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May 30
fakerockstar: Yes, it’s a stupid gag. When you’re 15 and dreaming of making it in the grand world of newspaper comic syndication, however, it’s comedy gold. The vision of the dog having to look down to confirm it is, in fact, “Rex’ who is being summoned = funny. Anticipation - or the idea that something funny is about to happen - makes for good comedy. I read “Herman” like Homer Simpson reads “Ziggy”: For an “after-a-day-in-the-life chuckle.” There’s no life lesson in Jim Unger’s prolific body of work - no Pulitzer. No gaggle of nerds re-drawing his work as Spiderman on the Internet. But, honestly, who cares? “Herman” is what so many comics should be and rarely are - a chuckle. A gag. Something to post on your refrigerator door to remind you, “Oh, yeah… Yesterday started out/ended with a laugh.” I know that Jim Unger didn’t create an Opus for the world to opine, but I also know how hard it is to produce a daily, effective gag for so many days, over so many years. Not everyone is prolific, and for good reason. Jim Unger helped shape the cartoonist I am today. He was on a short list of cartoons I wanted to imitate in gags and also in art. His thick, conservative lines and use of subtle pattern influenced the style I still use today. And his simple gags still make me laugh. He will be missed. At least on the 123rd block of Harlem. Godspeed, sir. CP

fakerockstar:

Yes, it’s a stupid gag. When you’re 15 and dreaming of making it in the grand world of newspaper comic syndication, however, it’s comedy gold. The vision of the dog having to look down to confirm it is, in fact, “Rex’ who is being summoned = funny. Anticipation - or the idea that something funny is about to happen - makes for good comedy. I read “Herman” like Homer Simpson reads “Ziggy”: For an “after-a-day-in-the-life chuckle.” There’s no life lesson in Jim Unger’s prolific body of work - no Pulitzer. No gaggle of nerds re-drawing his work as Spiderman on the Internet.

But, honestly, who cares?

“Herman” is what so many comics should be and rarely are - a chuckle. A gag. Something to post on your refrigerator door to remind you, “Oh, yeah… Yesterday started out/ended with a laugh.”

I know that Jim Unger didn’t create an Opus for the world to opine, but I also know how hard it is to produce a daily, effective gag for so many days, over so many years. Not everyone is prolific, and for good reason. Jim Unger helped shape the cartoonist I am today. He was on a short list of cartoons I wanted to imitate in gags and also in art. His thick, conservative lines and use of subtle pattern influenced the style I still use today. And his simple gags still make me laugh.

He will be missed. At least on the 123rd block of Harlem.

Godspeed, sir.

CP


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May 30
Amercia, I made this for you.
Fake Rockstar 

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May 23
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

shakeytownradio:

Mokes-o-Rama: A Shakeytown Radio Minute (13:13)

A friend of the show has been simultaneously celebrated and besmirched. BFH said more than his share on Twitter, so Gene weighs in on our beloved Malkah Duprix (Mountain Kids Fantasy, @mocoddle on Twitter) and her recent rise to internet fame (and infamy) as the curator of “Law & Order & Food.” 

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May 20
This dog is wanted for questioning in relation to a homicide.

This dog is wanted for questioning in relation to a homicide.


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May 18
NOT food.

NOT food.


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May 14

This is no longer my main Tumblr.

Wait. I mean, I rarely tumble here. But I tumble a lot at the other place. If you know the other place, you know it’s about Law & Order. And also about Food.

http://law-order-food.tumblr.com/

Sincerely, me.


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Apr 11
Bill Corbett: Please Check This Out!

billcorbett:

It is very self-serving of me to reblog this incredibly generous post by the great Gail Simone. But give me this one, you guys. Come on.

And should you repost this? Oh sure, I’ll go there. I’ll ask that. MY EGO IS UNLEASHED TODAY, BEWARE CITIZENS.

(and thank you, Gail.)

gailsimone:

My…


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Apr 02
kittysneezes: baturday: I love you, cold unfeeling leather glove. this is the cutest thing.

kittysneezes:

baturday:

I love you, cold unfeeling leather glove.

this is the cutest thing.

(Source: lowereastnowhere)


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Mar 31
The Daily Huff: How To Care For Extroverts [UPDATED]

(UPDATE - Added some things after I first posted this.)

Given the amazing spread of that “Care for Introverts” image I posted across Tumblr, I had to think about the fact that so many folks seemed to identify with what was said there. As someone who is basically extroverted (with some decidedly…


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Mar 26
Me: everybody can do with a bit of Cockney Rhyming Slang. And Corey, being a talented and brilliant human, has made some wonderful things with it. He deserves a bucket of bees. ************************* fakerockstar: Years ago, the wife bought me The Vulgar Tongue for Christmas. Being a man who loves to attempt making nonsense make sense, it is a favorite among my writing reference material. Last night, I was pushing through the nearly 7,000 comics I’ve written and drawn over the years and I found a short arc in which I created a character who speaks almost entirely in The Vulgar Tongue vernacular. Readers HATED him and I of course, loved him. I miss writing these strips sometimes. Only sometimes. ROCKS, CP

Me: everybody can do with a bit of Cockney Rhyming Slang. And Corey, being a talented and brilliant human, has made some wonderful things with it. He deserves a bucket of bees.

*************************

fakerockstar:

Years ago, the wife bought me The Vulgar Tongue for Christmas. Being a man who loves to attempt making nonsense make sense, it is a favorite among my writing reference material.

Last night, I was pushing through the nearly 7,000 comics I’ve written and drawn over the years and I found a short arc in which I created a character who speaks almost entirely in The Vulgar Tongue vernacular. Readers HATED him and I of course, loved him.

I miss writing these strips sometimes. Only sometimes.

ROCKS,

CP