...will he ever win?

You’re getting your oils all over Lincoln’s bible! If you were doing that here in 1998-1999, I would’ve thrown your ass out!

It’s pretty weird that that thing hasn’t been used since Lincoln’s first inauguration. Was every president since only picking Washington and Jefferson’s bibles, spreading their slave-holding germs through the centuries?

December 24, 2008 01:49 AM

December 24, 2008 12:08 AM

December 24, 2008 12:00 AM

New Cyanide and Happiness Comic.

December 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Howdy, kids! Just a short note to let you know that I've decided to take a break from new comics until the New Year, circa Monday, January 5th. A small rest will give me a chance to lick my wounds and finish up some other projects that sorely need my attention.

There won't be any filler material while I'm gone (do I hear a sigh of relief from the MG-haters?) but I'll try to post every day or two and let you know what I'm up to. As always you can follow my spew-stream over at Twitter.

Thanks to all of you for making this year such a huge success with all of your support. Have a great holiday!

December 23, 2008 09:00 PM

EDIT: Continuity!

December 23, 2008 07:53 PM

It’s that time of year, when those who follow [fill in the blank] produce list of the [best | worst] examples of [fill in the blank] of the year. This year, I’m going to take a slightly different tack; this is not a list of the [integer] Best Webcomics or Top [integer] Webcomics Stories of the year.

Webcomics, like all other forms of artistic endeavour, and a matter of taste. If you like it, it’s good. If you don’t like it, it’s not so good. If you like it enough to spend money on it, it’s really damn good and a creator loves you in proportion to your financial largesse. So we’ll be breaking down what I thought was good enough to spend money on this year, which is representative of nothing more than my personal tastes; map them to yours as you wish. And before somebody points it out, even this is a flawed model, since my purchases tend toward certain items (original art) and away from others(bumper stickers). Finally, we’ll note that these aren’t necessarily books first published in 2008, just ones that I bought in 2008.

Webcomics Books That Gary Liked Enough To Buy In 2008

• The Great Outdoor Fight and The Achewood Cookbook
• Digger volumes 2 and 3
• Do Not Eat
• Dr McNinja: Surgical Strike
• The Fart Party
• FreakAngels
• Girl Genius volume 7
• Girls With Slingshots volumes 1 and 2
• How To Make Webcomics
• Jellaby
• Moresukine
• Octopus Pie: A Brownstone Companion
• Penny Arcade volume 5
• Ahoy Hoy!
• Set It To Awesome
• Schlock Mercenary: The Teraport Wars
• Pugs: Gods Little Weirdos and Nerds On Parade
• Silent Kimbly: Clip Art
• Starslip Crisis volume 2 and Chainsawsuit
• Templar, AZ: The Great Outdoors and The Mob Goes Wild
• Wondermark: Beards of our Forefathers

Books That Gary Would Have Spent Money On In 2008 But The Authors Kindly Gave Him A Free Copy

• The Book of Biff #3
• Zot!: The Complete Black & White Collection

Book That Gary Can’t Count In Either Of The Prior Two Categories Because He Contributed To It

• Unshelved: Frequently Asked Questions

Books That Don’t Tie Directly To Webcomics But Are By Webcomics Creators And Worthy Of Your Consideration

• Chiggers
• Secrets & Lies

Books That Rumor Has It Are Alleged To Be Released Next Week And Thus May Sneak Into Calendar Year 2008

• The Devils Panties volume 2
• Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation

Book That Gary Wishes Would Get Made Someday Because He Would Totally Buy It

• Name’s Bang

That’s it for now — stay tuned for other year-end content in the coming days.

December 23, 2008 07:45 PM

I loooove Dhalsim gags.

Vote for aLp at TopWebComics.com to see the alternate, politically-incorrect version of Panel 5.

Merry Christmas all!

December 23, 2008 07:28 PM

Hey I’m doing ads with Project Wonderful again - there’s a spot up at the top of the page and one under the links section there on the right column. Jump in while they’re still cheap! Thanks.

December 23, 2008 07:26 PM

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