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Welcoming Finnegan Alain Duncan!

Submitted by Shepherd on February 28, 2009 - 22:22

Born Feb.27th, 2009!n658251399_78001

Yarr!

Submitted by Shepherd on February 24, 2009 - 06:33

Yo ho!

If you’re a fan of action, adventure, and piracy of most noble vintage, you may be interested in Captain Blood — an adaptation of the classic novel by Rafael Sabatini, written by me and illustrated by Mike Shoyket.

Coming this summer! Get on board, me hearties!*

*Nobody actually says “me hearties” in the comic.

Eeek.

Submitted by Shepherd on February 23, 2009 - 17:56

This thread makes me wonder how many gags I have inadvertantly ripped off over the years, and how the Long Arm of the Internet may judge me for posterity.

Granted I’ve never (knowingly) cut-and-pasted punchlines, or at least when I have it’s been pretty obvious pastiche/tribute stuff, but it’s a bit nervewracking to see one of the webcomic longbeards get raked over the coals like that.

James sums it up nicely above.

Submitted by Shepherd on February 20, 2009 - 06:35

Well, mixed feelings here.

This is obviously the end of Man-Man, after nearly a decade of Internet-driven madness. I probably shouldn’t say “the end,” because James and I may well decide to revisit the world and its characters, but knowing my own track record for following up on dropped projects, I have to be honest and say that there isn’t a huge potential for more runs at ol’ Drake.

Mass Mail of the Day: Cocoa Mulch and French Target

Submitted by Shepherd on February 19, 2009 - 10:14

Letter here. Response below.

Please tell every dog or cat owner you know. Even if you don’t have a pet, please pass this to those who do.

Wh-wh-WHAAAA???

Submitted by Shepherd on February 13, 2009 - 05:57

Man-Man meets — Man-Man? How is this possible? Is it a dream? A hoax? An imaginary story?* Or… NONE OF THE ABOVE? Tune in Monday!

*Beyond, you know, the context of all of this being an imaginary story. It’s not an “imaginary story within this imaginary story.” Come on, people.

Ray Griggs needs a boot to the head.

Submitted by Shepherd on February 11, 2009 - 15:12

Hm.

Through a series of events starting with news that MAD magazine is scaling back, I stumbled across the blog of MAD illustrator Tom Richmond, which in turn talks about his other current work, including production work for a movie called “Super Capers,” with a protagonist named — pause for geeky effect — Ed Gruberman.

If you’re not crazy, you’re broke.

Submitted by Shepherd on February 6, 2009 - 06:10

Isn’t that true of most things?

Wow.

Submitted by Shepherd on February 2, 2009 - 06:08

Due to some weird perpetual problem with the Man-Man WordPress install, I have to disable all plugins every time I want to post on the blog — and in the 10 minutes it took me to write the last post, seven pieces of spam popped up in the comments section.

This is NOT that popular a site, either. I can’t imagine how hard those spam spiders must work 24/7 to try to get this stuff out there.

I can call you Betty?

Submitted by Shepherd on February 2, 2009 - 06:06

I’m hard pressed to think of any time anyone called *-Man “Manuel,” except for during the very clever Tick live-action show about a decade back. I’m getting old!