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Comics Update: February, 2002
Get ready for Valentine's Day! This edition of the Comics Update features:
Comics E-cards From Yahoo! Greetings
Valentine's Gift Ideas
An Exclusive Interview With Working Daze Cartoonists John Zakour And Andre Noel
The Upcoming Rose Is Rose Book
Comics E-Cards From Yahoo! Greetings
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Send one of the new Valentine's Day e-cards featuring your favorite comic characters! You can also send Comics.com cards for birthdays and other occasions. The cards are free, so send more than one! To see cards for a particular comic, click the link below the comic name, or paste the URL into your browser.
Dilbert
http://greetings.yahoo.com/cards/Dilbert/
Luann
http://greetings.yahoo.com/cards/Luann/
9 Chickweed Lane
http://greetings.yahoo.com/cards/9_Chickweed_Lane/
Rose Is Rose
http://greetings.yahoo.com/cards/Rose_Is_Rose/
As Valentine's Day approaches, we'll add more comics e-cards - check Comics.com for details!
Valentine's Day Gift Ideas
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Valentine's Chocolates:
Thrill your Valentine with a chocolate-filled box from Comics.com. These gold boxes are decorated with special Valentine's designs featuring some of your favorite comic characters.
Choose designs from the comics listed by clicking the link or pasting the URL into your browser:
9 Chickweed Lane
http://www.cafepress.com/unitedmedia/products.aspx?storeid=chickart9&cname=chickweed
Luann
http://www.cafepress.com/unitedmedia/products.aspx?storeid=luannart5&cname=luann
Rose Is Rose
http://www.cafepress.com/unitedmedia/products.aspx?storeid=roseart8&cname=roseisrose
Order by Wednesday, February 6th to allow for regular shipping within the U.S. by Valentine's Day.
Teddy Bears or Mugs with Valentine's Candy:
These adorable 11-inch Teddy bears wear T-shirts printed with special Valentine's Day designs from selected comics. Each one comes with a 12-ounce heart-shaped tin that's filled with Sweetheart candy.
The 15-ounce mug also comes with a custom-printed Valentine's Day design, and holds a 10-ounce bag of Deluxe Valentine Mix candy.
Choose designs from the comics listed by clicking the link or pasting the URL into your browser:
Rose Is Rose
http://www.cafepress.com/unitedmedia/products.aspx?storeid=roseart8&cname=roseisrose
Luann
http://www.cafepress.com/unitedmedia/products.aspx?storeid=luannart5&cname=luann
9 Chickweed Lane
http://www.cafepress.com/unitedmedia/subcategory.aspx?category=chickweedart&cname=chickweed&type=char
Order by Wednesday, February 6th to allow for regular shipping within the U.S. by Valentine's Day.
Limited Edition Snoopy Flying Ace Watch:
Your favorite Peanuts fan will love this collectible Snoopy Flying Ace tank watch! It's stainless steel with a brown leather strap, and it comes in a matching aviator's box.
Order here:
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=pALzOc/DPew&offerid=10761.10000220&type=4&subid=0
DVDs and VHS Videos:
"Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown." Celebrate Valentine's Day with the Peanuts gang, and find out whether Charlie Brown will finally get a Valentine from the little red-haired girl.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303152821/unitedmedia
Perfect for Valentine's Day, Snoopy Double Feature Volume 4 includes "You're in Love, Charlie Brown," and "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303152805/unitedmedia
If you'd like to keep your kids occupied while you celebrate Valentine's Day in the next room, try some of these classic favorites:
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace and Gromit
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000051S3O/unitedmedia
Wallace & Gromit - The Wrong Trousers
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004W3HD/unitedmedia
Wallace & Gromit: The First Three Adventures (1990-1995)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004W3H9/unitedmedia
Snoopy, Come Home
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005BCMS/unitedmedia
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005BCMU/unitedmedia
Snoopy Double Feature Vol. 9, with "Life's a Circus, Charlie
Brown" and "Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303864090/unitedmedia
Get Fuzzy Posters, Mugs and Clothing:
Get any strip published in the last 90 days printed on a poster, T-shirt, sweatshirt or mug.
Order here:
http://www.cafepress.com/unitedmedia/sotd.aspx?category=getfuzzy
Dilbert posters and T-shirts:
Get any strip published in the last 90 days printed on a poster, T-shirt or sweatshirt. Selected older favorites are also available.
http://www.cafepress.com/unitedmedia/category.aspx?category=dilbert
Don't Have a Valentine Yet?
Maybe you should try some Dilbert mints.
Choose from Improve-mints, Manage-mints, Accomplish-mints, Appoint-mints, Pay-mints, Postpone-mints and Appease-mints. They're character-shaped, in collectible tins.
Order here:
http://www.comics.com/comics/dilbert/shop/
High-Spirited Rose Is Rose: A Collection Of Rose Is Rose Comics
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Pat Brady's new Rose Is Rose reprint collection will be published in April, but you can pre-order your copy from Amazon. Be one of the first to own this book!
To pre-order, or to read the book description, click the link below or paste the URL into your browser.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0740723677/unitedmedia/103-4566658-8303812
Exclusive Interview with Andre Noel and John Zakour
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Working Daze
By Andre Noel and John Zakour
One of the newest additions to Comics.com, Working Daze looks at life in a modern, high-tech office.
Question: How do you work together to create cartoons? How did your collaboration come about?
John Zakour: I come up with ideas, write them up and send them to Andre to draw. I found Andre in a 'toonist magazine years ago, I liked his artistic style so I asked him to team up.
Andre Noel: John sends a batch of gags. I toss some out right from the beginning and we refine and discuss others as they develop. Thank God for e-mail though; we'll go back and forth all day sometimes if necessary. It was through John's prodding that I became digitized and talking HTML and geekspeak.
We'd started selling well together in many magazine and newsletter markets, but Working Daze is the first daily online we've been able to really sink our teeth into. We met through a cartoonist/writer trade journal called Gag Recap.
Q. Have either of you worked in a high-tech office?
JZ: I still do, as a science writer for Cornell University. I also was a web guru for part of Cornell for a number of years. I also did a lot of freelance computer consulting for a lot of companies. I was writing Perl scripts for web sites in "the old days" way back in 1995.
So, for better or for worse I have a lot of experience with technology. Most (if not all) of the characters in Working Daze are based on people I work with or have worked with.
AN: Yes, but I'm not allowed to talk about it if I wish to remain alive.
Q. What cartoonists have influenced you?
JZ: Charles Schulz was my idol. I use to read the Peanuts books and say, "Boy, I wish I could do that when I grow up." Hopefully when I grow up I will.
I actually wrote Charles Schulz a number of years ago and asked him to let me take over the writing of Peanuts when he retires. I sent him sample gags and everything. He then called me back. It was a real thrill. He said I had a lot of talent as a writer, but he could never see anybody writing Peanuts except him and I needed to find my own voice. I guess I have.
AN: The graphic novels of Belgian cartoonist Hergé were what captivated me in those early years back in Belgium, and probably got me painting and drawing on anything with an interesting surface, much to the chagrin of my parents. When I was later introduced to American newspaper cartoons like Beetle Bailey, Prince Valiant, Dick Tracy and all the other beautiful works that dazzled the funnies, I was in heaven. George Booth, Arnold Roth, Sempé and Sam Gross are most responsible in influencing my style.
Read Working Daze here:
http://www.comics.com/comics/workingdaze/index.html
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