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Infinite Vampness

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Tonight’s “vampire as unattainable sexy gay guy” theory comic comes courtesy of this Esquire piece. Not sure I agree, but it’s a very curious take.
If you’d like to check out or link yesterday’s infinite galactic canvas comic in its proper context, here’s a permanent version.

Smiles Are Free

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The Joe Biden Fan Club would like to announce that you can now get TWO FREE JOE SMILES on water-resistant paper stickers by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
R Stevens / Joe Biden Fan Club
116 Pleasant St. Unit #420
Easthampton MA 01027
You need to include an envelope with your full address and correct postage on [...]

The Ghost of Trilogies Past

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

I love making Halloween t-shirts. This little idea smacked me in the head pretty hard a few weeks ago, so I drew it up early! It’s up for pre-order today and we’re going to keep it around until 10/15. (Exactly one month)
All my skull socks, shirts and Wink the Ghost are on the Halloween shirts [...]

Sexiest / Least Sexy / Most Subjective / Smurfiest

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Impossibilities lead to interesting questions.
Tonight’s comic was a rough one to edit because, let’s face it, there’s no sexiest and least sexy musician or album. Not in any absolute sense. I went with a Thriller/Purple Rain combo because they have a relationship as artifacts of the eighties and their creators bring with them plenty of [...]

Hot Science Wife

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

I am not a person to get depressed easily, but let’s give it as shot!
As of my typing this these is one hit in Google for “hot science wife” and three for “hot scientist wife.” (I searched after this tweet)
This post will hopefully rectify this sad state of affairs. I want to be on record [...]

DS Print Comic Archive Fixed

Monday, June 29th, 2009

For those who missed having it, you can read the archives of the newspaper version of Diesel Sweeties again. Not sure what broke it, but it broke it pretty hard!

Seventh Android-Versary Party!

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

It’s been just about seven years since I quit working for the man to draw comics and sell stuff on the internet. I would say that I was working for the man because it was a horrendously large corporation the likes of which Dilbert would be comfortable at, but I technically worked for a very [...]

Fair Trade All Hu-mans!

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

“When we first saw one we just started laughing,” the supervisor Mazimat Poli Begum says. “We had never seen anything like this before in our village, we don’t even have a word for it.”

The cooperative of women in Bangladesh that makes plush Red Robots for Squishable (and Diesel Sweeties, by extension) was profiled on the [...]

Attack of the Fifty Foot Fun Facts

Monday, April 20th, 2009

One: Last Friday’s comic (#2261) is a jumping on point for new readers and a name-reminder for the rest of you.
Two: I was home working over the weekend and did a Saturday comic. (#2262)
Three: Do you live in or near Toronto? I’m going to be in town for TCAF the weekend of May 9. You [...]

New Book On-Sale Tuesday

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Not a hoax, not an imaginary story, not a pre-order! The first Diesel Sweeties book in a very long time will be available tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7 2009.
It’s 64 pages of my favorite Red Robot cartoons and entitled CRUSH ALL HU-MANS! I dug through over 2,000 comics this winter and edited them into a stand-alone [...]