Tom has his own webcomic, Folly and Innovation, which you can read right here. There are jokes about time travel and recreating the universe in there, so if you like that kind of stuff, maybe you should give it a look.

Thanks Tom!

<3 Mike

If you don’t know about it, and you not only like words, but lots and lots of words making up many well-crafted and interesting sentences, then you should check it out.  The art is really fun too, particularly in pieces like this or this.

EDIT: And Kerrick J. Too! What we’re learning today is “DON’T WRITE BLOG POSTS AND PROOFREAD COMICS TOO LATE AT NIGHT MIKE.”

Logorama from Marc Altshuler – Human Music on Vimeo.

• First off, our comics have hover text jokes now, and have for the last 6 or so updates. Just hang your mouse cursor over the comic image for a few seconds, and the joke will appear. I’m only mentioning this because both my girlfriend and Dana didn’t know Lead Paint has these extras now, so I thought it might be wise to hip the rest of our readers.
• Secondly, we have a random button now. This is a hilariously overdo feature to our site, I know, but if you guys could give it a test or two, it would be much appreciated. I’m 90% positive that it’s working fine, but Comicpress (the program this site is built with) is a terribly buggy thing, so I’m never really convinced that anything is sunshine and rainbows.

Whew, now that we’re all done with that, let’s talk about pig dicks in a cyclone. Yup, I meant to type that. It’s cool, I’ll let that set in for a second.

Ready?

“Pig dicks in a cyclone” is one of the many linguistic masterpieces uttered by this man:

Patton Oswald. You may know him as the voice of Remy the Rat from Pixar’s Ratatouille, which is totally fine. But it’s important to know him as one of the best stand-up comics out there right now. Check out the first ten minutes from his last CD (I HIGHLY recommend starting this video at 6:34):

Woo, and here’s part two, which I also love:

Pretty great right? There is plenty more where that came from. If you’re wondering where “pig dicks in a cyclone” came from, you should watch a bit he has on Funny or Die right here. Also, it’s about a new poet laureate for the U.S. Intrigued yet? You should be!

I love Patton Oswald, partly because he can turn a mean phrase, busting out awesome phrases like “bantamweight oral punch” and “Uncle Touchy’s naked puzzle basement.” I’m also a fan though, because he’s really honest and soul-barring about his insecurities, and I love jokes about that.

Basically, I recommend buying both of his albums as fast as you can. It is the most important thing you need to do with your life, no exaggeration (like I ever do that).

See you all on Sunday,

<3 Mike

• The project he’s working is fantasy-themed (as in goblins and knights, not in the general “head-in-the-clouds” sense), and also deals with multiple planes of reality
• While it’s going to have humor and action, I guess overall the best way to define the story would be “adventure epic”
• The paneling is going to be fairly cinematic and dynamic (as opposed to something like a standard nine-panel grid)
• The art is stylized, but pretty detailed. It is most likely going to be in black and white
• The story is is going to be structured in a continuous, novel-like way. As in “chapter 1, chapter 2,” etc.

Here are some of the suggestions I’m thinking of sending him:

• Dr. McNinja
• Girl Genius
• Gunnerkrigg Court
• The Abominable Charles Christopher
• Octopus Pie
• Great

I have a few others I’m thinking about, like Anders Loves Maria, but I need to read through them more first. So if you guys have any suggestions, even of print-only comics or regular, nongraphic fantasy novels, it would be much appreciated. Not only would you be helping out an artist-in-need, which should be reason enough, he’s also super-talented, so from a selfish perspective you’re making the smart move. The more you help my pal, the more you guarantee an awesome product coming your way in the future.

Thanks everybody, and see you on Sunday,
Mike!

Edit 3/4/10: Good lord dear readers, thank you so much for all the responses! See my full thank-you like 11 posts down.