Sorry everyone for the longer than normal lapse in comics production, but I’m feeling a little under the weather. Hopefully I’ll get something up in the next few days.
Meanwhile, don’t forget that we are running a pre-order on our brand new Zombie Buffet t-shirt. We’re offering a $3.00 discount if you order before the end of the month — just our way of saying thanks to all of our long time fans!
Remember last year when you noticed the date was December 24th and you still hadn’t started your Christmas shopping yet? Yeah, this post probably isn’t for you slacker. However, for all of those people who were sitting back and sipping on Brandy and Eggnog on that day, it’s time to sit up and take notice. You see, Nathan and I have decided to do you a couple favors. What favors you ask? Why the favor of allowing you to spend your money, that favor. And the favor of allowing you finish your Christmas shopping ridiculously early this year.
Because we are nice guys.
Now in the Haiku Comics store, you too can preorder our latest shirt. Oh sure, it’s our first shirt, but it’s also our LATEST shirt. I mean, how can you pass this up? Plus, since you are obviously a man / woman / zombie / werewolf / vampire / etc of taste, by preordering this shirt you save $3. That’s right, only $14.95 and $3 S/H gets you a nice, new Zombie Buffet t-shirt. Oh sure, you could wait until the preorder stops at the end of this month and pay $17.95 for the shirt and frankly, more money is always alright by us, but why wait?
Hold on, the phone is ringing. Nathan wants to tell me something. “What? What does the shirt look like? Why do I have to describe it? I meant the picture is right here… OK, OK, fine, I’ll describe the shirt, geez.”
Apparently after taking all that time to color, ink, design, and fiddle with the shirt, Nathan would like me to describe it to you, so here it goes. It’s a shirt with a design on it, there. Huh? Hold on the phone’s ringing again.
“Hello? …OW, OW, OW. Stop yelling, OK, OK, I’ll do it right this time.”
So yeah, Nathan didn’t like that description for some reason, so one more time. The shirt is a 4-color silkscreen transfer printed on a black t-shirt. The shirt pictures a line of zombies, each eating a part from the zombie in front of it, forming their own unique zombie buffet line. It is available in both men and women’s sizes. Nathan tried the shirts on for feel (send money to Robert for pics of him in the women’s shirt) and we feel comfortable that you too will enjoy the shirt types chosen.
We hope that you enjoy the shirt as much as we do. Remember, nothing says friendship like a shirt depicting a bunch of zombies eating each other, so send one to all of your friends. Or better yet, con them into buying their own so you don’t have to.
A few days ago, Bob and I announced our new t-shirt design on the Haiku Comics Facebook Fan Page. We’ve been working hard on this project and are really excited about it. I know that I’m going to be buying a couple of these shirts just for myself — hopefully many of you will feel the same.
We’re not quite ready to accept orders, but we will let you know soon when once we’ve worked out the logistics. More to come!
After a year of maintaining a ridiculously aggressive publishing schedule, Haiku Comics is going to be cutting back on the number of comics it publishes in 2010.
What? Haiku Comics won’t be publishing a new comic strip every Monday, Wednesday and Friday in 2010?
Read all about the changes to Haiku Comics schedule after the jump.
One year ago today, my brother took an idea I had and got it up and running faster than I thought was possible. Three panels and 17 syllables later haikucomics.com was another stop on the Internet highway. In those early days the sky was the limit and it was obvious that nothing would constrain our combined geniuses. Of course we had no idea just what we had created or how it would turn out, but we knew that A) we were funny as hell and B) we were twisted as hell.
In the upcoming year there will be some changes to Haiku Comics. We have come to learn what we can do, what we can’t do, and what we are able to do and stay sane. Some of these changes will be good, while others will be just that, changes. It is important to know that no matter what changes you see, both Nathan and I are committed to keeping Haiku Comics up and running. Or was that should be committed? Either way, Haiku Comics is not going away.
In the past year we have posted over 150 comics, created a book containing our first 100 comics, a coffee mug, gone to our first convention, started an online store, paid taxes, had a reader get a tattoo of Zombie Baby on their leg (Julie), and generally lost money. But, we have been doing something that we both enjoy, have stayed in touch more in the past year than the previous 10 years, and have come to enjoy bantering with our readers on the site.
So, on that last, sickly sweat note, I leave you now with those famous last word uttered by Socrates … I drank what?
With the end of the year approaching, I though now might be as good a time as any to catch everyone up on what web comics I’ve been reading lately. Can you believe that it’s been eight months since the last time I did this?
First off, if you’re not following Kristian Nygård’s Optipess, you’ve been missing out. I think the strip has a lot in common with Haiku Comics, both in the way the strips use action to tell a joke and in the frequent misfortune that befalls the characters. This is one of my favorites. And, according to Kristian, this strip was inspired by the Haiku Comics book. Kristian isn’t afraid to experiment with his comic and I’m really looking forward to seeing what he does with it in 2010.
Apparently, Neil Swaab’s Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles can be found in newspapers, so I’m kind of bummed that I’ve just discovered it. Neil recently wrapped up a storyline that involved Mr. Wiggles, a stuffed bear, becoming God. In case you were wondering, this turned out to be a bad idea.
Moe by Michael Firman has given me more than one good belly laugh. I don’t know what exactly Moe is, but I’m not sure he should have been allowed to breed. But any comic that has a character named Cement Bag Head is okay with me.
Edgar R. McHerly’s Invisible Hair Suit is just strange. But it’s the kind of strange I find irresistible and hilarious. I really, really want Edgar to make a lot more of these.
If you are an adult and enjoy sexual humor, you should be reading Trudy Cooper’s Oglaf. It is ridiculously pornographic, however, so it’s probably not the best choice for passing the time at work. The strip is set in a fantasy sword-and-sorcery-type world, which often results in jokes like this one and this one. In case you were wondering, not all of the jokes are pornographic, just 99% of them. You’ve been warned.
At the complete opposite end of the spectrum is Becky Cloonan & Hwan Cho’s KGB. KGB is a serialized graphic novel about a Korean pop band. I’m undecided about the story — the characters are a bit weak at this point — but the artwork is gorgeous. Cloonan and Cho are a talented pair, so I’m really looking forward to seeing where they take this.
Whew! That’s a lot of comics. If you get through all of those, you might take a look at Atomic Laundromat by Armando Valenzuela, Fantasty by Lauren R. Hale, Woody After Hours by Ben Carter and Paul Westover, and Borked Planet by Jess Warren — who all have been kind enough to throw their support behind Haiku Comics over the past year.
Thanks to everyone for such a great year. Here’s to 2010! Happy new year!
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Since the last set of iPhone wallpapers were well received, I decided to throw together a new set. Enjoy!
So, there has been some issues where Internet Explorer is showing the navigation bar under the comic as messed up. Well, it’s your fault. No, really, all your fault. See while Nathan changed the bar, the fact is that you, again, yes YOU, have your browser set to use cached information. Oh sure, this let’s the page load faster, but it means that it is using the old CSS information. (It’s OK if you don’t know what CSS stands for, we won’t make fun of you.) So, in order for the bar to show correctly I want you to do something for me … hit your F5 button. “But Robert, I don’t have an F5 button on my keyboard!” I hear you saying. That’s OK, just hit the refresh button in your browser and VOILA! instantly fixed navigation bar.
Also Nathan added a ‘Share’ button to help people spread the word about our little site, so click it :p
Just a reminder: Haiku Comics can sell you things that you can wrap in colored paper and give to other people.
Or, that you could even give to yourself, if you could set aside all of that self-loathing long enough to complete the transaction. Who knows?
But, really, who wouldn’t be overjoyed to find one of these in their stocking? I mean, if this world needs more of anything, it’s more zombie baby.
And if it helps keep Haiku Comics running, that’s a good thing too, right?
