Cool Jerk

Multi-media Marvel!

Our Man Horn — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:30:13 +0000

I don’t know why or how, but the stars must’ve been in alignment — the last couple of weeks were a crazy convergence of Cool Jerk media saturation.

• I was interviewed for a KPBS feature on San Diego webcomic creators (the other interviewee was Little Vampires’ Rebecca Hicks), conducted by Beth Accomando and camera work/production by Katie Euphrat. This originally aired on Friday, April 27, and was subsequently broadcast on KPBS radio and posted online. Beth and Katie were terrific and I’m really happy with the end result!

ALSO: if you jump to my Facebook page, you can see a time-lapse clip of me drawing Puppy and Armpit (requires Flash).

• A few days later, I showed up on a San Diego 6 (The CW network) San Diego Living morning segment spotlighting Southern California Comics and their big plans for Free Comic Book Day, May 5. Jamie Newbold (SCC’s owner) and I go way back, and I was happy to participate by holding a signing at his shop on FCBD. Thanks, Jamie!

• I can also be heard on an Austin, TX-based podcast, conducted by Timothy Danger of Old Man and Bitter Girl Productions. We met at the Staple! show a couple months ago. Tune in and listen to me say “um” a quarter-million times!

I heart Pho King

Our Man Horn — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Not affiliated with Sofa King Terrific Furniture.

I think the perp just confessed!

Our Man Horn — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Based on an almost-true tale, with the third-panel gag suggested by Darlene.

Congratulations, Mr. Burns— it would seem you finally got your movie! Meanwhile, I’m trying hard to repress memories of two Tim Story crapfests.

I don’t know which is worse…

Our Man Horn — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0000

…but they’re each 3x creepier than the magazine itself.

DISCLAIMER! I don’t know what the founder(s) of Girls and Corpses looks like. If I’m close, it’s pure coincidence!

That time of the year

Our Man Horn — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0000

What a relief!

This I have to share

Our Man Horn — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:52:17 +0000

It's actual size!

A couple friends of ours — Audra Ann Furuichi and her husband Scott Yoshinaga — recently fired up a Kickstarter fund-raiser to help produce volume 6 of their delightful webcomic, nemu*nemu. Briefly, Kickstarter is a way for people to “crowd-fund” a project by pledging money, and in return you reap some of the rewards. There are different incentives depending on the tier of your monetary support, so a $1 pledge gets you a “thank you!” while a $500 pledge gets you a whole buttload of goodies. The particular tier we pledged netted us a hardcover edition of the new book, plus a trading card, peel-off sticker, a mention on the “Thank you!” page and a nice sketch on the front flyleaf.

They met their goal and the fruits of their labors arrived in the mail this weekend, and it’s exceptional. nemu*nemu — Bestest Friends Forever is a handsome, full-color tome with a spot UV-varnished cover. And there are all sorts of extras within its 168 pages, like a character guide, sketches and story notes. The book design (by Scott) is as top-notch as Audra’s cartooning and storytelling (truth be told, nemu*nemu a team effort).

Audra asked me which of her characters I’d like sketched, and I suggested she take a crack at one of mine. I kind of forgot all about that, until Audra the book arrived.

And I nearly died.

I'm getting the vapors! Where are my salts? Jeeves, the fainting couch, please!

This is the most adorable rendition of Puppy and Yuri I’ve ever seen. No small detail missed Audra’s eye, from Puppy’s bangs and Yuri’s widow’s peak to their trademark earrings. When I envision how Audra would draw the rest of Cool Jerk (like maybe for a handful of strips, if the planets should align), I get swoony.

nemu*nemu — Bestest Friends Forever is a limited run of 100 hardcover copies, and I think they’re all spoken for. But they do have soft-cover copies (and previous volumes) here. Highly recommended!

(Thanks again, Audra & Scott!)

Gruntled

Our Man Horn — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Maybe tomorrow she’ll be “regruntled.”

“Chalupa?”

Our Man Horn — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Puppy’s boss doesn’t sweat the details, like names. But speaking of sweating… Hi, Yuri!

WonderCon ’12 recap!

Our Man Horn — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:00:10 +0000

Aw, you didn’t think I’d let WonderCon go by without a requisite photo recap, did you? FOR SHAME!

Let’s start with Megan Rae as Daenerys Targaryen — chowing on a horse heart — from HBO’s Game of Thrones. A week ago, I wouldn’t have had any idea who this was (Darlene and I binged on all 10 episodes over three days). And what’s funny is Megan did the exact same thing at the same time! I swear we weren’t in collusion! You might recognize Megan — she was a Dalek at SDCCI ‘09.

Here’s Megara (from Disney’s Hercules) and Aang the Last Airbender. First time I’ve ever seen a Megara cosplayer… and about the 400th Airbender.

Here are some pals (L to R) — Michelle Mauk, who was tabling a few spots down from me. Deb Aoki, who was on assignment for About.com. You can also see Patrick Scullin of Super Siblings, standing next to the Cool Jerk table.

More pals — the never-not-hyperactive Little Vampires creator Rebecca Hicks and one-man, ogre-smiting army Daniel Davis of Steam Crow fame.

The movie version of the Avengers walked by.

Here’s the charming and delightful Sarah Straub and her husband Beau.

Dawww! What’s a comic-con without a little Star Wars crossplay action?

Mrowr! Male version of Cheetah, yes?

And probably my favorite cosplayer of the show — Darkwing Duck. Reasons? A) C’mon. DARKWING DUCK! B) She was totally into it. C) Her little gun smoked (OK it was probably water vapor). D) It was refreshing to not see a beloved kid-friendly character all slutted out. I’m looking at you, Booba Fett!

You’re doing it wrong

Our Man Horn — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Had to bust out one of my slang dictionaries for “trollop.” (“Slattern” was too harsh, as was “harlot” and “trull”)