Archive for the 'Comics' Category

Expensive lemonade stand

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

This is absolutely brilliant. [via]

Download the entire Calvin and Hobbes comic strip (10 years)

Monday, June 9th, 2008

The Calvin and Hobbes comic strip database that I’ve posted about before is offering a complete download of the entire Calvin and Hobbes comic strip organized by the date of each strip’s publication.
This is pretty awesome! This doesn’t mean that you still shouldn’t go out and buy The Complete Calvin and Hobbes treasury though.
I’ve uploaded [...]

Gonna write a 2000-word short story

Friday, June 6th, 2008

I have one more last writing assignment for this semester. I was given a variety of prompts to work from, and this is the one I have chosen:
Trans-genre: re-write a piece from one genre into another, in such a way that the limitations and virtues of each genre are highlighted. For example, re-write a tragic [...]

Map of Heaven by Malachi Ward

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Click the image above (or click here) to see this funny illustration of Malachi Ward’s interpretation of Heaven. [via]
Ward depicts Heaven as a large amusement park with different sections for experiencing different things. If you want to see loved ones who have passed, you go to Family Land. Want to know how the dinosaurs died? [...]

IKEA Instructions by Mike Sacks

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

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IKEA is known for their unusual instruction booklets that come in just about every assembly-required item that you buy from the store.
If you’ve seen any of these instruction booklets before, you’ll know that IKEA tries it’s hardest to illustrate the process rather than explaining it in words. In fact, sometimes [...]

About those CG gophers in Indiana Jones 4

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll know why this comic is funny. Seriously, what was the point of all of those CG gophers popping up out of nowhere? [via]
George Lucas must be bored…

A good story needs a good surprise ending

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

It is important that all stories end with a surprising, or humorous climax.
Haha, this one is great!