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This from Online Media Daily (thanks to adfreak):
...Sharpe Partners' viral marketing survey determined that comedy, by far, is the most effective tool to encourage strong viral circulation. Eighty-eight percent of respondents reported forwarding jokes or cartoons. The second most popular category was news, as 56 percent of the group attest to forwarding such material.Take THAT Bird Flu!
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OK, it's been a good looooong time since there were new cartoons uploaded to our favorite cartoon site, but it's been for a good reason.
Loyal readers know that we've been basically ripping out the guts of the site the last few months and cramming in some shiny new Six Million Dollar Man innards.
Needless to say, with all of that going on, updating the database not only wasn't a task I looked forward to, it just didn't make sense.
But, now that 99% of the glitches have been hunted down (thanks to warrantless wiretapping) and flogged within an inch of their lives, new humor is once again able to stand up and breathe free at Andertoons.com!
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I ran across this animated GIF while checking out some Famke Janssen pics from the upcoming "X3."
It never fails to amaze me what some people will spend their time on, and, yet, I cannot look away...
One of the perks of the new house (aside from not constantly stepping on other members of my growing family) is my new studio.
We actually surprised our real estate agent by finding a great house with a fourth bedroom in our price range. And, after a few weeks and many swipes of the ol' bank card, that room has become Andertoons Central! Check it out...
(BTW, you can click on the images to see the 1024x768 pics)
It's soooo nice to actually have some room to work. And I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying my drafting table (I spent years doing all of my cartooning at the coffee table in the living room)!
Enjoy the view now, 'cause I'm betting I clutter it up soon...
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It's a sad sad day in gag cartooning; Playboy's Eldon Dedini has passed away. He was 84.
What am I gonna say that about 500 more talented and eloquent folks haven't already said. He was one of the greats, and I'm already missing his beautiful art and his sense of humor.
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A while back I wrote a bit about "The Complete New Yorker" and some copyright issues. Well, apparently that's not all that's wrong with what should've be a landmark volume.
Boing Boing links to some solutions to the DVDs' confusing "crippleware" that, among other things...
...requires you to waive your privacy rights to allow "the collection of your viewing information during your use of the Software and/or Content. Viewing information may include, without limitation, the time spent viewing specific pages, the order in which pages are viewed, the time of day pages are accessed, IP address and user ID. This viewing information may be linked to personally identifiable information, such as name or address and shared with third parties."
And that's not all.
The same terms-of-service grant you the right to make a backup copy for personal use, but the anti-copying technology prevents you from doing this...
The user-agreement says that if you don't like this, you can return the set, but of course, every retailer has a policy of not accepting returns of opened software, and that includes the New Yorker. Naturally, you can't read the agreement until you open the software and put the disc in your computer. Nice one.
Yeesh! What the hell is going on over at the ol' monocle?!
Please note - I do not in any way suggest you disable their protections, but it's nice to know you can.
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Mark Heath thru Drawn! brought Jim Borgman's blog to my attention and it's fascinating reading.
Yeesh! What can't this guy do?!
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My father-in-law sent this to me...
The Milwaukee Art Museum has a nice exhibition coming up. The Masters of American Comics runs April 29 - August 13, 2006 and features McCay, Herriman, and Schulz to name just a few.
This is gonna be after Bonnie arrives, but maybe if grandma and grandpa don't mind taking the kids for the day, the Mrs. and I can take a nice little write-off-able day trip.
So often stuff like this seems to pass us in the ol' Midwest by. I can't tell you how many exhibits I hear about in New York or California. You'd think Chicago would get some more of this.
Anyway, check it out...
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OK, so my web guys and I have been working on some new stuff for everyone's favorite cartoon website.
Most of it won't even be visible to all but the most observant users, but it's going to make administration for me a dream. Seriously, this is going to be like every MySQL dream I've ever had.
It's a big big BIG change. We're basically ripping out the guts of the site and replacing it with a shiny new engine. If we've done it right you shouldn't notice a thing, but, of course, there's probably gonna be a few glitches.
That being said, I'd like to thank everyone who visits the site, gets the daily email, subscribes to the blog toon, or whatever else you can come up with in advance for your patience. Trust me, it'll be worth it down the line.
We have some crazy stuff coming down the pike that'll knock your browser's socks off.
Hang in there...
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OK, I'm gonna have to create a new category for "sorry I've been gone so long" entries.
Well, there's a lot to catch up on...
Firstly, as previously noted, we're officially moved into the new place! I can even find most everything I'm looking for, unless it's garage related; that looks like a tool filled dirty bomb was detonated.
We've ordered some new furniture and I'm working on getting my office set up. I'd show you some pics, but I want the final reveal (thank you "Trading Spaces") to really knock your socks off.
We've also found out what the upcoming Anderson addition's gender will be... CAUTION! SPOILERS AHEAD!
According to the ultrasound tech who called Henry right, we're going to be welcoming Bonnie Elizabeth Anderson to the family tree!
Let's see... I also found out I've been accepted into the National Cartoonist Society!
Some of my cartoon buddies have been trying to get me to get on board for some time so I finally filled out the ap, gathered my recommendations, provided my urine sample, and sent it all in. And they BIT!
SUCKERS!!!
Seriously, I'm looking forward to seeing what all the hub-bub is about. At the very least I should get some cool pics at the Reubens in Chicago this year.
Oh, I had a toon in Reader's Digest recently and I think I have one in the current special edition of HBR. Check 'em out.
Well, that's about it for now. Like I said, I'll try to get some pics up as soon as I have something good to show you. And I promise to try to get some decent blogs flowing again.
See ya in a bit...
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