A long, long time ago, I started prematurely annotating the Scott Pilgrim series, providing references and "what was he thinking"-type information.

Last summer I printed up Volume 1 and 2 annotations and sold a pile of them at TCAF (with another small run at Chapel Hill Comics late last year, if I recall correctly).

NOW: Filled with dread, nervous to annotate Volume 3, I have yet to even post the end of Volume 2's annotations online.

So I'm doing that today.

If you've read the printed edition from last year, you've read most of this - it's just cleaned up and a few sentences added here and there. (And please note that I won't be reprinting that version, but hopefully will put it all together in a new format after finishing volume 3 and maybe 4.)

Previous installments are here.

I did this commission earlier this year, but really wanted to wait until after the day until posting.



And a secret message to my mother- I've finally got the CD burned! It shall be on its way to you shortly! :)

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What was "booger" before "booger"? I mean, what was the English word for "booger" before "booger" was coined?

Weird non-sequitur thought; I was just wondering about it. I mean, it's weird to imagine Oscar Wild or Anne Frank using "booger" in a sentence. Or even George Washington: "Where can I wipe off this booger, Martha?" I think it's a reasonable assumption that humans have had boogers since they existed, so what word did they use back then? "Nose dirt"? Or did they just say it like "Mother, I have a piece of dried nasal mucus!"

For that matter, what was the 17th-century word for "snot"? This is quite bothersome, especially if you're writing a historical piece. Do modern writers avoid mention of boogers and snot when they do ye olde setting stories?

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I'm almost completely done with the book, and I'm expecting to send it off on Monday. Hallelujah! I will sleep for a week after that. It's absolutely packed with comics--10-pagers, 5-pagers, 1-pagers, little strips running along margins, etc.. Tons of characters and stories. I can't wait to see it printed.

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I've been ruminating on my next big comics project. I have a couple of options, but I think I'll need to do a long-form piece soon. Totally different discipline from writing short-shorts, so I'm gonna have to put a lot of hard thinking into it before I start. More Kare-Kare on Chemset next week, if I can finish my latest one in time. Check out the other strips on the site, especially "How I Lost My S--- at the Apple Store". Fun!

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My favorite comic of the week: Casanova #14 by Matt Fraction and Fabio Moon. It's brilliant. It does things that I've been wanting the comic to do for a long time. Also the Final Crisis Sketchbook (not a comic, though.) Final Crisis will be awesome, people. I can feel it. Buy the first issue next week. :D

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Clearly, I'm a bit too sleepy and braindead to write a sensible post, so I'll do that next time. Have a good weekend, people! :D

Matt and I made milkshakes and jumped around on the trampoliiiiiiine.
( rambles and a photo )

Chris Matthews lacks the quiet, velvet dignity of Keith Olberman... but I still love him. And I also love seeing Conservative talking heads get eviscerated.

Two high kick comedies coming out on the same day. Is this a trend which will bleed over to porn?

Zack, Martian Manhunter is next...

Katt has a bit of an insight - in today's NOTHING BETTER
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