Andertoons Cartoon Blog

"Rub My Tummy and It's a Deal" Available at Amazon

The wait is over.

You can now get your very own copy of the very first Andertoons book at the very awesome Amazon.com! (Verily!)

And to get this thing rolling, the first ten folks to blog about it will get a signed copy from me free of charge.

Just drop me a line with a link to the post and your address. You can grab an image here.

(Blurbers - you know who you are - don't bother. Yours are already in the mail.)

Hope you like it! And a special thanks to all the early adopters via Lulu!

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Spot the Frog Ending

Some terrible news from my good friend Mark Heath - Spot the Frog, a rare laugh in the comics pages anymore, will be ending July 5.

To quote Mark:

This will be six month’s shy of the five year contract. The reason is the usual one: too few client papers, the need to earn money to replace my missing socks. I spoke with United Media and they were sympathetic to my odd sock fetish.

You'll have to read more to get the sock reference.

It just kills me when good work like this isn't given its due. Spot is funny, clever, sweet & kind. The papers and syndicate never knew what a gem of a strip they had.

Mark is considering a third book if there's enough interest. I know I'm interested, and you should be too.

Sign up here. And harangue your papers for not picking it up when they had the chance.

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Andertoons Facebook App

Andertoons is very proud to announce its very own Facebook app!

Yes, if you like Facebook, and you like Andertoons, well, it's kind of like that old Reese's Peanut Butter Cups campaign...

Here's what it looks like on a profile:

Want to add it to your profile?  Easy!  Just click "add" in the upper right!

Click "Share +" in the upper right hand to send a cartoon to a friend...

...or post it in your profile:

Also, if you want to see the cartoon at Andertoons (to buy for a presentation or newsletter maybe?), just click on it.  The Andertoons logo and bottom text will take you to the site's home page.

You can get to the app's Facebook page here.  Here's what it looks like:

From here you can give feedback (and report bugs):

And share the app with friends:

And while, we're at it, Andertoons has it's very own Facebook page.  You can check it out and become a fan here!

Oh!  One more thing!  If you're at Andertoons, and you see a cartoon you like, you can click on the Facebook icon to share it:

So there it it!  One of a few of the projects that's pretty much kept me incommunicado as of late.

Hope you like it!

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Doonesbury/Starbucks Duke for Prez Cards

Tired of this election? Enjoy some Trudeau playing cards courtesy of Starbucks over at Flickr.

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Satchel

Just in case you've never seen my dog...

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Haven't Seen All The Coen Brothers Films?

Got a few minutes?

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From The Guy Who Brought You The Human Homer...

...comes the Jolie-ized Jessica:

Go have a look!

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Onion Has Plenty of Iron

This is so plausible it kinda freaks me out:

Wildly Popular 'Iron Man' Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film

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Holy Hydrangeas!

I'm not much of a plant guy.

My mom can lay hands on a leaf and you can actually hear the plant coo, but not me, which is why I'm blogging about the six hydrangeas I've just planted.

I'm hoping to use them to cover up my neighbor's unsightly and poorly constructed fence, but that's only if I don't kill them in any number of horrible photosynthesis rending ways.

Stay tuned...

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Lego Finds

Some great Lego finds in the past few days!

Cartoony cohort Mark Heath sent along this site that has some jaw dropping stuff!

My fave is the Discovery from 2001: A Space Odyssey:

And then there's the recent iPhone unboxing that's been making its way through the blogosphere:

Hee-hee-hee... Love those little guys...

Enjoy!

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1949 King Features Exhibit Cards

I dunno what exhibit cards are or were, but these largish cards are so much fun to gander at!

Enjoy them all over at Flickr!

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Another CS2 Easter Egg

Another Photoshop CS2 easter egg that's oddly sweet:

1. Select Photoshop's Type tool.

2. Click the Toggle Palettes button to display the Character palette.

3. Select the Font Family field in the Character palette, and type the full name of a font that you have installed (e.g. "Verdana") followed immediately by typing one of the names francis, anthony, christopher, or mitzgy — you'll get beeped at each letter entered beyond your font's name, but just ignore it.

4. Now, click the Toggle Palettes button again, and you should see a hidden memorial for Francis 1991-2004.

Hat tip to CreativeTech Tips.

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Nadia and her Super Balloon

Heard this on Chicago Public Radio this weekend.

It's about...

...a collaboration with young patients at Children's Memorial Hospital via Snow City Arts Foundation to create superhero identities with custom theme songs.

It's sweet.  Give it a listen.

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Gamecreature Gets Antsy

Hey, go check out Kyle Miller's latest game over at Gamecreature! Fun!

(Disclaimer - If you're crazy and you think there's ants all over you, you might not like this game.)

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MySpace No Longer Worthless

Cartooning compatriot Worth Gowell has done it again!

His Kid Houdini and the Silver-Dollar Misfits is MySpace's featured preview!

Congrats, Worth! Enjoy that social media love!

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Fish-Up Cartoon Playing Cards (More By Washaw!)

Woo-hoo! More cartoon playing cards by the mysterious Washaw!

Go look! Enjoy!

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Happy Birthday Bonnie

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Worth Gowell Interviewed on Comics Coast to Coast

Hey, my pal Worth Gowell of Small Wonder got a nice interview over at Comics Coast to Coast!

Go listen!

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You Got Your Wizard In My Photoshop!

I always knew DVDs had easter eggs hidden in them, so I guess software makes sense, but still, this was kinda news to me. Meet the Photoshop wizard, Merlin!

All you have to do is:

Hold down both the Alt key and the left mouse button, then move your mouse over Palate Options in the Layers window. Let go of the mouse, and Merlin appears.

Neat huh? Useful? Nah...

But hey, it's Friday!

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Wayne Industries Wall Art

I love the inspirational poster feel of this:

See more here!

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Stacy Curtis Has New Books

Hey, cartoony pal Stacy Curtis announced two new Meghan Rose books he illustrated are available over at Amazon now!

Go get 'em!

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