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Archive for April, 2009

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 [...]

Crush Plush Photos!

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Jean posted some sweet photos of her copy of Crush All Hu-Mans! and her plush Red Robot over on NOTCOT. Extremely worth a look! I love how she captures the textures better than I could.
Viva Squishables! I love these darn stuffed robots.

Last Call On Owl Socks For Now!

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Just FYI, we’re getting rather low on pixel owl socks. The last case is drying up and I’m not sure when or if we’re going to reprint. (hope to, but it depends on cash flow and the like) Grab a pair now or you may not be able to!

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 [...]

Hunting the Elusive Saturday Comic

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Just FYI, I was home and did a Saturday comic just for the heck of it.

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 [...]