I added a new print to the shop today. It's from a painting I did on my now defunct blog a few years ago. It's printed on acid-free, 100lb archival stock and sized at 19" x 27 1/4" (48cm x 66cm).
View the print here: There's a duck in my coffee - signed print
A friend of mine recently had her 30th birthday and to celebrate she went out to buy some delicious cake.
Upon returning with the cake, she discovered that someone had broken into her car and smashed out the windows.
The next day she once again ventured outside and while crossing at a crosswalk she was hit by a car.
As a result of the concussion, she couldn't take the architectural licensing exams the next day -- exams which she'd spent the past 3 months studying for.
Furthermore, because of the accident a bunch of ligaments were torn in her arm and she had to have surgery.
Aside from getting a cast and putting the coolest decorations I've ever seen on it, this made for a rather shitty 30th.
I turn 30 in September and I'm now fearful that dragons with rottweillers for penises are gonna come down from the sky and chase me through the streets of Seattle.
DOG-DICKED-DRAGONS ASIDE, I've featured Laru in a comic of mine before, and thought I'd try to de-shittify her entrance into her thirties by posting about
the neato things she makes when she's not studying to become an architect.
All the items are handmade (currently by one hand, haha) and this is how she supports herself.
I encourage you to go spend buckets of money on them. She also turned my female angler fish into a belt buckle.
There's a ton more stuff over at her Etsy page.
I added a new signed print to the shop today combines three of my favorite things: bears, Sriracha sauce, and watching the world burn. I also created a simpler, cuter version that contains my interpretation of the rooster we all know and love:
These are printed on an acid-free, archival, 100 lb stock and they're sized at 19" x 27 1/4" (48cm x 66cm), so they're significantly larger than my other prints.
Each copy is signed by The Oatmeal (me), numbered, and shipping is free anywhere in the world.
In addition, I added a couple new shirts and replenished our supplies of older bearodactyl related wearables.
It was interesting to see the various reactions from my comic about pirating Game of Thrones a few weeks ago. My favorite was from Steve Dennis who created a remixed New Zealand version, which applies to anyone living outside the US who wants to try and legally download TV shows.
There were plenty of great counterarguments as well, and subsequent arguments to those counterarguments. Many of them based their retort on the fact that Game of Thrones would ship from Amazon on March 6th and I just needed to wait longer. Truth be told, the show started airing almost 40 weeks ago -- I just happened to publish my comic right around the corner from when it was being released on Blu-ray. 40 weeks is a long time to wait. The sentiment that we pirate because it's easier not because we're thieves still rings true; Game of Thrones just happened to be an untimely example.
AND SPEAKING OF RELEASE DATES,
48 hours after I published my comic, the price of the Game of Thrones Blu-ray and DVD on Amazon
dropped by 50%,
which subsequently caused all the other retailers to drop their prices as well.
Do I have any proof that my comic started the price war?
No.
Am I taking credit for it anyway?
ABSOLUTELY!
Does this link contain an Amazon affiliate code so I can make loads of money and buy a mega-yacht filled with stripper-flavored champagne?
YOU BET YOUR ASS IT DOES.
Perfume-thong-bum beverages aside, I already ordered a copy and eagerly await its arrival.
Where: Wellington, New Zealand
When: Feb. 14-16
What:
Web-designer-turned-comic-artist Matthew Inman (AKA The Oatmeal), will talk about how he makes things on the web that are highly likable.
His talk will include various tips, tools, and ideas for generating and promoting great content. There will also be poop jokes.
Also, I'll be in New Zealand for around 10 days and I wouldn't mind doing an impromptu book signing / beer or coffee drinking somewhere.
If anyone is interested shoot me a tweet.
Where: Seattle, Washington
When: March 30 - April 1
What:
I'll be an exhibitor in booth 705 and will selling merch, signing books, and drawing pictures of overweight mammals.
Where: Seattle, Washington
When: Friday, April 6th, 6-9pm
What:
During the Fremont Art Walk in April,
I'm going to be featuring some of my merch at Portage Bay Goods, a quirky little shop in my neighborhood that sells awesome things.
I'll be there from 6-9pm signing stuff and telling explosive jokes riddled with car chases and barbequed koalas.
Also I'm planning on baking a giant batch of oatmeal cookies, and I'll even draw you a picture if you ask nicely.
Where: Portage Bay Goods
621 North 35th Street
Seattle, WA 98103
Where: San Diego, California
When: July 12 - 15
What:
I tried to apply for a table but we were put on a waiting list that's apparently 3-5 years long.
If anyone out there can help us get admission, please shoot us an email.
I'd love to be there as an exhibitor, artist alley, or speaker. I'll even settle for a folding table and chair near the Honey Buckets outside.
Where: New York, New York
When: Oct 11 - 14
What:
I'll be attending as an exhibitor and celebrating the release of my new book.
Where: A bunch of cities TBA
When: October - November
What:
I'll be doing another book tour in support of my yet-to-be-released-sooper-secret-new-book.
Jesus jet-skiing Christ.
Yesterday I blacked out my website and posted an animated GIF that explains what SOPA is and why it's bad.
I've found the best way to get anyone to listen to me is to keep my messages insanely concise and saturate them with poop jokes and farm animals.
My expectation was that I'd get some laughs from my readers and maybe get featured on a few oddball humor sites.
Instead, the animated GIF received coverage from CNN, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, The Guardian, Mashable, Business Insider, MSNBC, and a bumload of other mainstream news sources. It was also trending worldwide on Twitter and according to Tweetmeme it was one of the most tweeted links on earth yesterday.
Why am I telling you this? Because I'm fairly certain getting koala lovemaking on CNN is the highlight of my career and I wanted to share the moment with you.
Why else am I telling you this? Because of the combined efforts of some of the internet's biggest players as well as countless awesome underdogs, you could tentatively say that the protests were a success. 18 senators backed off from the bill, 4.5 million people signed a petition, and anyone who used the internet yesterday for more than five seconds is now well aware of what SOPA is and how to stop it.
And as a comic artist, yesterday was one of the most exciting days of my career. I got to put Oprah on a jet ski and make a small difference in the world. I'm so excited about all this I might just go shampoo my toe hair.
Thank you internet. Thank you for all the tweets, reblogs, and shares.
Yesterday, you gave me a raging brainboner so large and so mighty that it could be seen from space.
-The Oatmeal
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