No time for new comics this morning, I’ve been traveling and now I have to sort through junk mail for hot dealz and stare out the window and feel funny. More on TCAF later, but for now, these appeals to various facets of culture:
Dear Hollywood,
I, along with fellow cartoonists Sarah Glidden and Lisa Hanawalt, recently traveled to Toronto to make a brief but compelling cultural documentary about the state of comics in modern media, particularly its depiction in film. Please take a moment out of your busy schedules to consider our submission, thank you!
Inception’d in Toronto from minicloud on Vimeo.
haha we’re idiots.
Dear Mom,
Hi, how are you? Guess what! All those hours I spent wasting my time doodling pictures in boxes were validated by some old people who do the same thing; Drinking at the Movies was nominated for an Eisner! (humor category) You probably don’t know what that is because you do normal things like have kids and work in an office, but in the world of comics, it’s kinda fancy and if I win, I can put a STICKER on my book and and finally make you proud! Also can I borrow $20 for comic books and candy I mean new socks? Hugs! -Julia. PS look Ma! we wuz in NY magazine!
(Unfortunately, only comics “professionals” can vote online for the Eisners, none of whom probably read this blog, but hey, it never hurts to just mention it.)
Dear Online Retailer,
When I ordered your female oriented neck massager, you promised discreet packaging to avoid the embarrassment of my neighbors becoming privy to the fact that certain parts of my neck require assistance in relaxation so as to avoid women’s hysteria. Surely this is not what I had in mind as pertaining to your promise of discretion! By all means, please do cancel my account, and I’ll take my apology in the form of store credit. Sincerely, a disgruntled customer.
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Congrats on the nomination and the mention in the NY Mag; I hope you win!
And you do the same thing with “borrowing” that I used to do. I hope you score much candy, errr, socks!
Dude, what the FUCK with the vibrator packaging. PHE? Who are they so I can boycott them forever?
Blah blah sex-positivity blah blah don’t be ashamed of who you are blah SOME THINGS YOUR LANDLORD DOES NOT NEED TO KNOW.
whaaaaaaaaat.
edible unmentionables, gross. (i’m not a noob but seriously, who ever actually buys those, ew.)
BUT WAIT, YOUR ACCOUNT MAY BE CLOSED!
seriously though what the fuck. what if you worked in a “regular” office and you had it shipped there? damn, i’m inordinately angry on your behalf.
anyway, congrats on the nomination, good luck!
I have read about Will Eisner in a Scott McCloud book, but I did not know there was an award named after him. Well, I am not a pro
Congrats on the nomination!
(“neck” massager….heh)
Oh man. Way for them to misinterpret DISCRETE.
Congrats on the nom!
The definition of discreet is clearly subjective. Just casually bring it up in the next conversation you have with your landlord that junk mail is getting ridiculous these days. Congratulations on the nomination! How does one become a comics “professional”?
DUDE! An EISNER NOD! I make it a habit of never saying WOOT and EPIC and shit like that, but hot damn if this doesn’t deserve an EPIC mutha f’in WOOT, ya’ll!!! Wow. I feel so dirty now. Like I took the internet home from a bar and it left early the next morning without even leaving a note.
If I don’t see a knee-slapping/cringe-worthy depiction of your mail fiasco pop up in one of your books, I’m gonna be full of melancholia and whatnot.
Hi Julia,
Congratulations on the Eisner Nominee.
Packaging. Man! How dumb can packagers get? I would hope, that any mail order business that sells battery powered items, items that are maybe for use in private or romantic actions, would not put a note on their box that says: “electronic service requested” on the vibrator’s box. Arrg!
“electronic service”…these people are giant nerds.
Cheers,
TR
congrats
this is awesome news!
congrats on the Eisner nomination. you deserve it.
…now, about that “discreet” package? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that made my night.
An Eisner is something you can be proud of, it’s an award named after one of the grandest golden age comic artists ever. Go wiki “The Spirit,” or raid the old Swedish couple’s apartment next door and get some of those old National Geographics while you’re at it.
Can’t you just get someone to massage your neck for you? There’s a mall in Jersey you can get to by PATH, drop a dollar in a slot and hey presto, massage for about three minutes.