Vacationing

CALLBACKS: Okay This Is Just Weird, Hot Tub Nostalgia Machine 3, A Shift In Tone Tomorrow I leave for vacation! In my absence a number of talented cartoonists will entertain you with guest strips. And also Matt Rizkallah. Here’s the lineup: Tuesday (9/13): Brad Pugh (Okay So Comic) Thursday (9/15): Matt Rizkallah (Bloggy Bloggerville) Friday […]

In Which Gordon Convinces Me To Get A Brush

CALLBACKS: Chilling At SPACE With Gordon McAlpin, The Never-Ending Quest for Relevance In the webcomics community, Gordon McAlpin is almost as notorious for taking things literally as he is for consuming art supplies. This is totally for real, and not a thing that I just made up. I would also like to reiterate that I […]

I am a Purchasing Rockstar: Maxie Turner

CALLBACKS: The Purchasing Rockstar Archives Maxie Turner is no longer working for National Liftgate, but he’s been an integral part of my NLP experience. Were it not for him, I never would have been known as “The Professor,” or more accurately “P’fessuh.” Maxie actually talks like this. Also, when it comes to getting the work […]

The Comic Of The Review Of The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

CALLBACKS: My Moment: The Butterfly Effect, Opening Weekend: Cowboys and Aliens I finally got to see the new Planet of the Apes movie this week. It was real good! I try not to just hand out 4’s like candy, but I honestly think I’d give it a 4/5. It is good for precisely the reasons […]

I am a Purchasing Rockstar: Meet Jim Ormerod

CALLBACKS: Opening Weekend: Cowboys and Aliens On my visit to Chicago last weekend the weekend before last, I got to meet with Jim Ormerod of Power Dynamics. We had a good conversation about life, the universe, and comic book movies. He’s into many of the same things that I am, and he has some salient […]

The Total Quarterback Rating You Guys

CALLBACKS: The Total Quarterback Rating Remember when I said that I was done with the football strips? I am a liar, and a terrible human being. This, however, absolutely must be the last of the football strips! And why is that? Because over the weekend I visited Chicago, and now I want to do comics […]

The Total Quarterback Rating Explained

CALLBACKS: The Total Quarterback Rating, An Excuse to Draw a Hot Air Balloon, Reader Mailbag: Bishop Berkeley This comic features Dwight Knoll of DwightK.com! The “K” is not silent. It also features Rene Descartes, of philosophy, and algebra. Okay, I promise that’s the last of the football comics. At least until the actual season starts.

The Total Quarterback Rating

CALLBACKS: Back To The Sport Pile, LawsuitPool, Hot Tub Nostalgia Machine I know you all follow football so assiduously and are profoundly interested in stats, so… Last Friday, ESPN unveiled their new derived statistic: the Total Quarterback Rating, or QBR. You know, because TQR was already taken? The Big Lead has got some good thoughts […]