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Click on over to The Simpsons Movie website and create yellow cartoon version of you and your loved ones. It’s super easy and really fun. It’s under the tab at the top called “Create Your Simpsons Avatar.” There are tons of options.
Then run to the theatre because it’s out today!
Starting thursday you can add a little POW to your mail with Marvel postage stamps! Each 41-cent iconic square is ready to peal and stick and really snazes up that letter to the electric company.
Here is what the United States Postal Service has to say about it.
Marvel Super Heroes
With these 20 colorful stamps, the U.S. Postal Service salutes stars from the world of Marvel Comics. For decades, Super Heroes have been synonymous with the comic book medium. Their adventures have provided an escape from every day life and demonstrate that individuals can make a difference. Comic books aren’t simply “kid stuff” — adults have always been among their readers, and the form has attracted its share of serious artists and writers. And Super Heroes have responded to social and political issues from their beginnings.
Ten stamps on the pane of 20 are portraits of individual Marvel characters: Captain America, Elektra, Iron Man, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Sub-Mariner, The Incredible Hulk, The Thing and Wolverine.The other 10 stamps depict individual Marvel Comic book covers. Information about the artwork shown on each stamp appears on the back on the stamp pane.
San Diego Comic-Con is here and I could have gone. My friends at Comics Wanted had an opening in their room but I chickened out. AdHouse Books had a full slate of artists going and I probably couldn’t have gotten a table for myself. When I’m ready, I’ll charter a plane just to bring all the cool stuff back east. Have you seen all the killer things that will be there? No? Well my friend I’ll just make you a little list of 10 things to buy at Comic-Con with total disregard for money and space.
If you need to plan your course you may want to use this interactive map of the show!!!
10 – Jeffrey Brown’s Incredible Change-Bots hardcover
9 – Joel Priddy’s Besswax Bound with special doodle
8 – Jim Rugg’s Street Angel Art
(Then bug him about doing more Street Angel books!)
7 – Amanda Visell’s Ephunt sculpture & print
While you’re there grab her Poping Through Pictures Book from Baby Tattoo
6 – Dave Pressler’s Stupid Little Robot Buddy
5 – AdHouse Books’ Project: Telstar Ultra rare first in the trilogy of project books. If you get there soon enough snag the last copy of Project: Superior also.
4 – Scott Morse’s Scrap Mettle limited edition with watercolor
3 – Some really cool mini-comic with a screen printed cover by someone you’ve never heard of. Extra bonus points if it is from another country.
2 – Andy Runton’s (made by mom) Owly Hat
While you’re there maybe grab one of his tooth rottingly adorable Owly paintings!
1 – Scott Morse’s Tiger Sculpture
My mom sang “going for a ride in the car car” all the time when we were little. I think my dad did also. The lyrics were pretty simple and I always thought she made it up.
Going for a ride in the car car.
Going for a ride in the car car.
Going for a ride in the car car.
Mama’s gonna take you for a ride.
I started singing it while driving around my son and nephews. Of course I changed it up a little and made it more interactive. Naming everyone in the car. Then we started naming things in the car along with feet, hair, fingers and shoes. Moving them about while we sang. It’s been a handy little sing along.
I felt like doing a little family portrait using it thinking it might be a pretty cool children’s book. So I decided to look it up on the ole interwebs to make sure it wasn’t a real song.
Not being a big Folk music guy I’ve never really listend to Woody Guthrie. The guy who sang This Land Is Your Land. It was his song called Riding In My Car. Really cool little song, a minute and a half long, here are the lyrics courtesy of www.woodyguthrie.org.
Riding In My Car
Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brm, brrrm b’ brrrm,
Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm b’ brrrm,
Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm b’ brrrm.
Brrrm brm brm brm brm brm brrrm.Take me riding in the car, car;
Take me riding in the car, car;
Take you riding in the car, car;
I’ll take you riding in my car.Click clack, open up the door, girls;
Click clack, open up the door, boys;
Front door, back door, clickety clack,
Take you riding in my car.Climb, climb, rattle on the front seat;
Spree I spraddle on the backseat;
Turn my key, step on my starter,
Take you riding in my car.Engine it goes boom, boom;
Engine it goes boom, boom;
Front seat, backseat, boys and girls,
Take you riding in my car.Trees and the houses walk along;
Trees and the houses walk along;
Truck and a car and a garbage can,
Take you riding in my car.Ships and the little boats chug along;
Ships and the little boats chug along;
Boom buhbuh boom boom boom buh boom,
Take you riding in my car.I’m a gonna send you home again;
I’m a gonna send you home again;
Boom, boom, buhbuh boom, rolling home,
Take you riding in my car.I’m a gonna let You blow the horn;
I’m a gonna let you blow the horn;
A oorah, a oorah, a oogah, oogah,
I’ll take you riding in my car.
Then I remembered seeing a really great drawing of Woody by Josh Cotter. Click for larger version at his blog. Josh, you need to school me on this guy.
Who would have thought my obsession with one word could lead to the title of a major anthology. How did it happen? Well, I just started listening to podcasts in December 2005. I was very excited to find Indie Spinner Rack and sent them some comics. So in February of 2006 I was interviewed for Issue 17.
Throughout the interview I said Awesome about 50 times. I asked if Charlito could add in a little ding sound after every awesome, basically half kidding and to my amazement he did! So when you start listening to the episode you keep hearing a ding. Then after a little while you hear us talk about how often I was saying awesome. It was a cool feature that everyone loved. So much so that listeners started using it in conversation and on the message board. Ultra geek powers are awesome(ding)!
Anyway the killer folks over at Evil Twin Comics have done an Anthology called AWESOME and it’s packed full of guests and listeners of Indie Spinner Rack. It will be out this October and it features an 8 page comic by little ole me. You can see preview pages over at the AWESOME website.
AWESOME: THE INDIE SPINNER RACK ANTHOLOGY
October
208 B&W pages 6 x 9
$14.95
Oh, don’t forget to check out the Zig Zag 2 Advertisement in Issues #88 & #89 done in “old timey” style. And the all tagline advertisement written by Charlito himself for episode #87.
Here’s the cover for the next Beat
For some reason it feels like summer is almost over. We never really went anyplace “Vacationy”. We did go to Charleston to visit the inlaws and went to the Bee City. We took lots of pictures, which you know I’ll never get around to posting. It was actually a really cool Roadside America type place. Maybe I’ll just count that as our vacation.
Where are you headed or have already headed?
I just started back drawing my 3-minute robots. I’ve really missed doing them and I’m totally out of practice. Yes, of course not all the robots will be done in 3-minutes. The basic idea is to have something that I do everyday on the computer that alows me to cut loose and create something. Like Raybestos here:
Make sure you don’t miss a single robot. Join my mailing list by sending me an e-mail that says “Bring on the robots”.
Mini-comic master, J Chris Campbell returns with vigor to the world of funny books with Zig Zag 2. He put his mouse to the pad and clicked out another mad capped masterpiece filled with robots, businessmen and especially bugs. The Attic Bugs story concludes as things have spiraled out of control for hapless friends Snuffy and Crandle. Follow along as they get lost in the woods, battle a monster and find a new friend. But the lovable scamps’ adventure is only part of 48 pages of interwoven kooky cartoon fun. Laugh along at costumed birthday party antics, business bureaucracy, and tons more silliness.
Preview pages available at www.zigzagcomic.com
Tell your comic shop to order it today!
Zig Zag 2
by J Chris Campbell
48 pages
$4.95 US funds
Shipping in September
Diamond code: JUL073202
