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2013-05-23 02:18:43 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 22 +1s)

Haeundae beach is a very popular tourist spot in South Korea. But lately, they've had a problem with Rip Tides.
A rip tide is a powerful current that, if you get stuck in it, can suck you deep out into the sea where you can drown. I've been stuck in one. It's terrifying. But taking a cue from the mayor in Jaws, officials weren't about to let a little thing like potential death scare away their tourists!
So they decided to turn it into an advertising opportunity. Rip Tide-jumping is now billed in Busan as an extreme sport!
Jump into the rip tide wearing a life vest, and a boat will pick you up on the other side. Would you try it?

2013-05-16 00:12:27 (24 comments, 134 reshares, 85 +1s)

ARTISTS! If you're sharing your work on Google+ there's one important new "feature" you're going to want to disable immediately! Auto Enhance.
You know those colors you slaved over for hours to get just right? Google+ thinks it can do better, and if you don't turn it off it will boost up the saturation and blow out the contrast, forcing you to go back to every image individually to undo it.
Or, you can nip it in the bud right now. Go to the left to make the pop up menu appear, hit settings, and uncheck the box I've highlighted below.

2013-05-16 00:19:14 (22 comments, 18 reshares, 48 +1s)

Time to share a new complete comic to test out reading comics on a new Google+! Click the cover to read all 28 pages! Let me know what you think!

2013-05-12 12:31:06 (6 comments, 6 reshares, 19 +1s)

Misidentifying Cosplayers:
Part 1: http://vine.co/v/b0vlpUiueIx 
Part 2: http://vine.co/v/b0r7j7gjraM 
Part 3: http://vine.co/v/b0r65YWQqIh 
Part 4: http://vine.co/v/b0r6iTLZvpQ
Part 5: http://vine.co/v/b06vwzvlZHD

2013-05-11 13:53:46 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

I played with Vine at ComicWorld and invented my own convention, KidCon. 1) All the comics are TERRIBLE: vine.co/v/b0hPP5MZB5u
2) I got my portfolio reviewed: vine.co/v/b0hQglDhmil
3) Buying comics: vine.co/v/b0hFvKabJwP

2013-05-10 01:08:07 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

Parents, Educators, Librarians: Have your kids vote for their favorite comic!

http://comicsaregreat.com/kcrawards13

My Kids' Comics Revolution! co-host +Dave Roman came up with a great way to keep the spirit of the Nickelodeon Magazine Comics Awards alive. Together with editor Chris Duffy, and with the support of the Ann Arbor District Library, we've created the KCR! Comics Awards, honoring comics and graphic novels that hold a special place on kids' shelves.

We're asking kids everywhere to vote for the winners! Winners will be announced June 23rd at a special ceremony at the conclusion of Kids Read Comics in Ann Arbor, Michigan!

You can vote here: http://comicsaregreat.com/kcrawards13

#comics   #graphicnovels   #kidlit  

2013-05-07 14:46:12 (7 comments, 13 reshares, 77 +1s)

You are not alone. An adorable and mildly depressing series of benches in Seoul.

2013-04-29 12:42:23 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 25 +1s)

My latest book, Plagued: The True Story of a Fake Apocalypse, is now online! You can read that sucka for free!

2013-04-25 12:29:43 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

The season finale of Asking For Trouble! The tournament of champions! Jennifer Howell, Dave Roman, Pedro Delgado, Jerzy Drozd, and Joe Dunn return to defend their crowns and see who is the winner of the winners!

2013-04-25 09:38:45 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Iron Man 3 came out in Korea, and I enjoyed it! But after the big villain reveal I wonder if I have to be more worried about Disney legal finding my Chillin’ Like VIllains comic. I guess read it now before the Cease & Desist Orders fly. I don’t wanna spoil anything else but, DANG. That ending. The greatest trick Marvel ever pulled was making us think they couldn’t make a deal with Fox and Sony.

2013-04-21 01:55:00 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 25 +1s)

G+ AFTER DARK: My set at this month's open mic was a little saucy. View at your own risk.

2013-04-18 03:47:52 (20 comments, 4 reshares, 135 +1s)

My new favorite website is my wife’s facebook.

2013-04-16 08:02:59 (14 comments, 23 reshares, 172 +1s)

if you have ever shared any of my posts, this legal notice is for you. If you share THIS post, then please read it again. Reading your own share will be acceptable.

2013-04-15 14:17:27 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 35 +1s)

My new con idea: translation bookmarks!

I print comics for two audiences: Korean Comic-Con attendees, and as giveaways for western online fans who support my stuff. But the problem is: they speak different languages! If I print it in English, it’s harder to sell in Korea. If I print it in Korean, westerners won’t understand it! But since I have to order 1000 or so books at a time, I have to choose one or the other!

But at my last show, I tried a little experiment to sell some of my leftover Mystical Monkey books from The Whole Story. I printed all of the translated text on a double-sided bookmark, with each bit of dialogue numbered by panel and page. That way, readers can hold it under the panel like subtitles, and it’ll hold their place when they take a break from reading.

People seemed to dig it at the Original Only con. Hmmm, maybe I can even startconsi... more »

2013-04-14 03:02:01 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 38 +1s)

Here’s a hot tip for travelers!

+C. Spike Trotman just this preview of the “cheap and awesome travel” how-to book that I wrote and +Diana Nock is illustrating. Looks like it’s expected to be available for order in December!

via http://bit.ly/ZtDMm8

2013-04-12 02:10:27 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 35 +1s)

I was interviewed by +Krishna Sadasivam over at Draw Me a Robot about my workspace. I included images of my workspace both in theory and practice in order to be thorough. Here’s some preview images, but you can read the whole interview over at http://drawmearobot.tumblr.com/

2013-04-11 03:30:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

In the latest episode of Asking For Trouble, losers from all of our previous episodes return to fight for their lost honor! One will be crowned a winner, the rest will be branded double-losers for the rest of their lives.

2013-04-10 13:51:32 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 26 +1s)

Tonight at 9PM EST, my Google+ Game Show Asking For Trouble returns! The losers of EVERY SINGLE EPISODE thus far will be back to compete against one another for a second shot at the crown! Watch for the hangout right here in your stream!

2013-04-03 09:19:55 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

This week’s video update is another rooftop story! All about the time I failed at achieving one of my life goals: Getting mugged.

2013-04-02 17:07:16 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 18 +1s)

I am trying a crazy experiment that may become a regular thing if this one works out! I have a script for a comic that I’ll probably never get around to drawing. Rather than just let it sit in a folder, I’m releasing it for FREE TO THE WORLD under a CCBY3.0 license so you can do whatever you want with it and make a million dollars off it while I sit here like a chump and work on other comics.

2013-03-29 12:56:40 (2 comments, 7 reshares, 72 +1s)

Today Hyun Sook and I went to the most ADORABLE little art village you ever did see.

Years ago, Gamcheon Village was just a poor little mostly-abandoned spot up in the mountains. But then a group of artists teamed up with the government and took it over, turning the whole town into a giant art installation. Fish-shaped arrows take you all over, through tiny alleys, up hills, down winding staircases, everything painted bright colors. Some of the doors are homes of friendly locals, some are tiny tiny art spaces. Some are little teashops where you can sit in the fresh air and overlook it all. The coolest part was the old timey bathhouse that had been converted into an art gallery and school.

Man, i want to find an old abandoned village and convert it into a cartoonist's village now.

2013-03-29 11:33:55 (27 comments, 53 reshares, 189 +1s)

I'm gonna tell you guys a secret about chasing your dreams.

It's not the cliche crap, about never giving up, or overcoming adversity. You know all that. If you relate following a goal to The Odyssey, everybody knows about all the monsters you have to slay, battles you have to win, cyclopses you have to outwit, and all that.

But what no one tells you is the the adversity is not the hardest part to overcome. The hardest part is comfort. To return to our The Odyssey metaphor, the hardest part of his journey had to have been the land of the Lotus Eaters.

There were no six-headed monsters on that island, no sirens, no angry deities. There were just some nice dudes offering some fruit that made Odysseus and his men feel awesome. They offered a home, they offered rest, they offered community. This wasn't exactly Odysseus' goal, but it was another... more »

2013-03-25 04:09:30 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

If you missed our crazy Choose-Your-Own-Adventure play, live over a hangout, you can still watch the recorded show right here:

2013-03-22 15:02:54 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 32 +1s)

It’s almost time for the greatest hangout in history!

This weekend Ryan North, Shakespeare in Busan, Busan English Theatre Association and I are all teaming up to make a super awesome Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Play JUST FOR A GOOGLE+ HANGOUT!

You’ll be able to watch the play on YouTube any time, but if you watch live you’ll be able to CONTROL THE PLAY! Just think: You can comment or tweet a direction from your computer and a bunch of people in South Korea will have to act it out! It’s gonna be way crazy.

9pm Saturday if you’re on the East Coast! 7PM on the West Coast! Check your time zone here: http://bit.ly/131ewMg

All you got to do to watch is go to www.shakespeareinbusan.com

RSVP right here: https://plus.google.com/events/c4j1l9q2kh7snfismhj8e6ppefk

2013-03-25 04:07:23 (23 comments, 11 reshares, 28 +1s)

To Be Or Not To Be This may well be the very first theatrical performance created specifically for a Google+ Hangout! The venue is ready, more than two dozen performers have been rehearsing tirelessly, all we need is YOU to call the shots!
Shakespeare in Busan, The Busan Theatre Association, +Ryan North, +Ryan Estrada  and William Shakespeare are all joining forces to bring you To Be Or Not To Be a live, choose-your-own-adventure play where YOU get to vote what happens next!
It will be streaming live ALL OVER THE WORLD so click below to learn out more and to find out what time the play is live in your time zone!

2013-03-14 16:23:53 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Last night was a very special comics-themed episode, with +Brandon Carr and +Tom Brazelton. Enjoy the magnificent beards, and my beautiful new co-host!

2013-03-13 15:57:59 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Tonight at 9pm EST, it’s another live episode of Asking for Trouble (the Google+ Game Show). This time it’s comic trivia with +Tom Brazelton and +Brandon Carr !!! Tune into the hangout right here on +Goog!

2013-03-07 08:04:23 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 24 +1s)

Here’s the latest episode of my Google+ Game Show, Asking For Trouble! Did you miss any?
No big whoop, I got you covered. There’s links to each and every episode right here: http://bit.ly/10j0OCH

2013-03-06 04:54:16 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 16 +1s)

Wednesday, March 6th at 9pm EST it’s time for another live episode of Asking for Trouble, the Google+ Game Show! This time it’s all about movies as +Brian Carroll (creator of Instant Classic) and +Joe Dunn (creator of Joe Loves Crappy Movies) face off over film!

2013-03-01 00:14:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

2 1/2 hours until "Asking For Trouble: Cartoons, Comedy, and Canada" goes live! Two animators. 3 rounds of trivia and games.

2013-02-23 15:48:38 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 37 +1s)

Yayyy! It finally got announced! Last year, I was hired to write the sequel to one of my favorite books of all time, Poorcraft! It’ll once again be published by Iron Circus comics. I cannot even explain what an honor it was to write this. This is my version of how most cartoonists would feel to write Superman.
The original was about how to live well on less, and my sequel is about traveling cheap! It’ll be like a full length Master’s class version of my “travel anywhere on $5 a day” comic. It’s still being illustrated, I just wanted to post about it now because I am SUPER EXCITED!

2013-02-21 16:51:02 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Last night was the best episode of Asking For Trouble yet!
Who knew after booking all those comedians and cartoonists, my funniest show would star a molecular biologist, a conservation biologist and a bald astronomer?  #sciencesunday   #1800TACOBELL

2013-02-21 09:06:57 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 17 +1s)

#ifihadglass  I would be able to shoot some pretty amazing episodes of my video podcasts! Like Expeditions, my adventure show and Asking For Trouble, my Google+ Game Show!

2013-02-20 16:05:51 (17 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

11pm EST today: Wednesday July 20th. This time on Asking For Trouble (the Google+ Game Show where you’ve got to be careful what you ask for) we have Molecular Biologist +Buddhini Samarasinghe, Bald Astronomer +Scott Lewis and Conservation Biologist Jill Estrada hoping all of their vast scientific knowledge will help them in a comedy game show written and hosted by a cartoonist. They’re asking for trouble.

2013-02-18 02:53:55 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

My favorite first page of anything ever: (by +Alex Robinson )

2013-02-07 02:26:33 (13 comments, 2 reshares, 43 +1s)

Wanna help solve a groovy mystery?
 I just picked up a dang suitcase full of random animation cels in Japan, but I don’t know what any of them are from! Does anyone recognize any of these?

2013-02-04 14:43:39 (5 comments, 8 reshares, 29 +1s)

Ho.ly.Crap. The Pre 9-11 cut of Lilo and Stitch featured Stitch hijacking a plane and flying into a building.

2013-02-02 23:10:47 (38 comments, 5 reshares, 57 +1s)

Um, no Garry. I don’t think that’s what happens.

2013-01-29 11:31:00 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

I shot a little video version of the story I performed at open mic last weekend. It’s a crazy story, I hope you like it!

Since my game show podcast is going great, I’m thinking of using this as a pilot for a new show. A storytelling podcast! I don’t have a name for the show yet, and don’t know if people would be into seeing more of these. Let me know what you think!

2013-01-27 14:56:33 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 25 +1s)

Only 98 hours left!
www.the-whole-story.com has been a HUGE success, and has been a huge step in the move toward complete, creator owned, pay-what-you-want, drm-free digital comics. Many people have already taken our lead and started selling their work this way!
We’ve unlocked a WHOLE bunch of comics, and added SO MANY new books to this collection over the past month that you can get a virtual library full of books for next to nothin’! We’ve even unlocked another book since this image was made!
There’s not much time left, so if you want any of these comics, snag ‘em now! www.the-whole-story.com

2013-01-27 03:30:00 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 27 +1s)

BREAKING FAKE NEWS
Steve Carrell to play +Jerzy Drozd in Comics Are Great The Movie.