Webcomics Shopping for Christmas
Posted December 4th, 2008 by Howard TaylerAs many of you may know, most full-time webcartoonists depend on merchandise sales to pay the bills. I know I do, anyway. So, on the off chance that any of you still have money left, and are looking for the perfect gift for that hard-to-shop-for loved one, let me direct you to some of my peers’ webstores. At the very least you should peruse their wares and laugh at how clever they are.
You MUST start here, with the POOP sign. These are too awesome to not own at least one of. You know, for the bathroom door. Or maybe the door to your boss’s office.
But there are so many unique items you can choose from when you shop with webcartoonists. You may need to remind others that “what happens in the library stays in the library.” Or maybe you want to start building a deck of 8-bit Tarot cards. You might not need to if you are the kwisatz haderach, or if you are a space pirate. But it’s possible that your wide range of skills includes only the impractical. Hopefully you’ve at least beaten Tetris.
Given the impending festivities you might choose to wish people an “enchanted holiday season,” but you could just want to say something in Spanish with bunnies. Maybe you fancy art prints that make a political statements. Or perhaps you’re like me, and you’d prefer to sit back and read a book. Girls with Slingshots is nice. (Are nice? Girls are nice, and slingshots are nice, but I think once you put them together they IS nice. Or at least the books are. Is. Ummm…)
Merry Linksmas, and happy new clickings!
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December 5th, 2008 at 12:45 am
A bit OT, but a mate of mine did indeed beat tetris.
Back in the old days of windows 3.1, Tetris for Windows used an 8-bit signed integer to store the high-score. If you pushed the score over 32767, it suddenly switched to -32768 and started counting up from there. I believe he gave up on it with a high-score of about -20000
I’m given to understand that it required an unhealthy intake of caffeine to achieve this.
December 5th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Um… some of the “i am the kwisatz haderach” shirts are for women.
Austin Shackles: That’s 16 bits. An 8-bit signed integer would go from 127 to -128.
I beat Nibbles. It was a bit more dramatic, because QBasic actually checked for overflow.
December 5th, 2008 at 1:32 am
“Merchandising! Merchandising — where the *real* money from
Webcomics is made! _Schlock Mercenary_, the T-shirt! _Schlock
Mercenary_, the coloring book! _Schlock Mercenary_, the lunch box!
_Schlock Mercenary_, the breakfast cereal! _Schlock Mercenary_,
the PLASMA CANNON!”
[OMMMMMMMMMMMMMINOUS HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM]
“The kids love this one. And last but not least, _Schlock
Mercenary_, the doll — Schlock.”
[zzziiippp] “Step away from the Tub of Happiness.” [click]
“Adorable.”
(Hey, someone had to quote it — and if I knew how to make the
lines of dialogue link to the Actual SM products, it would be Even
Funnier…. :) )
December 5th, 2008 at 2:51 am
Now if I could just get some Schlock Mercenary breakfast cereal, then spit it all over my keyboard as I’m reading the strip, THAT would be a CKK of monumental proportions.
December 5th, 2008 at 3:39 am
And if it was a Schlock Mercenary keyboard…
… you’d have to buy another! Hey, Howard! Could you sell Schlock Mercenary keyboards?
December 5th, 2008 at 6:28 am
I’ve recieved a Happy Holidays Card! Thank you Howard! :)
December 5th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Okay, Howard, you’ve given me another reason to laugh. Girls with slingshots is hilarious. It’s slightly more adult humor than schlock, be warned all ye who go to read. Instead of PG-13, it’d be somewhere between PG-13 and R. But still funny. Thanks for posting the link to the author’s merchandise. She’s not on your level of funny, but she’s getting close. =) It’d be like saying an Alienware system is the same as a Ferrari. Not the same type of thing :). If it was the same type of funny, you guys would be close. ;).
December 5th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
hahaha being a Sewer and Drain Technician (ie I make the poo go away) that Poo sign HAS to go on my van :D I’m totally getting one
December 5th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Oh, now I know just who to go to for all my plumbing related needs. If I see a van with a poo sign, I am chasing it down.
December 7th, 2008 at 6:16 am
Just finished reading the Girls with Slingshots archive. Yep, it’s hilarious. Someone got annoyed at me for laughing at it, but it’s okay because he’s always annoyed about something.
Thanks for posting that, Howard.