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Big Giant Metal Swizzle Stick

crazitalk — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:00:00 +0000

With the 2010 winter Olympics happening just around the corner up in Vancouver, the city of Bellingham has been doing all manner of things to make the downtown more beautiful. They’ve installed $20,000 crosswalks at each of the 5 major intersections of Holly that lead into the downtown. They’ve erected art, seemingly over night, on a myriad of street corners, art that elicits a “WTF?” from most people.

But this comic realistically has nothing to do with that.

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Studio 347 Comics, Three Fourty-Seven | Big, BS of Comics, cartoonists, Eric, Gay, Giant, Handdrawn, Jonathan S, Lawn Dart, Phil Rose, Swizzle Stick, Tallis

Amish Zombie

crazitalk — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:47:00 +0000

For Julie McGalliard’s party I was able to go a an undead president, and my wife went as Betty Boop, and did she ever look hot. It was pretty fun. Mostly hung out with Jonathan and Julie Sodt. Kinda went around in a circle trying to figure out what to go as with my wife.

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Bellingham By Night, Studio 347 Comics, Three Fourty-Seven | Abe Lincoln, amish, Autodesk Sketchbook, Eric, Halloween, Jamie Hyneman, Johnny, Jonathan S, Photoshop, Teddy Roosevelt, zombie

BellCon 2008

crazitalk — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:50:00 +0000

This past weekend was BellCon 2008. It was fun. I arrived later than I hoped, about 2 or 3 hours into the 7 hour con. As soon as I found him I joined Jonathan at his post. I’ve been to a fair number of conventions, this is only the 2nd time that I’ve been to one in a professional capacity. The Portland Comic-Con and BellCon are the only 2 conventions that I’ve managed to attend, they each have their high points. It was Michele’s first comic convention, I’m glad she enjoyed it. For my next con I’m hoping to have a decent little selection of shirts and a few books to show off next time. Maybe some prints as well. I should look into a heat sealer and some packaging supplies.

Note to self… start laying out 52 Weeks of Hell before the month of October is done. So far all I’ve done is gathered a selection of comics for the book.

The following was published in the Bellingham Herald, a paper which I would generally rather wipe my ass with than read, it’s very rare when I see an article in it that sneaks past my loathing of it.

Bell Con 08 draws crowd of comic book fans

PETER JENSEN / THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

After the success of last year’s Bell Con, a Bellingham-based comic book convention that attracted 1,500 people in its first year at The Majestic, organizer Darren Davis said he knew he needed to make this year’s convention bigger and better.

He, along with co-organizer Jason Schultz, did just that at Bell Con 08, held at Whatcom Community College Saturday, Sept. 27. He moved it to a larger venue and doubled its size and the number of comic book vendors.

They added more live music and brought in big names in the comic book world, including Marvel Comics illustrator Clayton Crain, who has helped produce installments in the “Ghost Rider” and “Spider Man” comic book series.

About 2,000 people from around the Pacific Northwest attended this year’s convention, making it the second-largest convention in Washington state. And Schultz and Davis aren’t done yet.

“We can make this bigger and better,” Davis said. “I want it to be more entertainment-based than people just selling stuff.”

The convention had 80 vendors from as far away as British Columbia and Northern California attend, Davis said.

The Bellingham Public Library was also at the convention to encourage children to read graphic novels.

Davis said he struggled learning to read as a child, and graphic novels helped him learn that skill.

“It’s a way for me to get kids excited about reading,” Davis said. “They play too much video games.”

Comic book writing partners Brendan Jerwad, best known for his work on “G.I. Joe” and “Battlestar Galactica” comics, and Eric Trautmann, who writes “Perfect Dark” and “Check Mate” comics, attended the convention and said it was an opportunity to connect with fans.

“It’s just a good chance to get out and talk to the fans and maybe introduce new people to the books,” Jerwad said. “Plus, it’s a way to get out the house for a day, which is a good thing.”

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I Can 347 Better Than This

crazitalk — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:47:00 +0000

It’s a good day for someone

A good friend of mine is getting married today, and in so doing he’s bringing an awesome person and her three children into my circle of friends. I’m very grateful for this, and look forward to getting to know his new family in the years to come.

Crazitalk asked me some time ago to be his best man, to which I told him I would be honored. Even though I got married myself, I’m not familiar with all of the aspects of being best man. These things are not handed down very well, I’ve learned. But I did organize his bachelor party, and I know where to stand during the ceremony.

I also made a guest comic for his webcomic, Three Fourty-Seven, to take a bit more of the load off today (he usually releases his comic on Sundays). But even though he gave me what he thought was his password, I could not hack into his site to upload it.

With all the other things that are going wrong today (it’s a wedding!), I think it might be a good idea to just let this one sit until after they get back from their honeymoon. In fact, since the comic is about the ceremony itself, it’s might even be good luck to wait!

Fortunately, it also turns out that he had already uploaded a comic for today, probably weeks ago. I suspect that having a comic ready for next Sunday will as important of a relief. [EDIT-By Crazitalk: I've since rectified this]

Already, a great number of things are not going as planned. This is probably the most beleaguered wedding I’ve been a part of. Which isn’t really saying much, but so many things have gone wrong or come out of left field for Eric and Michelle in the past week. Yet, when it comes down to the wire, I’m sure the purpose of this day will prevail over the circumstance.

I can’t ever bring myself to say such cliches as, “These two people were meant for each other,” because I don’t believe anything was meant by this world. But I am extremely happy for Eric and Michelle. They’ve been good for each other, and brought light into each others lives, and eyes. And I’m proud to be part of a ceremony where they promise to keep up the good work.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to save the rest of this speech for the reception.

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And Cannibals

crazitalk — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:47:00 +0000

Jonathan came up with this response to my last comic while watching me finish it.

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Studio 347 Comics, Three Fourty-Seven | cannibal, Eric, guest-strip, Jonathan S, robot

And Robots

crazitalk — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:47:00 +0000

So I sat there looking at the screen trying to figure out my next comic… then suddenly it popped into my brain.

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Your Fault

crazitalk — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:47:00 +0000

One of the big problems with the color black being your whole attire is the fact that there truly are so many different colors of black. In this case I had jeans that after a couple washes looked more like a dark blue than black. Of course some of the inspiration for this came from the Dudley Do-right movie. That’s some funny stuff.

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Studio 347 Comics, Three Fourty-Seven | black, Eric, Jonathan S

Inspiration

crazitalk — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 11:47:00 +0000

Truthfully, I haven’t stopped looking for a job since, well before starting this one. I mentioned my search one day to Jonathan and he shared my disappointment that I’d be losing my muse. Over the years I’ve had several friends looking for jobs that have applied for the company I work for, thankfully so far only one of them has gotten a job there. It’s not so much as I don’t want to work with my friends so much as I really wouldn’t wish this job on anyone, and as such only recommend this job to my friends who are absolutely desparate. Poor pay. Bad hours. Minimal, if any, benefits. One thing I’ve noticed working here is that people seem oblivious as to how much I make doing this. There is about 1 person a month who will come in and seems to believe that no employee that works at a minute mart/gas station could possibly make less than $10 an hour. I’ve come to the conclusion that the individuals who think this generally live in the nicer part of town near where I work, and hence, are pretty well off. With this in mind I’ve also come to the conclusion that the well to do of Alabama Hill either were born with a silver spoon in their mouths or worked hard for the money they have. Therefore they can only be naive about the plight of lower class America, or assholes.

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