (just a bit longer than) 24 hour comic from Spike, the creator of the comic Templar AZ and the editor of the Smut Peddler anthology series.
Words of Wisdom from Boulet
(Read the comic in its full size glory at Boulet’s website here!) Yay me! I’m at home because the United States government can’t figure out how to handle the most basic responsibility of governance: adopting a budget! I actually was called into work the first week of the shutdown but have now spent a week and a half at home, knocking down long-delayed errands and house projects and getting a bit more exercise than usual. I’m not sure what it is about this Boulet comic that is super appealing to me today. A comment on my life? A comment on …
+1 NYCC Is The Price of Admission?
I saw the story about the NYCC essentially hijacking a number of its guests (did it include all attendees?) social media accounts (the story seemed to be about tweets though so maybe it was only twitter). Crazy to think that anyone would think this would be okay. Where would NYCC have gotten the idea from? Certainly not Facebook or Google+ right? Anyhow this recent Gutters on the matter is my favorite editorial comic of the month. Certainly funnier than any of the trite government shutdown comics I’ve seen.
The Lost Boy Is a Fun, Just Weird Enough, Mystery
The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth has a fairly basic story. Boy finds artifact and mysterious stranger(s) that lead him to a fantastical kingdom where he must complete his task to save the world. There really aren’t a lot of surprises here unless you’re totally unaware of stories of fairies and magic. But Ruth does add some clever details, from the initial appearance of an old tape recorder (which helps provide an opportunity for exposition through playing it’s old tapes) to the various animal creatures who appear in the story. What really makes this book worth reading is the fantastically …