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I work at a coffee shop.

On Sundays, I sometimes manage to work loose enough gumption to put pen to paper and attempt to make funny. The vehicle for this funny is "Up to Bat", a strip I first did for my high school newspaper. It gives me a chance to playfully vent about politics and pop-culture.

I've uploaded just about every strip I've drawn over the last two years. I may or may not scan in my high school strips (they're painfully bad, but part of the canon. Also, they show the first version of Vincent, and I really like how the character evolved.)

I will attempt to keep this comic-blog weekly, but I make no promises.

NOTE TO ALTERNATIVE, SMALL, AND CAMPUS NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS: If for some reason you're starved for content and have empty column-width that's going to waste, feel free to reprint any of the strips posted here. My only requests are that you reference the URL of this blog (www.uptobat.blogspot.com) and that you drop me a line so we can arrange for you to mail me a gratis copy of your paper (andrewmoore_AThotmail.com). I reserve the right to revoke this permission at any time.

5/21/06:

5/14/06:

5/07/06:

4/30/06:

4/23/06:

4/16/06:

10/30/05:

(10/31/05 was the TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY of Oingo Boingo's farewell concert at the Universal Amphitheater. I keep hoping for a reunion tour.)

10/23/05:

(Sometimes the answer is right in front of you.)

10/16/05:


(I should really try to stay away from autobiographical strips ;-)

10/9/05:


(This was the Sunday after Good Night and Good Luck debuted.)

10/2/05:

8/14/05:

(I remember this week vividly! "Thunderbirds are Go!")

7/17/05:

(Seriously. I would gladly have the geniuses at Scholastic handle Homeland Security. And FEMA. And the Social Security Administration. And the CIA. Actually, let's put Willy Wonka in charge of FEMA. Just imagine: Oompa Loompas cleaning up after natural disasters with a song and dance!)

7/10/05:

(Not particularly funny. I was moved by what Deepak Chopra said in an interview I read in one of the local "alternative" papers. The interviewer was belittling Chopra's viewpoint [if you can believe that!] I think Chopra's spot-on. It's what John and Yoko were trying to do with their "bagism" and billboards. Citing Yoda is just my weak attempt at a punchline.)