Month: August 2006

Snoopy’s Complete Novel

andertoons

Snoopy2I don’t remember how or why I came across this, but it’s a pretty fun read:

“It Was A Dark And Stormy Night”

by Snoopy

Part I

It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out! A door slammed. The maid screamed.

Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon!

While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.

Part II

A light snow was falling, and the little girl with the tattered shawl had not sold a violet all day.

At that very moment, a young intern at City Hospital was making an important discovery. The mysterious patient in Room 213 had finally awakened. She moaned softly.

Could it be that she was the sister of the boy in Kansas who loved the girl with the tattered shawl who was the daughter of the maid who had escaped from the pirates? The intern frowned.

“Stampede!” the foreman shouted, and forty thousand head of cattle thundered down on the tiny camp. The two men rolled on the ground grappling beneath the murderous hooves. A left and a right. A left. Another left and right. An uppercut to the jaw. The fight was over. And so the ranch was saved.

The young intern sat by himself in one corner of the coffee shop. he had learned about medicine, but more importantly, he had learned something about life.

THE END

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Wizard World Chicago 2006

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Well, I did it. I went to my first comics convention.

It was fun, but I’m not a big comics fanboy, so it wasn’t such a big deal. To be honest, I didn’t really know one artist from another, and I didn’t stand in any lines to get any autographs or anything.

Basically I walked around, soaked in the pale, heavy, nearsighted atmosphere and took some goofy pictures. Enjoy!

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Here we go…

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Marvel was right at the entrance

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What are these HeroClix figures so excited about?

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The invasion of the giant water bottles!

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Honestly, this looks less like an Iron Man costume and more like my 3-year old’s pajamas.

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I don’t know who this was, but she seemed to just be an attendee. A very popular attendee.

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That’s a lot of comics!

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You remember him as Jaws, but I love him best as Eegah!

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Some wrestlers looking for a fight.

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Whew! Close one! (One nearby nerd actually said “Dude, that would be totally one-sided. I mean the storm-troopers would just like blow them away man!”)

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Every time I walked past this guy he was all over me. Yeesh!

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Isn’t it past your bed time? Oh wait… Sorry…

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The DC booth.

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A banner at the DC booth. Like most guys my age, I used to love Linda Carter’s Wonder Woman. (OK I kinda still do.)

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Throwing t-shirts.

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Joyce DeWitt?! What the hell?!

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He’s either shopping for a new helmet, or he just made a boom boom in his pants.

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I dunno who this was either, but she seemed to like taking photos with folks. Who am I to argue?

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The Dark Horse booth.

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Captain Balloon-ica!

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I didn’t want a picture with this guy, but this sign is too funny!

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I almost bought this. My wife is happy I didn’t.

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Oh my! (There was a lot of this kind of stuff.)

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Ran into these guys on the way out. I’m not gonna call them.

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And I ran into this person by the elevator to the parking garage. She was applying blue makeup to her armpits.

But, the absolute BEST photo is the one I paid $20 for a crappy Polaroid of…

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…that’s right. Me and Lou Ferrigno. Here’s a closeup:

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All in all, a fun day, but not a lot there for your friendly neighborhood gag cartoonist. I’ll post pics of my purchases and freebies soon…

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