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Clearance Cleared, Biff Booked

Posted June 19th, 2009 by Howard Tayler

Y’all went through our scratch-and-dent books pretty fast, folks. It almost makes me wish our volunteers had dropped a couple of cases of books down the stairs or something.

If you’ve still got book-money burning a hole in your pocket and cannot hold on until July 1st when we open XDM pre-orders, let me point you at an excellent alternative: The Book of Biff. Chris Hallbeck delivers the single-panel gags five days a week on the web, but he’s also got four books in print now. The humor is cognitive yet absurd, and I don’t feel the need to understand the eyebrows. Or the rocket hands.

Book of Biff 4-Pack

I’ve loved single-panel humor ever since Gary Larson raised the bar on the art form with The Far Side. David Farley cranked it up a notch for ten years or so with Doctor Fun. And now Chris Hallbeck gives us The Book of Biff in that same grand tradition.

Chris has advertised with me in the past, but this blog mention isn’t something he’s paying money for. It’s just my way of saying thanks to him for making me laugh.

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4 Comments on “Clearance Cleared, Biff Booked”

  1. ryos Says:
    June 19th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    I actually found the Book of Biff through his ads on your site. One of very very few cases where an ad piqued my interest and led to something I was actually interested in.

    Is that a sorry reflection on the state of advertising in general, or a shining reflection of the quality of Hallbeck’s work?

  2. Howard Tayler Says:
    June 19th, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    @ryos: Shining reflection.

    I’ve heard this again and again. Hallbeck’s ads reflect the quality of Hallbeck’s work, and people who click on the ads are rewarded with content that is better than the good stuff they already expected.

  3. Corgi Says:
    June 19th, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    I’ve read handfuls of Biff, and I seem to remember (it’s been a little while) some literal laughing out loud. They’ll be a good investment, something you can shove at someone needing a good giggle with ‘Read this!’

  4. WarLord Says:
    June 20th, 2009 at 3:14 am

    The Book of Biff is one of the only three web comics that I follow daily. I love it!

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