Monthly Archive: July 2010

Big Ben to Tower of Piza: "I've got the time if you've got the inclination" via http://www.b3ta.com/board/10130915 MORE →

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AND NOW A WORD FROM SOMEBODY WHO MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ME...

@wabbitoid Some cats are more social than some "Social Media Experts"… (or) Some cats are SOCIALISTS! MORE →

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@blogdiva Where I grew up, some of my best friends were future enemies. (And vice versa) MORE →

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When you take the road less traveled, you can sometimes get away with driving on the wrong side. MORE →

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He Did Get Far (not) On Foot

July 25, 2010
from Tooned In

“America’s greatest quadriplegic, recovering alcoholic cartoonist” (prev.) has died at 59. John Callahan drew irreverent cartoons (some too irreverent – scroll down), created one cartoon series for kids and another for adults (plus animated versions of many of his comics), wrote and performed songs, and collected his hate mail. He … MORE →

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Here’s something I wish I didn’t know about @donttrythis http://twitpic.com/27rpb1 (that’s the same label as on MY underwear) MORE →

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per @jonrosenberg “The pancakes have attained sentience and are…” http://goo.gl/fb/03ViK …writing alternate punchlines. MORE →

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easiest set-up line EVER from @DamonLindelof “I wish that someone would break into my dreams and give me an idea HALF as good as INCEPTION” The correct answer is “Yeah, you and most of the people who ever watched Lost.” MORE →

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Diversousitinessosity

July 19, 2010
from Tooned In

Two things I love about the long line of cameo appearances in Sunday’s “My Cage” comic: the extremes in variety of comic styles (all rendered at least pretty well) and the comics they came from, some successful and/or familiar (not always the same thing), some cult or special-interest favorites and … MORE →

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Homeopathetic

July 11, 2010
from Tooned In

One thing I love about the media of comics and cartoons is the ability to identify the stupidity and absurdity in real life and allow you to laugh at them (derisively, of course) instead of rage against them. In this vein, today’s XKCD is a masterful take-down of the gross … MORE →

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Comicking in the Dark

July 11, 2010
from Tooned In

As important as the art in a webcomic is, sometimes you can come up with a gag good enough that it can be expressed in dialogue balloons in a pitch black panel. And sometimes you can come up with a gag ‘theme’ that allows you to reuse the same panels … MORE →

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#badmafianicknames

July 10, 2010
from right here

from Twitter: #badmafianicknames Don “Knee Osmond” Corleone Vito “Vito Bo Bito Banana Fanna Fo Fito Fe Fi Mo Mito” DeVito Vinnie “Future Star and Scientologist” Barbarino Benny “Five Bean Salad with Green, Wax, Kidney, Black and Garbonzos” Bernardo Donnie “Even Less Funny Than Jay” Leno Sammy “Not Rocky At All … MORE →

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Somebody please clarify: Is Westboro Baptist Church picketing at COMIC-CON or on a shceduled panel? (Well, everybody esle is!) Best observation from: @loresjoberg “I assume Fred Phelps is going to change his signs to read “God Hates Fans.”” MORE →

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@ooga_booga if #MeFi is no longer under the radar, are we absorbing radar waves now? That can’t be healthy. (I think it causes brain damage) MORE →

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“LET ME SAVE YOUR MOVIE.” sez @howardtayler It’s NOT idle bragging, he can. But I’d much rather just see “Schlock Mercenary: The Movie” MORE →

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