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Check Your Comics Periodically

Wanna see comics that include the element Chromium? Osmium? Xenon?

Then you simply must check out the The Periodic Table of Comic Books.

Enjoy!

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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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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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It's Just Gas

OK, so I did this cartoon a few years back:

OK gag, art's fine, but those prices...  Yeesh!

All that nice photoshop work, and I'm too lazy to update it.  Sigh...

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Is That a Mouse In Your Pocket?

Or are you just listening to your tunes?

Yeah, there's a Mickey Mouse themed MP3 player now.

Love the ear knobs, but could do with out the gaudy Disney logo on the front.

(Hat tip to DVICE.)

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The Latest Poll

Missed Richard Thompson's comics poll this weekend?

Good thing for you I'm here!

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Oh, Sluggo, Who Art Thou?

About 2:27 in, Clooney makes a startling revelation:

Note to Guy Gilchrist - Congrats!

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Chicago Tribune Changing Sunday Comics to Tabloid Format

So I reading about the last season of BSG last Sunday, and I notice this on the inside cover of the Trib's TV Week:

Starting next Sunday, TV Week is becoming The Guide to TV and the Internet, with fresher TV listings, more channel listings and more color. And tucked inside The Guide will be your favorite color comics in an easier-to-scan tabloid format. Plus you'll get our experts' and readers' advice about the best sites on the internet, including those on chicagotribune.com and elsewhere.

Here are the details:

In our more up-to-date listings grids, you'll find nine new cable channels, plus color coding that will instantly guide you to movies, sports, news/talk, and our Best Bets.

In Comics, which will be a pullout section inside The Guide, Chicago's best comics and puzzles – now including the popular TV jumble – will be easier to hold ad share among the entire family.

Each week in our guide to the internet, we will cut through the jungle of millions of sites to the best ones as determined by Tribune experts and readers like you. Each week, we'll offer different topics for time-saving surfing.

Look for it next Sunday in the same spot you've been finding TV Week.

From the look of the graphic, it looks like The Guide is gonna be sized like Parade or the Trib's weekly local news mag.

Interesting huh? I'll post some pics next week of the new comics section.

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Spot the Innovation

Cartoon compatriot Mark Heath is trying something really interesting over at Fundable. (I was gonna say he's putting the "fun" in "fundable," but that would be lame.)

Here's the deal:

I draw Spot the Frog, a syndicated comic strip. You can find samples at my site and comics.com. The first Spot the Frog collection will soon go out of print and I'd like to give it a second life by offering it as a daily email. The book strips are black and white, but I'll be coloring them to celebrate their tour through your IN box. I'll also be writing a new introduction, and adding some strips that didn't fit in the book. And when something strikes me, I'll add a few thoughts to certain strips; their inspiration, secret meaning, or why I liked them.

Before I begin this project, I'd like to know how many readers are interested in subscribing.

Remember: fundable will take your pledge, but they won't charge your credit card until the goal is reached. If we fall short, you'll owe nothing, and I'll have more free time to entertain Willy, the office poodle.

I don't think a cartoon collection has ever been offered this way, so I'm feeling very Lewis and Clark about this, minus the bickering.

Neat huh? So you pledge some money, and if it all works out, Mark gets to work, and you get your daily newly fully-colored Spot email with occasional bonus content!

I've put my Paypal where my click is (money and mouths are soooo 20th century), you should too!

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Cartoon Caption Contest at mental_floss Blog

I'm pleased to announce that one of my cartoons is being used for a caption contest over at mental_floss' blog!

I love mental_floss, and I'm really excited to be associated with them!

Go leave a comment/caption!

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