Tag Archives: purchasing rockstar

Presenting Reginald The Holiday Motor

Allow me to introduce Reginald, the Holiday Motor. I created him (and this comic) to promote this year’s holiday specials at my place of employment, National Liftgate Parts. This comic was first published in the December 2012 issue of our monthly specials, but you don’t have to be an NLP distributor to enjoy Reginald and […]

I am a Purchasing Rockstar: We Mean Business

CALLBACKS: You know the drill Here, everyone. Have some more nigh-verbatim cartoonized conversations from my workplace. Also have a desktop. Assuming that you haven’t had it already, I mean. There are various sizes to fit your desktop available on the extras page.

I am a Purchasing Rockstar: Firing on All Cylinders

CALLBACKS: The Purchasing Rockstar Archives This Purchasing Rockstar strip basically happened, unbidden, during a phone call to Rick Betschen of JRB Machine Tool. The first two panels are a nigh-verbatim transcript of our conversation. Rick is an actual rock star, in that he knows how to play the guitar and has played in bands. That’s […]

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 […]

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 […]

I Am A Purchasing Rockstar: Regular Slotted Containers

Josh Cramer is a sales rep for MRC Innovations, a company that provides packaging and other manufacturing solutions. Josh was one of the first outside guys I met when I started my Purchasing Rockstar tenure in ’09, and he’s been consummately helpful. He’s also, like the comic says, a huge packaging nerd–every time I see […]