top_secret_folders
Originally uploaded by donovanbeeson.
#300 is still under construction and will be posted sometime next week.
Meanwhile, check out these miniature folders for sale at the Boring Store. Click on the picture, which I found while searching for the tag "top secret" on flickr.
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #299
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.
This one was created at the request of the creator of the LOLcat Bible, which you can read here.
If you ordered a Laugh-Out-Loud Cats comic prior to the 13th, it's on the way to your fuzzy little paws via US Mail. There are about 19 left in the queue, and they should be done by the middle of next week. I'll also be working on all of the pending critters (and Neatorama contest winners) early next week, so keep an eye out. Also: #300 is on the drawing board, though in a very preliminary stage.
Thank you all very, very much.
Found via Neatorama, who found it via GorillaMask, who found it via College Humor....
This is Sparta
Originally uploaded by astonishing tales from the sea.
No, not the movie, the 300th installment of the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats. It's coming soon.
For those who missed the post last week about #300, It'll be the same deal as #200: full color, full page, posted on ebay.
Watch this space.
Iron Man
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.
Well, maybe not all of it. And not all in one day. Also, my kids will help.
I've added this new set to flickr. I'll be posting drawings of Marvel superheroes there from time to time in a variety of styles and settings, as is my wont. Maybe even some full blown comics.
I post this in answer to the question of whether or not I like anything created post 1960.
The answer is yes.
"And some came alone--the hoboes."
I've been watching this film in bits and pieces this week. So far so good. Some of the accents are obviously fake, and Gary Cooper's a bit wooden, but that's to be expected.
Am I the only one who turns off the color when the technicolor is too garrish? Try it sometime. The people who photographed these movies had lots of experience making black and white films look beautiful, so it should come as no surprise that when you turn the color off things really "pop". Besides, did Maximilian really wear bright reds and greens? It also helps when the film has obviously not been restored. The colors you see on an unrestored dvd are not the colors that are supposed to be there.
Also noteworthy about this film: Burt Lancaster's costume during the caravan scenes is really close to Han Solo's in A New Hope.
Trash Cat (Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #228)
Originally uploaded by arne h.
Thanks again, Arne H!
With the help of a lavender monkey, here. To see more of his WikiWorld comics, click here.
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #285
Originally uploaded by Ape Lad.
Based, by request, on the work of Todd Barricklow, and with my apologies.
i has a surfboard
Originally uploaded by artandstory.
Click on the picture to see the cats comic I sent to Lee-Roy. Or visit blog.artandstory.com.
LOLcats by Apelad for our new home
Originally uploaded by Whistling in the Dark.
If you have a picture of something I've sent, let me know and I'll try to remember to post it here.
It's time to claim this day for hoboes by talking like a hobo. Here's a glossary you may refer to as you begin this magical vocabulatory journey.
One of my favorite movies, it features Humphrey Bogart as a hobo. A filthy, greedy, evil hobo. I won't spoil it for anyone, but his undoing is particularly shocking if you watch closely. Look for the splash.
Leaves
Originally uploaded by prb.
As mentioned previously, every 100th installment of the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats will be a full page, full color strip to be posted on ebay.
#300 is coming up in the next couple of weeks (most likely by the end of the month), and will include the following:
More Pip than Kitteh.
Leafs will play a prominent role in the strip.
An homage to Winsor McCay, if I can pull it off.
and
Hammerspace.
Hopefully that is enough to keep you guessing.
More comics later today.
If you did not catch the reference in the previous post, drop what you are doing and watch the Jerk again. It's very funny and has been quoted in my home on a regular basis for the past twelve years. My wife and I met Carl Reiner once and completely forgot to mention the Jerk when we spoke to him.
Also, regarding the previous post, NASA really does have a facility in the Cleveland area.
Len Peralta, fellow cartoonist and monsterbymail.com mastermind, has a new project for Halloween. Check it out at monsterbymail.com and then head over to ebay to bid on your very own box of thrills.
FUN FACT: I met Len about a year ago and he showed me around his hometown of Lakewood Ohio. I was there to interview for a job I didn't get. That's right, NASA rejected my astronaut application form.
Fellow 700 Things artist Ben Rollman interviewed me in conjunction with his 100 Artists Project. Read it here!
