Friday, February 13, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1058


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1058, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Hopefully you've seen this by now.

This is what makes the internet great.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1057


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1057, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Happy Birthday Charles Darwin.
It's been a while since I've posted a monkey.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1056


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1056, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Now available in wallpaper size


Wallpaper size, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Click on the picture, then "all sizes".

Charlie finds an appropriate pillow

I cannot guarantee the efficacy of using this book as a pillow, but who am I to tell a cat what to do?


Thanks schmuela!!!

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1055

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1055

Monday, February 09, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1054


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1054, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

NYCC



Here's a picture of me signing books at Comic Con in New York this weekend. Thanks to everyone who showed up and said hi and/or bought a book. It will be available to non-Comic Con attendees on March 1st and you can preorder it now on Amazon.
There will likely be other signings in LA, possibly San Diego, and maybe Salt Lake. I'll post more info as things develop.
If you don't get a chance to meet me in person (and who can blame you), I'll be sending out free signed bookplates via self-addressed stamped envelope once the book is out. More on that later as well.
I have some fun stuff planned for the coming weeks, so watch this space.

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1053


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1053, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

1825

(This image is what comes up when you search for "1825" in the creative commons pool on flickr (thanks cliff1066!).)
1825 also happens to be the booth number for Abrams at New York ComicCon, which I will be attending this weekend. I'll be signing my as-yet-to-be-released book there on Friday from 3 to 4, and Saturday from 11 to Noon.

CORN!


Jumbo Corn Holders, originally uploaded by mrbill.

There's a new button near the bottom of this blog. It says "CORNIFY". Click at your peril.

This is not a winner


Eustace Tilley, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

...because it's from last year. It didn't win then either. It's still my favorite though. He's got a tiny head! I should have made the butterfly gigantic.
But! One of my Tilley's did win and is on the New Yorker site this week: NYer.
There were many many excellent entries, though no one has yet gone to the extreme of getting Eustace Tilley tattooed on their noggin. There's always next year, someone.

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1052


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1052, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1051


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1051, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

As mentioned previously, I'll be attending ComicCon in NYC this weekend. There won't be a comic posted on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday as a result. I'll try to make it up to you all somehow.
Thank you.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1050


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1050, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1049


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1049, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1048


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1047, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1047


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1046, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1046


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1045, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Previously unseen


Previously unseen, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Here's a sneak preview of a previously unseen comic from the book. I even made sure to draw it with my eyes closed so not even I would have seen it. I still haven't. You might be the first. I hope I remembered the whiskers!

Look Around You

Stop whatever you are doing and seek out the rest of these. You will not regret it.
Write that down in your copybook now.

Other blogs to which I blog things:

1 The work blog.
2 A side project which I am allowing to ferment in the sun.
3 Toon Club, overseen by my coworker and fellow comic book fiend Adrian Ropp.
4 Drawn, the indispensable. I made a New Years resolution to post more here.

FF236


In progress, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

This is based on John Byrne's cover to Fantastic Four #236, the first comic book I ever stole. Actually someone gave it to me.

I'm making this just for fun.

This is how I have fun.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

New York Comic Con


DSC_0087, originally uploaded by Del Far.

I will be attending New York ComicCon next weekend, and signing my book at the Abrams booth on Friday and Saturday.
Here's the details:

Friday, February 6
Hours: 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Abrams Booth # 1825 3:00 – 4:00: Adam Koford

Saturday, February 7
Hours: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Abrams Booth #1825
11:00 – 12:00 Adam Koford

Here's the NYCC Site.

This is not a spoiler


endpaper detail, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Unless you were unaware of the fact that my forthcoming book has illustrated endpapers.
Additional information regarding the book:
160 pages!
30 new comics!
All new art!
Aforementioned introduction by John Hodgman!
Special cryptic note from my great-grandfather!
Easter eggs for the clever and quick-witted!
Hard cover! Very hard!
ISBN: 978-0-8109-9571-0! (yes!)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008934535! w00t!
More info at hnabooks.com or tinyurl.com/apeladbook

In lieu of a comic tonight, how about a 4 word preview...


Preview, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

...of John Hodgman's introduction to the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out. In stores soon.

Good advice for these trying times, Mr. Hodgman!

Don't mess with the X-men.


Don't mess with the X-men., originally uploaded by we♥elio.

Check out Elio's take on a classic X-Men cover. I hope more artists get in on this. I've already started one.

In honor of Lewis Carroll's birthday, today is Down the Rabbit Hole Day...

...wherein bloggers are encouraged to mix things up a bit.
So, here's Burl Ives singing a song that's been in my head all week for some reason.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1045


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1045, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1044


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1044, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Pip = Leia. LOOT Bag = Han?
All analogies break down eventually.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1043


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1043, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1042


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1042, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1041


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1041, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1040


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1040, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1039


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1039, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1038


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1038, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

With much appreciation to dmmoelle.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #324


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #324, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Today's comic will be posted tomorrow (Sunday). Meanwhile, here's an old one (though, depending on who you choose to believe, they are all so very, very old).

Friday, January 16, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1037


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1037, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1036


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1036, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1035


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1035, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

This has been entered in the New Yorker's 2009 Eustace Tilley contest.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1034


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1034, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Some of you would just as soon put yesterday behind us, so here's Tuesday's comic a bit early.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1033


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1033, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

I can't tell you how nice it is to have a possibly fictional great-dad to blame utterly ridiculous things on.
That guy was nuts.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1032


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1032, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Friday, January 09, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1031


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1031, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1030


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1030, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Puddles and Pals #0001


Puddles and Pals #0001, originally uploaded by phasepistol.

Click on this to read all about it, as it were.
Onward to 1000+, good phasepistol, sir.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1029


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1029, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1028


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1028, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Monday, January 05, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1027


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1027, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

I am home after a couple of weeks on the road. If you have a pending request or an email I haven't responded to, I hope to rectify everything soon.
Also, I will be attending New York ComicCon next month and signing copies of my book at the Abrams table on Friday and Saturday, and maybe more. I'll post more details as they develop.

Friday, January 02, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1026


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1026, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1025


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1025, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Bonus! Two today but none tomorrow.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1024


Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1024, originally uploaded by Ape Lad.

Happpy New Year.
I added the extra p for no reason.