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Airport Security on Wulffmorgenthaler

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Steps Involved In Writing an Email on Doghouse Diaries

The Invention of Laser Technology on Pleated-Jeans. Speaking of which, it was great to meet Jeff Wysaski, the guy behind Pleated-Jeans, at ROFLCon III last weekend. Pleated-Jeans was recently profiled on The Daily Dot.

Anonymous Note on Toothpaste For Dinner

Terminally Illin’ is a graphic novel, co-created by cancer survivor Kaylin Andres and Jon Solo that tells the story of a young woman in her 20′s who is diagnosed with cancer. While in treatment she takes a journey inside her own body and learns more about the disease affecting her and how her body fights against it.

It’s inspiring to see the medium being used for something more noble: a story about an all too real enemy to humanity, authors who are passionately dedicated to their project, and a plan to directly share any benefits with the people who need it the most.

Last year Kaylin and Jon successfully raised money on Kickstarter for a 26-page black & white preview of this story. That book was published by legendary San Francisco independent publisher Last Gasp. The current Kickstarter project (which will end on May 21) will realize their complete vision of a full-color Terminally Illin’ book that is well over 100 pages.

We have 80 pages already drawn and colored, so we’re about half way finished with the book. It’s very time consuming and without funding, this project might take years to complete. We’d like to finish it this year.

The donation benefits not only reward those who give money, they also send cool anti-cancer stuff to patients in cancer centers around the country. The oncologically proactive schwag include a “Chemo Cocktails” screen print, immune system cell pillows, and a bandana based on the Egyptian papyrus that is the earliest description and treatment of cancer from 1600 BC. Yes, cancer education just got both geeky and cool.

Inspired by the support of Kaylin’s cat Iceman through her own ordeal, there’s also a spotlight on the pets of cancer patients in the story. They form their own superhero team “Pet Justice”:

You can tell from the video that Kaylin and Jon bring a great attitude and sense of humor to this project. And that they are dedicated to creating something helpful and inspiring for those who are fighting against this disease. As Kaylin said in their first Kickstarter video:

I want to create something that speaks to other young adults on their level, having been there myself. For support, useful information, a distraction, artistic expression, and most important of all laughter which is the best medicine.

Hopefully this comic can be some help especially to the 70,000+ young adults who are diagnosed with cancer in the US each year. The American Cancer Society’s Cancer.org is a great source for more information on the disease. The original Terminally Illin’ preview comic Kickstarter video is below.

Thanks to Colin from Last Gasp for letting us know about this project!

Seattle already has a number of superheroes—the most well known is Phoenix Jones, a costumed vigilante. Now the city has a super villain, Rex Velvet, an eye-patched evildoer who is challenging Phoenix Jones to a showdown.

via Gawker

Cat vs Human takes a look at Walking a Dog vs “Walking” a Cat. A previous comic compared Dogs vs Cats in general.

The graphic novel Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland that we posted about previously is now available to purchase. It is both a tribute to Cleveland, Ohio and a unique autobiographical insight on the life of comic book writer Harvey Pekar featuring artwork by Joseph Remnant. The 128-page book is co-published by ZIP Comics & Top Shelf Productions.

A lifelong Cleveland resident, Harvey Pekar (1939-2010) pioneered autobiographical comics, mining the mundane for magic since 1976 in his ongoing American Splendor series. Harvey Pekar”s Cleveland is sadly one of his last, but happily one of his most definitive graphic novels. It combines classic American Splendor-ous autobiographical anecdotes with key moments and characters in the city”s history as relayed to us by Our Man and meticulously researched and rendered by artist Joseph Remnant. With an introduction by Alan Moore to boot!

image via Top Shelf Productions

I Love Animals by Jim Benton

via Tastefully Offensive

Kerry Callen takes a look at the time that Superman helped find a lost child in a department store.

via 22 Words, Pleated-Jeans & The Dark Knight Reblogs

Finnish makeup artist Jangsara has translated several Avengers characters into cool eye makeup designs. These superhero-themed eye designs and their tutorials were created by Jangsara in anticipation of the The Avengers movie release on May 4, 2012.

via The Mary Sue and Fashionably Geek

The Kama Sutra of Sleeping for Couples on Chaos Life

via Tastefully Offensive

Johnny Sampson pays tribute to his city in his comic Chicago, A Love Story. Prints are available through Big Cartel.

A new CollegeHumor comic by H. Caldwell Tanner features a series of Cool Pranks for Cats To Play on Their Owners.

The Oatmeal presents the The State of the Web for Spring 2012 (here’s the full comic).

Seth Rosenblatt recently did a CNET interview with Al Jaffee, creator of the Mad Magazine Fold-In. In issue 515 of Mad Magazine, Al created a fold-in that answers the question “What’s the only thing unavailable on the Internet?”.

How do you make a Fold-In? Do you use a computer? We could see it being complicated.

Al Jaffee: I don’t do anything digitally. Although, if I was much younger and could work with Photoshop, it would cut my time drastically. I paint in gouache and watercolor, and you can’t easily paint over in watercolor. So I have to pretty much nail everything down mentally. I’ve been doing this so long that I don’t even bother with color sketches; I can visualize the colors throughout.

Paul Noth explores Waldo’s feelings in a New Yorker comic from 2011.

via Super Punch

Post Apocalyptic Bart Simpson by Nathan Bulmer

via 22 Words & Ian Brooks

Things Don’t Seem Wonderful If You’ve Seen Them All Your Life was illustrated in 1912 by political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon and it’s as every bit true today as it was back then.

via Dan Shick and 100 Years Ago Today

MoCCA Fest 2012 poster art by P Craig Russell

MoCCA Fest 2012 is a two-day indie comic show that fundraises for New York City’s Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA). The event happens Saturday and Sunday April 28-29, 2012 from 11 AM to 6 PM at 69th Regiment Armory in New York City. Tickets are available to purchase now.

Since 2002, MoCCA Fest has supplied New York with a great venue for comic lovers and creators alike to showcase and celebrate the diversity of the medium: discover comics, mini-comics, web comics, graphic novels, animation, posters, prints, original artwork and more. The festival brings established and emerging talent together for the comics community and the public at large to enjoy. Each year, the Festival invites dozens of established and emerging creators, scholars, and other experts to participate in two days of lecture/discussion panels on a variety of comics and cartoon topics.

Comic art by Meghan Turbitt

Cats plan their escape in the latest Cat vs. Human comic by Yasmine Surovec.

Le Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris) is hosting the first comprehensive museum retrospective of the work of American cartoonist R. Crumb. The exhibition runs until August 19.

via The New York Times

illustration by R. Crumb

The Oatmeal takes a look at How To Get More Likes on Facebook. Be sure to read the full comic.

Grant Snider helps translate architectural criticism in his latest installment of Incidental Comics. Prints are available in his online shop.