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#83 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

February 18, 2008 in awesomeness, cartoons, comic of the day, comics, entertainment, music, savannah college of art and design | 8 comments

Okay, Rabid Lamb Comic #83 needs some explanation. I know, that is cheesy and lame, but I’m dealing with only four panels here and very little ability, so let’s cut me some slack shall we? Thanks.

Years ago…six? seven? I don’t really know for sure since I wasn’t there, Adam and two friends of his, James and Andrew, fellow co-workers at an infamous pizza joint in Savannah named Vinnie Van Go Go’s invented a now somewhat famous game called the My Jam Game. The rules are simple.

!. You hear a song you love, a song that is ‘your jam’ so to speak, and you claim it by calling out My Jam. Anyone beats you to it then it is not your Jam, it is theirs. You’d be surprised what competitive fun this is, and how much it jacks you into the music you’re listening to.

2. You want to piss people off? Is there a horrible song on? Well, go ahead and call Your Jam for the song and point to them (or say Kelly’s Jam) whatever. See comic strip for a detailed illustration of this.

3. There are no other rules. People are often trying to add on additional rules and expand the game, which kind of pisses the creators off quite frankly. Things like calling songs as “my ultimate jam” or “my jam of all time” things like that. My friend Kyle and I created an offshoot of the My Jam Game, based on the original, but that is a story for another time.

The end result is that this game is awesome. Adam and I play it basically every day as it has just become a part of our relationship. Great song on? My Jam. Horrible song on? Your Jam. It’s good fun.

Sidenote: I’m sure Adam will be happy to correct me in the comments section if I’ve gotten anything wrong.

Editors Note: I know you all probably think my proportions are WAY off in this cartoon, but sadly that is about how we fit in the freaking cartoon clown car that we recently rented for some errand running. Shoulder to shoulder and with Adam’s head jammed into the ceiling. Good times!

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#82 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

February 15, 2008 in ass, awesomeness, cartoons, comic of the day, comics | 8 comments

A little post-Valentine’s day naughty doppelganger treat for everyone.

This comic is actually born of a dream Adam has had in which I’m there…twice. Me and my doppelganger. Of course his dream is less pleasant than my comic, as in his dream I believe the real Kelly gets pissed at him for holding hands with the doppelganger Kelly, which depending on my mood, is pretty accurate. I think there was even a second doppelganger dream later as well. Adam care to comment? Anyway, it’s been rolling around in my brain almost since I started doing this strip, so it was high time the doppelgangers appeared…heels and all.

Since I’m off today I’m looking at a 4 day weekend…which could pretty much not look MORE awesome, especially now that my computer nightmares are worked out and I got good news from that second agency. I hope you all get Monday off like me and make the most of it, I know I plan to. Did anyone do anything for the dreaded V-Day? Was it a bust or a grand success? Did you eat your weight in chocolate? Let’s hear it…

#81 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

February 14, 2008 in cartoons, champagne, comic of the day, comics, holidays, relationships, technology | 9 comments

Hee hee. This is surprisingly accurate. I’ve had to clean up Adam’s ears like 50 times already since June.

To his credit, this would drive anyone nuts, especially someone so well versed in computers and someone that spends so much time on line. It’s a horrible situation. We’re (and by we’re I mean “he, and maybe I’ll chip in for his birthday”) saving up for a new machine for him. It will be a great day for both of us when he no longer has this internet disconnection issue.

Happy V-Day to everyone. I wish I had a special V-Day strip for you guys today, but it just didn’t happen. I do have a slightly naughty post V-Day strip for tomorrow though…so make sure to tune in. Hopefully most of you are doing something nice for yourself or your loved one on this most corporate of holidays. It’s funny, I hated Valentine’s Day when I was single, and now that I’m not, it’s really not that much better, just corporate pigs, feasting on our poor needy little carcasses. It’s so sad.

Yet I still hope I get some Sees chocolate though…I’m a sheep, what can I say?

Best of 2007, Part Three of Four ~ Books

February 14, 2008 in adrian tomine, book reviews, books, dave eggers, junot diaz, mcsweeney's, the road, the walking dead, x-men | 10 comments

Best Books READ of 2007 (fiction)

It turns out that 5 of my 10 best books of 2007 were in fact published in 2007, and an additional 2 were paperbacks which were released in 2007…so this list has more validity than I expected. Yay for me!…

You can also read Part One and Part Two if you’re feeling left out.

10. Lady Into Fox, By David Garnett. Originally published in 1922, Reprinted by McSweeney’s in 2004.

I’m hesitant to write complicated reviews of each of these books, since I’ve already done that in review format over the year, so I’m just going to link to them here and add a sentence or two if I feel so moved…okay? Great. So Lady Into Fox really surprised the hell out of me. It’s never a book I would have expected to make a top for the year list for me, but I really ended up loving this bizarre story of love and loss…it’s a great creative metaphor for a lot of other things in life. Read more about Lady Into Fox here.

09. Water For Elephants, By Sara Gruen. Published in 2006 (the softcover – which I read – 2007).

Water For Elephants surprised me as well, if only because I don’t consider myself a NY Times Bestseller reader in general, but this book was really beautiful and well conceived. I finished it quickly, which is always a great compliment. Read more about Water For Elephants here.

08. Midnight At the Dragon Cafe, By Judy Fong Bates. Published in 2004 (the softcover – which I read – 2005).

I adored China Dog, Bates book of short fiction, and didn’t figure Midnight At The Dragon Cafe could live up, but I loved this as well. Bates has a brilliant way of turning a story on its ear, just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, read more about Dragon Cafe here.

07. Astonishing X-Men #1 – #22, By Joss Whedon & John Cassaday. Published in issues 2006 – 2007.

I can’t say enough good things about this collection, and my only complaint is that it’s ending soon. The last issue of this arc is due to come out soon, and it will signal the end of the Whedon/Cassaday team up. I’m very sad about it, although maybe it means Planetary will someday get finished? One can only hope. Read more here.

06. St. Lucy’s Home For Girl’s Raised By Wolves, By Karen Russel. Published in 2006 (the softcover – which I read – 2007).

This was a great and really creative collection. The title really beautifully summarized what I should expect and it totally delivered. Read more about St. Lucy’s Home For Girls Raised By Wolves here.

05. Shortcomings, By Adrian Tomine. Published in collected hardcover format, in 2007.

I’m a huge Tomine fan and Shortcomings is just a beautiful beautiful work. Read more here.

04. One Hundred And Forty-Five Stories In A Small Box, By Dave Eggers, Sarah Manguso, and Deb Olin Unferth. Published in 2007.

I knew this was going to be great, with the creative format and the brilliant ideas that McSweeney’s is always swinging around, but I was unprepared for how much I was going to love both Eggers and Manguso’s books. Manguso’s collection stands out particularly as wildly creative and heartbreaking, although Eggers has my favorite piece overall. Read more here.

03. Famous Father’s Other Stories, By Pia Z. Ehrhardt. Published in 2007.

Ehrhardt was a new author for me and I was incredibly impressed. A wonderful collection. Read more about Famous Fathers & Other Stories here.

02. The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, By Junot Diaz. Published in 2007.

I freaking LOVED this book. It blew me away, and was an excellent way to end the year. I had been anxiously awaiting Diaz’s follow up novel (like everyone else) after I was shocked by his wonderful first book Drown, a collection of short stories. This far surpasses Drown in so many ways. I don’t care how long I have to wait for the next one, so long as it is as good. Read more about The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao here.

01. The Road, By Cormac McCarthy. Published in 2006.

What can I say? You don’t win the Pulitzer for writing a mediocre book. I haven’t ready any of McCarthy’s other works, and I’m very intrigued as I love his style, but I suspect he won’t ever be able to hit closer to home for me than he did with this book. Reading The Road was a singular experience that I will always cherish, and sadly, probably never duplicate…but I’ll spend my life trying. Read more about The Road here.

Honorable Mentions: You Are A Little Bit Happier Than I Am – Tao Lin (Poetry); Tell Me Why – Clare Jacobsen (Non-Fiction); Superbad – Ben Greenman (Short Fiction); No One Belongs Here More Than You – Miranda July (Short Fiction); Transparency – Frances Hwang (Short Fiction); and The Walking Dead – Robert Kirkman & Charlie Adlard (Graphic Fiction/Comic Book Series).

Worst Book Of The Year: I’m not going to say. I know that’s a cop out, but it’s easier than explaining why it is the worst book I read this year. And words like “bitter” would surely be tossed around in the comments section and y’know what? I don’t need that. :0

Query Updates…

February 13, 2008 in blogging, comics, query letters, rejection, writing | 3 comments

Excellent news! Got a request for a full version of my manuscript yesterday via email. For those keeping score (wait, is that just me?) here’s the summary:

#1: Partial Requested and Rejected. Door left nicely open to submit graphic novel when further along

#2: Never heard from them, going to resubmit the query as they show a 3 -4 week turnaround and I think I got lost in the shuffle (or am up on previously mentioned “laughing board”).

#3: Dead. No response to email query. I’m considering it a rejection.

#4. Requested Partial. Sent Partial (first 5 chapters) via mail about two and a half weeks ago – no word yet.

#5. Full Requested. Full will be sent via mail tomorrow 2/14/08.

#6. No response to email query as yet, about 4 weeks out.

#7. No response to regular mail query as yet to HUGE agency, about 3 1/2 weeks out.

#8. Rejected Query.

So, 2 Rejected Queries; 1 Rejected Partial; 1 Requested Partial; 1 Requested full; 3 Queries still living in limbo…not bad. Everyone cross your fingers and hold your breath for about three months okay? Thanks.

#80 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

February 13, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, technology, television | 4 comments

Okay, nobody panic, he’s not actually going to kill anyone, or anyone’s kids. He just really really hates these people. Adam kind of hates rich people period (which is too bad, because someday I hope to be one…y’know, a rich person) but he REALLY hates these “Housewives” of Orange County women and their children. He’s right. It is a terrible terrible show. Which I promise not to watch anymore, which is easy to say now, since the season is over.

As a hilarious sidenote, I randomly stumbled upon (ironically not through the stumble upon site) on this awesome website Pretty On The Outside. The writer/artist there has a great bit on this horrible show, complete with crazily accurate (and pretty awesome) drawings of the women on the show. If you’ve ever seen the show, and hate it like I do, but feel compelled to watch it when you see it on you should check out his summaries and drawings. Great stuff.

Updates: Computer. Who-Hoo! I’m up and running. Had to buy a new Mac Mini ($599) with the Extended Three Year Warranty ($149). It’s too bad, as who just has $800 bucks lying around, but there are few things more important to me these days than my computer, so there really wasn’t a choice. The positive side is that it is faster (yay intel!) and has double the hard drive space of my old machine and now I know I’m good for 3 years, AND most importantly of all – my external hard drive has proved to be fine and all my data is intact. First on the agenda this long weekend…burning back up CDs…!

Writer’s Strike. It’s over! Yay! Bring on the work…and if new TV shows come back that’s okay too.

#79 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

February 12, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, entertainment, movies | 8 comments

So I guess she meant did we want someone to carry it out for us, or have it delivered to our house or something, but man did her delivery leave a lot to be desired.

It reminds me of a time that my good friend Kyle and I went to see a movie in LA years ago, I think it was Brotherhood Of The Wolf, which is a subtitled film. We were buying our tickets at separate windows right next to each other and my teller said something to the effect of, “Miss, are you aware that this film is foreign, which means that it is subtitled, and it will be necessary to read the words on the screen in order to understand the film?” I said yes, I was aware, and just as I finished saying this I heard Kyle’s teller say to him, “Ya gotta read it.” To which Kyle looked at her like she was insane and said, “uh. okay”.

It was pretty hilarious in retrospect, but pretty sad in reality. It’s obvious that since having that film (or any foreign film?) at that theater the staff had a lot of complaints from people who didn’t understand subtitling, and were insulted to have to read while they watched their precious movie (having worked in a video store for years during college I am sadly too familiar with this phenomenon) but the difference in delivery was also pretty sad. I think my teller, the one with the accurate, polite, and well worded explanation was perhaps the last of her kind…she was probably shot down shortly thereafter so she could be replaced by an idiot that would only say, “Ya gotta read it.”

#78 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

February 11, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, technology | 13 comments

I’m happy for him, but I’m sad for me. Actually, this makes sense, because not that it is really a big deal, but it is yet another jab at me by the bitch that is karma. Which really blows, because honestly? I’m a pretty freaking good person, and I don’t really think I deserve the karma take down. There must be evidence to the contrary though, because I just spent six excrutiating days trying to repair my computer and get things back to normal, only to have it do the exact thing again last night that started the whole nightmare last week. The added bonus? This time it looks like the hard drive crash may have somehow also fried my external hard drive in the process. WHAT?! Which is great – because the external has, y’know everything I’ve ever written, photos from the last ten years, all the music I’ve loaded for the last 5+ years, everything. And my little extra back up flash drive hasn’t been updated in like a year, because well, the external was supposed to be the back up.

So I’m crossing everything I’ve got that maybe if I can’t save the drive at least some genius at Tekserve or something can save the data. But in the meantime I have to come to work and pretend that everything I need/want/must have is not floating around in limbo somewhere. Great. Just great. Karma? Yeah, F’ you.

Is that a great happy Monday am post or what? Yeah, sorry guys – hope you’re all faring better than I am…

#77 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

February 8, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, food, health | 4 comments

Some of you suggested this very idea this week, and it’s true that cleaning is certainly a better workout than just sitting around watching old episodes of Law & Order, but it’s not a REAL workout and I know this because I generally don’t sweat too much…I just get tired and grouchy. Also, a few of you (ahem, TK42ONE) suggested I put on weights or something while I clean, thus maximizing my cleaning/workout time. While I admit this would certainly maximize my time, I do have to ask, just how much do you WANT me to hate cleaning? Because wearing weights while I clean (which I already hate at like, a ridiculous level) takes me like right over the edge into going insane land.

As a sidenote, can we all please notice how much more attractive I have drawn myself when I am thinking about cookies…versus exercise. Coincidence? Oh, I think not.

Lastly, guess what I have to do at some point today…that’s right…dust bunnies the size of my hand are currently roaming freely across our hardwood floor…

#76 ~ Rabid Lamb Comics

February 7, 2008 in cartoons, comic of the day, comics, health | 12 comments

More clever ways to avoid working out…I hope you’re all taking notes on these brilliant suggestions!