As we all now know, the crocodile hunter is no longer with us. To pay my respects, I plan to go back and read every Steve Irwin related Irrlegular Webcomic strip.

Join me. It helps ease the pain.

Okay, considering my own faux pas in the past, I’m assuming that the current Rob and Elliot is aimed at me. Maybe not directly at me, I’m not that egotistical, but… at least people like me, who blog about the comic and mix up the characters. (Are there many others like me? Other Haggard Wordbeasts excluded.)

Anyway, kudos to clearing up confusion in a comedic manner and making it canon.

Not one, but at least two webcomics had strips drawn & queued before the news of Steve Irwin’s death hit the wires. Strips that be considered at least vaguely crocodile-themed.

In the words of T-Rex, Spoooooky!

T, buddy, you can stop work on version 2.0; the definitive tome is already being written.

Happy Labour Day everyone!

Midtown Comics is the one place I’ve ever bought my funnybooks on a regular basis that hasn’t gone out of business, lost a lease, or carried such an embarrassingly-narrow range that I couldn’t get what I wanted. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable, and their frequent-purchaser plan just saved me $20 on Lost Girls. Bonus: they’re about two blocks from the office where I usually work.

Ultra-mega-super bonus: in one week, they will be hosting Scott McCloud for one of the first events of the year-long Making Comics 50 States Tour.

Here’s where I might embarrass McCloud a bit — he told me he’s a little concerned that the first signing of the tour might get overlooked. He mentioned the scene from Spinal Tap with a slight shudder of dread. I assured him that New York has at least a couple of people that like comics.

Now Midtown’s a big store, and I don’t want to look like a liar here; if you live within commute distance of Manhattan, come on down on the 8th. We want that room packed with people buying books, and to set the tone for one hell of a tour. If you don’t live near NYC, well, there’s lots of other cities where the metaphorical bus will be pulling in, so expect to read more stories of McCloud clan adventures on their extended trek.

See you Friday between 5:00 and 7:00 pm; I’ll bring cupcakes. Seriously, I will.

Jeffrey Rowland is right. Hands down, no doubt about it. No one needs to be fancy on the internet. I’m certainly not fancy on the internet. Most of my posts are written when I’m in my pajamas/sweats/whatever I wore the night before.

If we were required to be fancy for the internet, I would wear a monocle. I think those are usually reserved for men, but I’m sure I can be the exception. I would wear that and a pompadour, despite not knowing what that even is. I think it has something to do about being pompous, which works for anyone writing on the internet.

Oh wait, it’s a type of hair style. Yea, I’d be down for some crazy pompous hair.

Happy Birthday!

This page has spoken of ninjas before, about how they’re a key trope to webcomics (despite being the hated enemy of the noble pirate, beloved of the FSM). Well, for all who love ninjas, this week’s Shortpacked gives you a tidal wave of lurkers in the garden, culminating in today’s ninja-stravaganza.

Let’s see, that’s the Cardboard Tube Samurai (and not a ninja at all), a GI Joe ninja, a shirt ninja, and Dr McNinja. All you need now is for the food court in panel four to be serving from Ninja Burger, and the ninja-ness will be complete. My guess? We’ll see some dead cute ninjas before long.

For anyone who’s keeping score (probably just me…) Rob and Elliot has failed to deliver a plot related strip since the seventh of August, or the fourth of August if you don’t put much faith in a strip labelled “The comic we would have done if only we had the balls.”

I love the random gags, I do, but I don’t like a comic that dangles a little plot infront of me and then sort of ignores it for almost a month. That’s just mean.

Cartridge Comics has finally revealed the origin of Emo Spider. I wouldn’t be surprised if the spider that bit him had a Hot Topic frequent-buyer card. Everything about this comic is emo, from the clothing to the store where he works. I’m pretty sure Dashboard Confessional is thrown in there somewhere too, for that authentic emo feel. I wonder if Emo Spider has an actual MySpace account? If not the lovely creators at Cartridge should look into that, since MySpace owns the internet’s soul these days.