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Color me!

Hey everybody! Let's do something fun. Copy this b/w version of the Stan Sakai Staplegator and take a crack at coloring it.

STAPLE! exhibitors can post their efforts here on the official STAPLE! blog, everyone else can put it on their Myspace, Facebook or whatever. I expect to see some cool stuff.



Speaking of Myspace and Facebook, you can find STAPLE! pages at these links:

myspace.com/staple_austin

STAPLE! on Facebook

Funny Misshapen Preview

I just got a couple advance galley copies of my upcoming book "Funny Misshapen Body"... the book won't be out until April 7, so not in time for STAPLE, unfortunately, but I'll bring the galley copies along for anyone who wants to take a look...

Love from the Quick

I was featured in this week's Quick, Dallas magazine-format newspaper, on page 9 (pdf). You can see the online version of the interview here.


In addition, Quick's blog asked for my opinion on comic book film adaptations. It's particularly topical considering today's Oscar snubbing of Dark Knight (in case you didn't hear).

It's okay if you want to read this.

Staple! is easily one of my favorite shows, and the missus and I are eagerly looking forward to attending again this year! Well, I am at least. She's looking forward to dropping me off at the convention center as early as possible before savoring the numbing combo of boutique hopping and prescription cough syrup. In my defense, she knew that she was marrying a guy who had contributed cartoons to Swank before the wedding, and she went through with it anyway. Whatever, I don't care.

This year at the show I hope to have copies of the issue of Mad with my comic strip, Unpleasant Aftertaste Comics, but I'm not sure it will have been released by then. If not, I still have other copies of Mad, plus some National Lampoon books, copies of Hustler Humor (not sold to people under eighteen, but they can flip through a copy for two dollars) and my cartoon collection, Dammit! I Swallowed Another One! I'll also have copies of a new book, more of a booklet sort of thing really, titled VooDoo Tampon. This will be a convention-only special with a couple of dozen or so cartoons that make a genuine attempt to be unsavory, including the cartoon that the then Cartoon Editor of Hustler told me was "too gross" for any of the Hustler line of magazines (to be honest, it's not really THAT bad; maybe they were having an off day?).

The truth of the matter is that a little of me, and my material, goes a long way, so that should be plenty to keep you busy. If you'd like to take a gander at my cartoons, and thereby make the wise decision to make a wide berth around my table at the show, allow me to direct you to www.kitlively.com. Thankyou for your time.

string #11

Now available for download — the latest issue of string, the regular anthology of comics from 7000 BC. In honor of the dark season just passed, this issue features Courtney Angermeier's Solstice.

Download a PDF of string #11 and check out future issues every month.



Previous issues: string #1 | string #2 | string #3 | string #4 | string #5| string #6 | string #7 | string #8 | string #9 | string #10

Red 5 Comic's ATOMIC ROBO - Free Downloads for iTunes!

We're looking forward to attending our first STAPLE convention at Red 5 Comics! We'll have copies of our Eisner-Nominated series Atomic Robo there as well as ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (from the creator of the Underworld movies), Neozoic, Afterburn (movie rights purchased by Tobey Maguire), Abyss (from the creator of Star Wars Tag & Bink), and more!

As part of Red 5 Comics’ partnership with iVerse Comics, the Eisner-nominated Atomic Robo volume one is now available at the iTunes store for your iPhone or iPod Touch.

The action-science adventures of Nikola Tesla’s automated intelligence machine begin in 1938. Atomic Robo is secretly hired by the U.S. Army to infiltrate the hidden Himalayan mountain base of Baron Heinrich Von Helsingard before he perfects a superweapon for the Nazis.

Fans of “Hellboy”, “Indiana Jones” and other Adventure stories will love this series from the creator of 8-bit Theater and Nuclear Age!

For a limited time, you can try out issue #1 for free. Issue #2 is just 99 cents. Click on the images below to begin your download, and look for the rest of the series to follow.