Up To Bat: The Evil Twin Saga!

Recap, Part Two:

AND NOW THE DRAMATIC CONCLUSION:

So there! I'll try to get back to regular weekly updates now!

(Don't hold your breath.)

Up To Bat: The Evil Twin Saga!!!

Recap, Part One:

5/7/08:

This afternoon, I shall end the evil twin saga ... forever!

2/6/08:

ANNOUNCING: The New Contest of Propitiation !

That's right! My lackadaisical, procrastinating tendencies once again pay off for you, the reader! Here are the rules: Print out a "Smart the Safety Owl Says ..." sign, fill in what Smart says, and post it somewhere in the office. Send me a picture, and the most creative saying and placement (as adjudicated by me) wins! But hurry, you only have until March 17th (St. Patrick's Day!) Multiple entries will be accepted. All entries become the property of me (i.e. so I can post the winner and runners-up on this blog with impunity.) The winner will receive his very own Up to Bat t-shirt!

The key to winning this contest is to capture what a psychotically wet blanket Smart truly is. Here is an example, posted at my office today:

"fax machines are VERY DANGEROUS! Don't lose a finger!"

Another example might be "toilets are dangerous! Be careful not to flush your tie!"
Submit your pix to me at andrewmoore_AThotmail.com (replacing "AT" with "@", natch."
Any questions? Hit the comments below!

1/22/08:

I have learned that long, drawn-out plotlines do not work for me. Yes, I know where this is going. My attention span is too short, particularly when it comes to my comic strip.

This strip introduces a new character, Smart the Safety Owl. Smart is the first comic strip character I ever created, at the young age of five. He didn't have the crossing guard sash back then, and he wasn't called "the Safety Owl" but he was a little overly concered about safety.

Look for a contest coming soon, featuring Smart.

So this is why I haven't posted any new strips in a while:

Come see it! I play Moonshine (nee "Robin Starveling.")

8/14/07:

8/5/07:


Congratulations again to Garrick for winning the last contest!
(I hope the fact that I drew you with an iPhone makes up for the Trek shirt.)

Brief hiatus ... sisters in town.

Strip will be back up sometime around Friday - Saturday.

-- Drew

7/3/07:


A huge "Thanks!!!" to everyone who entered my latest lame-ass contest!

And congratulations to Garrick -- although I suppose he should share the dubious honor of naming Belinda with his kid.

So what does Garrick win? He will be written in to a future strip!

Happy 4th of July everyone!

LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES!

I am extending to midnight tonight!!!

Don't know what I'm talking about?

Read the last post!

ANNOUNCING: A NEW CONTEST!

NAME THE CAVE SNAKE!

I never really intended for the snake to become a recurring character. I just love the way Devil Dog and Vincent react to him/her! (Here, here, and here.)

"Him/her" is right folks. I never even assigned gender!

So I leave it up to you, the readers of this comic strip to NAME THE CAVE SNAKE!

Here are the rules:

1) Enter as often as you like.

2) The name must have some significance to the strip itself, the pop culture/politics the strip references, or in some personal way. (i.e., naming the Snake "Milla," "Shaun," or "Romero.")

3) You must explain the significance of the name as succinctly as possible in the comments section below. (i.e. "For some reason this strip references zombie movies every now and then. So I propose you pay homage to the king of zombie movies, George Romero, by naming the snake 'Romero.'")

THE CATCH: I will reveal the winner of this contest in THE NEXT "UP TO BAT" STRIP! And I'm planning on uploading the strip on Monday of next week. Holy cow! That's not a lot of time!

TO THE WINNER: I'm not sure. Maybe the warm satisfaction of besting others? Don't worry, I'll come up with something lame.

Get cracking! The snake won't name him/herself!

6/29/07 -

BONUS! Two strips in one week!

I don't know about you, the readers, but I am having fun with this episodic storyline. I have the next few strips written, I just have to do the art.

6/25/07:

Whoops! I meant to show what happened to Vincent this week, but I needed to "tie up" Devil Dog's side of the story for a bit.

How are you liking this so far? I hardly ever do continuing storylines. Let me know what you think!

6/18/07:


The "Evil Twin" storyline continues! But ... if 'Evil' Walter is in the cave, where is Vincent?

4/16/07:

Gone Fishin' ...

I'm taking some time off from this.

Check back in April.

The T-shirt CafePress Wouldn't Let Me Sell

Apparently Disney has leaned heavily upon CafePress, a company infamous for the number of unauthorized designs they host (try searching for "Coca-Cola," "McDonalds," "Spiderman," etc. and then search for "Disney" or "Mickey Mouse." Hmm.)

These graphics are quite clearly parodies of the doofy optimism and cartoonish lameness that we all know and love. As parody, it's covered under the "fair use" doctrine of the U.S. Copyright law.

I understand the position CafePress is in. Disney has obviously plastered CafePress with cease and desist orders. "The squeaky wheel gets the grease" as they say.

Hmm. Maybe I'll just have to use Zazzle.

Here it is!

Thank you all so very much for your patience. I'm a lousy blogger, but hopefully this experience will put me firmly on the road to being a master updater. Pun intended.


(Here's the original poster upon which I based the above "parody."

2/20/07: