Limericks for Naughty Children
I’ve started a new project on flickr called Limericks for Naughty Children. Here’s a sample, and here’s the full set. I’m having a bit too much fun making them.
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Adam "Ape Lad" Koford at Shirt.Woot
Woot! (literally) Our pal Adam "Ape Lad" Koford is curating this week’s excellent T-shirt selection over at Shirt.Woot to help celebrate the second anniversary of the site’s launch.
Along Adam himself, Shirt.Woot will feature three exceptionally talented artists: Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing and MAKE Magazine, R. Stevens, creator of the Diesel Sweeties webcomic, and Mitch "Spacesick" Ansara (of the "I Can Read Movies" series fame).
The first T-shirt is The Evil That Men Do Except Instead Of Men It’s A Kite, by Adam Koford:
Check it out here: Link – Thanks Adam, and good luck!
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Neatorama Mystery Sale Update
Phew! It’s. Finally. Done! It’s Friday before Memorial Day and we’ve packed and shipped out every single orders of the latest Mystery Sale. (Thank you to everybody who participated – You’ve really helped support the blog!)
It has taken us just a little over two weeks to ship, which is a significant improvement over the Mystery Sale back in February. While many of you got your shipments within just a few days, some of you are still waiting. The latest wave of shipments will take a few business days to arrive (a bit longer if you’re outside of the United States because of customs clearance). I appreciate your patience – your packages are on their way! Meanwhile, we’ll continue to work to improve the item selections and shipping time.
Many of you have gotten Adam Koford’s latest book, the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out. At the list price of $12.95, it’s a steal! Plus, be sure to check the front jacket – Adam has kindly signed a Neatorama book plate you can affix to the book. It’s surely going to be a collector’s item! 
I’ve been slacking on my posting duties on Neatorama – so, I’m looking forward to getting back on that horse … after I catch my breath!
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Caption Monkey 58: Win This Original Laugh-Out-Loud Cat Comic Panel!
My, my, my – it has been a month since we last had a Caption Monkey contest on Neatorama! Thankfully, our pal Adam Koford reminded me of my lapse (sorry, guys) and even provided the image (and prize) for today’s game.
Funniest caption (as judged by the esteemed Mr. Koford himself) will win the original Laugh-Out-Loud Cat panel above, with the winning caption inked in. Contest rules are simple: Place your caption in the comment section below – one caption per comment, but you can enter as many as you can think of.
For inspiration, be sure to visit Adam’s blog. Good luck!
Update 4/15/09 – Wow! Great submissions, guys! Adam has picked the winner … Congrats to Orkahm52 who won with this gem:
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Neatorama Update & Laugh-Out-Loud Book Signing by Adam Koford
Hi guys! I'm still alive - just really, really busy with work (wow - just checked: I haven't posted nearly anything in about a week!) Regular postings by yours truly will commence soon. Thank you to the rest of the Neatorama authors who picked up my slack :)
Mystery Sale - All mystery sale orders have been shipped as of the Thursday. If you live outside of the US, your package may take up to a couple of business weeks to deliver (the postal service is usually very quick, it's customs clearance that is slow). Interesting discussion at the forum on this topic.
Upcoming Queue - I have a backlog of neat posts from the UQ that should've made it to the Front Page but didn't for some reason or another. If you've recently posted to the UQ but didn't get your post promoted, you may be pleasantly surprised in the next couple of days.
Call for models and designers - Thank you for everyone who submitted their applications! Unfortunately, we have fewer spaces than qualified applicants, so we have to make the painful decision to whittle down the picks to just a few of you. I have the final picks pretty much determined, and will email them in the next day or so.
Neatorama Layout - We're testing different layouts on Neatorama, so you may see new ads, search bar, etc. floating in and out.
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1083: Ape
Lad [Flickr]
Laugh-Out-Loud Book Signing - Our friend and favorite
illustrator Adam "Ape Lad"
Koford will be signing copies of his new book The
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out
Top 10 Blogs - Gerard Vlemmings of The Presurfer, one of my favorite blogs on the Web, was asked by Blogs.com from Six Apart to pick 10 funny, weird, strange, and interesting blogs. We're honored to be one of 'em. The other 9 are also excellent: Link - Thanks Gerard!
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The Influences Behind The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats by Adam Koford
The following is a guest blog by Adam
Koford, current curator (if you believe his tale) and/or creator (if
you believe John Hodgman
and everyone else) of the Laugh-Out-Loud Cat comic strip and the The
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out
Alex has graciously asked if I would write a post about the comic strip I help create and curate entitled the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats. You may have seen it featured here from time to time on Neatorama. If not, and you don't know what I'm talking about, feel free to visit the archive of the comic, which contains well over 1000 installments.
I'll wait.
Done? Good.
Here's a very short version of the history of the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats comic strip (which you may or may not believe): in 1912, my great-grandfather Aloysius Koford created a short-lived comic strip featuring two hobo cats, Kitteh (the big one) and Pip (the small one). In spite of it's quick disappearance from the few newspapers that ran it, the world and words of the two filthy felines he drew somehow made their way into the cultural subconscious of America, and ultimately the internet. Though long dormant, Aloysius' influence finally resurfaced sometime within the past few years, in a much-transmogrified form, as LOLCats. If you are unfamiliar with standard-issue internet LOLCats, I am both shocked and somehow very happy for you.
As I mentioned, some have chosen not to believe this origin of the webcomic I've been saddled with for the past 21 months. That is their right. John Hodgman, in his introduction to my new collection of comics (the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out, available now from Abrams ComicArts), makes a valiant attempt to disprove my tale. I leave it to you, the reader, to weigh the evidence and be the judge. But let's leave that debate for another time (I myself am not sure whom to believe anymore).
Several cultural touchstones show evidence of being influenced by my great-grandfather's handiwork. Or, if you don't believe my great-grandfather actually existed: I, Adam Koford (coincidentally also a cartoonist) have looked to several influences in the creation of the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats comics. I'll list a few of the less obvious examples, without mentioning the LOLspeak we've all learned to love and hate.
Paper Moon
Peter Bogdonovich's wonderful road movie about a traveling con-man and the young girl who may or may not be his daughter was released on the day I was born. The two aren't technically hoboes, but they are petty thieves, and by the end of the film you'll love them both.
Sullivan's Travels
Preston Sturges' 1941 film starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake is a movie about hoboes. John L. Sullivan (McCrea) is a movie director tired of making popular comedies. To research his career-shifting epic of the common man, entitled O Brother Where Art Thou?, he decides to hit the road as a hobo to see how the down and out live. Hilarity ensues, plots are twisted, lessons are learned, and Veronica Lake makes the best looking tramp you ever saw.
Old Doc Yak
I
first read the adventures of Sidney Smith's anthropomorphic talking yak
on the Barnacle
Press website, which has several months of the strip archived. It's
not his most significant creation, and not particularly monumental in
the history of comics, but it is fun to read.
I've since learned (with the help of the essential Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics and several wonderful blogs) that most early 20th Century comic strips still retain their charm if you're willing to invest some time to get to know the characters.
Hank Ketcham
Dennis the Menace was never my favorite character growing up: in his 50 year history, you can count the number of times his parents smiled on one hand, and I he didn't use that slingshot nearly enough. But it was certainly fun to look at. Hank Ketcham and his ghost artist Al Wiseman crafted a charming world that any cartoonist would be wise to learn from.
B. Kliban
You'll
likely recognize his trademark cat, especially if you have any memories
of the 1970s, but Bernard Kliban created many more strange and hilarious
drawings. To me, he's the quintessential cartoonist: his work can be cryptic
and impenetrable on one hand, and timelessly funny on the other.
My very own children
They say you should write what you know, and I don't think I could have created Pip before I had kids of my own. Pip's inexplicable fascination with leaves has it's genesis in my own son's early obsession with any and every tiny rock we'd come across in our meanderings. Kitteh's anger at the mere mention of ducks has it's roots in one of my kid's early perception that ducks only existed to be chased (he's since learned otherwise).
Finally, the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats wouldn't exist without people like you. That may sound trite, but it's true. I started the project as a way to make money, one drawing at a time. Nearly 1,100 drawings (only a few of which I still own), 600 or so fan club members, and a hardcover book later, you've helped me create a little world of hoboes and bindle sticks I've grown to love exploring. Thank you.
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A.
Koford is the cartoonist behind such web gems as the 700
Hoboes Project, Order-a-Monkey
(the origins of our collaborative Caption
Monkey series), Alphabet
of Monsters, Onomatopedia,
and oh yes, the Laugh-Out-Loud Cats as well as the Neatoramabot and Neatoramanaut.
Definitely check out Adam's new book The
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out
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Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1000 - Congrats, Adam!
Image: Ape Lad [Flickr]
Congratulations to one of Neatorama’s favorite artists, Adam "Ape Lad" Koford, who just made the 1000th Laugh-Out-Loud Cats cartoon!
Link | See Adam’s Laugh-Out-Loud collection at Flickr
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