Month: February 2010

This will be a treat for one true-blue fan of the strip: It’s the first appearance of Sheldon anywhere!

Sheldon, you see, originally appeared as one of four characters in my college strip, “Four Food Groups of the Apocalypse.” That strip was collected into book form in 1996, titled “A Well Balanced Meal.” You can see Sheldon on the cover, there:

4,000 copies were printed up, but sold out pretty quickly…and remaining copies are very hard to find — even for me! But I recently found a few pristine, pristine copies, and decided to part with one.

So if you’re interested in it, I started the bidding at $.01, as I’d rather have you guys decide what it’s worth. And if you’d like, I’m happy to put a signed, personalized sketch in there for you.

….might I direct your attention to THIS little slice of the internet?

EDITED TO ADD: Thanks to the kindness of Phillip at Dumbrella Hosting, my e-mail’s back up! Basically, we’re moving around some DNS for sites of mine (like the upcoming DriveComic.com), and had the usual 12-24 hours until everything fully propagated. But we’re good to go, now.)

Just a quick note: I’m moving DNS stuff for a few of my sites, and as a result my incoming e-mail seems to be messed up.

If you can hold off e-mailing me, please do. Should be up ‘n running in a day or two.

Thanks!

New 3-pack deal in the store, today:

Books four, five and six can now be picked up in a 3-pack that saves you $10 on the books, aaaaand saves on shippin’! I want to say this is the best thing since sliced bread…but I happen to be a big fan of sliced bread.

BAM! Here’s the new 3-pack deal!

Anytime we get a peek at the way Arthur and Flaco act when no one else is around…always makes me smile.

I got a great note from Sheldon reader Mike M., yesterday:

Dave,

Ha! Thanks, Mike! Them chocolates knock it up significantly over 62%, in my book.

Don’t get me wrong, I loves me some coffee. Loves it more than most.

But DANG, it’d have to be an AWFULLY rough morning for me to reach for the distinctive blend of “Kopi Luwak”.

Alternate taglines:

– Kopi Luwak: It gets you comin’ and goin’.

– Kopi Luwak: Tastes good in your belly, ’cause it’s already been in someone else’s.

– Kopi Luwak: Nature’s Brew

– Kopi Luwak: Surely, surely this a big joke, right?

– Kopi Luwak: Because you’ve already tried that “pumpkin latte” atrocity at Starbucks…so what the heck.

Hey! It’s Saturday! That means it’s time for our sci-fi series, “Drive”. Here are the archives in order:

#1,
#2,
Text Entry: Continuum,
#3,
Text Entry: Secrets,
#4,
Text Entry: Veetans,
#5,
#6,
#7,
#8,
#9,
#10,
#11,
#12,
#13,
#14,
#15,
#16, #17, Text Entry: Memos, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24.

Open the above links in tabs to read ’em in order. Hope you’re enjoyin’ it.

Courtesy of Sheldonista Andrew M., a fun fan-art rendition of Flaco.

Good news for you Sheldon Original Art collectors: The cover art for “Still Got It” is up for grabs!

This piece is drawn in lightfast, archival inks on acid-free, vellum Bristol stock. The cardstock measures 11 x 14 inches, while the drawn image measures 10 x 12 inches. (Also: Two additional, early-concept sketches of the cover will be included, just for fun.)

The piece will be shipped *FREE*, to anywhere in the U.S.A., and the bidding starts at just one penny! So head on over and throw your name into the hat!

(Click here for a larger image.)