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I’m sure most people who draw comics for a living get requests to use their drawings for any number of things. A couple of weeks ago I got an email request to use one of my strips:
Dear Tony.
I am putting together slides for the battledecks session at the Handheld Librarian III
(Here’s a link to the strip she requested.)
In case you’re not familiar with battledecks presentations they are 5 minute off-the-cuff presentation by conference presenters using slides they’ve never seen before to comment on using mobile technologies in libraries.
Thanks for your consideration of this request.
Beth
Isn’t that interesting? I thought so. I’ve replied to Beth and told her I had no problem with using the strip for this as long she included the url.
I edited out the specific strip she asked for on the unlikely (very unlikely) chance that one of the presenters ends up here. It’s supposed to be a surprise, after all. I’ll be sure to do a follow up post to let you know which one was used. And Beth told me she’d take notes on the comments and pass them on to me. (Update: I actually haven’t heard from her 10 days following the event.)
If there’s any other comics creators reading this, what’s the oddest/most interesting request you ever got? (and did you take them up on it?)
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If you use the Firefox browser, this might be of some interest to you. Firefox now has what they call “personas”… essentially “skins” to let you personalize your browser. Just for the heck of it, I decided to make a persona based on my “Expression Chart” cartoon that ran back in January. (You can find that strip here.)
So if you have Firefox, maybe you’ll like it. You can find it at: http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/gallery/All/Recent. From there, search for “Expression Chart” and you should find it easily.
If this gets a good (at least decent) reaction, maybe that’ll be a good incentive to create some more personas. Sounds like fun.
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Here’s something that always makes me smile.
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Yes, it’s true: I’m a “Peanuts” fan. AND a baseball fan. So don’t be too surprised that I’d publish this link:
It’s a sabermetric breakdown on stats from Charlie Brown’s baseball teams. Broken down by decade. Why didn’t I think of this?
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Here’s the great thing about the internet. You can find things that are long gone.
For instance, as a kid I remember watching a short-lived show called, “Coronet Blue.” Here’s a synopsis from IMDB.com:
Mike is running from some men when he falls into the harbour. He climbs out remembering only that he was running and the phrase ‘coronet blue’. As the show continues from week to week, Mike tries to piece together clues as to his identity as individuals he refers to as Greybeards seem to be intent on killing him.
It was a very short lived show, and I don’t even remember enough to say if it was any good or not. I know that it ended without finding out what that mysterious phrase meant.
But now, thanks to the internet, I have the answers. You can find them here: http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/coronet_blue.php.
I just thought I’d share with you the one thing I DO remember about the show. The swingin’ theme! Enjoy!
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