Hollingsworth Hound, in "Zero-Sum Gaming"
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Month: November 2011
Dear Twitter:
Regarding your new "Activity" tab, do I really have to know this?
And It is done.
SUCCESS. JUSTICE. TRUTH. And therefore PEACE.
He in a righteous quest for self-glorification shall always prevail.
Keep going, my pets. Extend the lead, to ensure injustice never again reigns o'er this List.
DO IT RIGHT NOW!
WHAT? Tom the Dancing Bug has fallen to #2 on Rankopedia's prestigious "Best Comic Strip Ever" list! OH, THE INJUSTICE!
Go, my minions. Vote for Tom the Dancing Bug. VOTE LIKE THE WIND.http://dld.bz/axUVq
GWEEK 025
This week, Mark and I talk with funnyman Michael Kupperman.
On the podcast, I say many things, 6 to 14 of which are nice things about the comic strip Cul de Sac, by Richard Thompson. The price on this oversized trade paperback is an UNBELIEVABLE bargain.
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THIS WEEK’S COMIC
When I got the idea for this comic, I was wondering whether I should do it as a "News of the Times" fake news story, or a "Counter-Earth" installment, but I settled on a format using a narrative structure, because I wanted the story to unfold; I thought it would be funny for the reader to see the tea gas canister and register the shock of the one-percenters, as it happened.
I somehow ended up with the faux Mad Magazine format — some old Mad features, particularly Don Martin's — would start with a title panel "One Day at… etc." And I also thought that using a very cartoony style would be a good counterweight to the violence.
So I wanted to get an old Mad font from the 50s and early 60s for the lettering. I'd tried before to match it for other comics that used this format, but had never gotten it just right. I actually emailed a friend who is an editor at Mad, to ask what font they used back in the day, and he wrote back basically saying that they've asked the same question, and they have no idea. In the digital age, it may not exist!
But he and his colleague had some suggestions for approximations, and with some manual modifications, I think I finally got it EXACTLY RIGHT this time.
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