Dear Abbott

!!!!!!!!!!!

oh man

A++++! but maybe bowdlerize KING SHIT into PRINCE POOP (for y'know, the young'uns)?

hahaha, well, it's the original so I can't alter the text itself too much without making it look overly computery, but maybe it could be

KING
S**T

?

or maybe the nirvana nevermind cover without a penis

King SHH? KING SHIP? I feel like a mean censor already. Winkie-free Nirvana baby would be hilarious.

i will give abbbbbbottttttt an hour to weigh in since it's her drawing, but if she doesn't respond i'll go with KING SHHH. unfortunately i only have a couple more hours to work on this since i'm heading out of town for the weekend sans computer early tomorrow morning.

btw, this is for a screen advertisement in philip nunez's new comic store, where he'll be selling abbbbottt's new book, in case anyone is wondering what the hell we're talking about

(it's not really my store! if it was I would be king shitting all over the place!)

makes me think of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd_QV4egw0s

!!

Oh man ZS it is beautiful and fantastic! What a beautifully lackadaisical shrug. Feel free to change it to whatever you want –– I would draw up some .psd letters if you want, or you could just alter it in whatever way you see fit. I don't care if you change it. It is the reason my parents didn't see the book – fear of the S-word – so I can dig.

You even gave him a nice little thumb that looks just perfect!!! Excatly how I would draw it. Now you can never claim a lack of drawing talent.

:)

I'll go with KING SHHH, it'll be easy to just copy and paste the existing H.

It is the reason my parents didn't see the book – fear of the S-word – so I can dig.

my parents didn't seem my little booklet because it was about a boner. so yeah, i definitely sympathize too!

Thanks ZS!!

My favorite reaction to my book has been non-ILX friends asking if the "drowning girl" ended up OK.

Favorite AFTER this animated gif that is! Whoa.

well there's not much we can do to censor z's book, but we'll totally make a censored version for your parents, abbs!!

aww that is a nice offer! But you don't have to do that because I relish hiding my life from them!

a few people that picked it up at the zine show we went to in december said something to the effect of, "that's horrible!" when looking at the cover. in my mind, i was like, "fuck you."

lol awesome

Ha, I have something measurably worse planned for the next cover.

i just reread my last post and realized that it could totally become the title of an excelsior thread.

and also - i can't wait to see it!

(abbott's next book, not my post becoming the title of an excelsior thread)

abbott's book is teh awesome, i envy her crosshatching skills like crazy

Kind words from a kind person. We should have a crosshatching party. I will teach you like all two of my crosshatching tips.

'first you draw a line, and then you draw another line!'

http://www.rdrop.com/~half/Personal/Hobbies/Comics/Nancy/3Rocks.gif

oO0

http://i.imgur.com/XBABl.gif

I want to hug that dream!

Alternately I want to make this knitting pattern of it but with a cuter :3 face and a lil chef hat

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2007/2451579995_3dc409422c_z.jpg

lolz all round

abbottttt u r a traet

thank you gbx!

Dear Abbbbbbbotttttt,

1. Do you think I've given my cat one million kisses by this point? He's around 12yo.

2. Here's a video of The Sylvers performing "Hot Line" on Soul Train. I'm assuming you'll like it. Do you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo2hCfHxBcE

3. What do you think of the fact that in The Sylvers' "Boogie Fever," the backup Sylvers sing "Pizza Parlor!" immediately after the lead sings "I took my baby to the pizza parlor"? Here's another Soul Train vid for clarification (see 1:04):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPueR6rkkX4

4. Do you think Charlie Sheen has ever heard of Joy Division?

5. Do cats sometimes think we're immature?

xokjb

Dearest Kevin!

1. Over 12 years (exactly), a million kisses would be an average of 228 kisses a day. So I would say you have probably kissed your kitty at least 1.5 million times. It is impossible not to kiss a kitty 400x daily if you are friends and it will let you!

2. Yes! It is like a junior high version of "Sex Over The Phone".

3. Clearly the pizza parlor is frigging important! BTW these outfits are amazing.

4. Yes but I don't think he cares about them very much.

5. I think cats think we're really fussy and hypomanic about unimportant shit. I mean, I feel that way about humans, and I am one of them. I don't spend 23.5 hours a day not giving a fuck like cats do. They probably think we also don't spend enough time killing birds. So, yes.

Thanks as ever for the quality questions, Kevin!

Did you know my favorite thing in pop music is when a little sound effect sums up the content of every line of the song? See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wKyXA_nMVQ&feature=related

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkXV5O5GfJ8

Thanx for the answers, Abb! But I don't get it. What are the sound effects in question in those two songs? Is it the whistle in "Caribbean Queen"?

The whistle, the tiger growl, the disco lazers after "electric eyes that you can't ignore." In Smiling Faces: "beware of the handshake/that hides a snake" *snake rattle* "beware of the pat on the back" *claps like a frigging back pat* maybe not after every line but after enough of them! That is what 'pizza parlor' reminded me of.

Interesting!~

Even when it is not a literal sound effect it is some musical flourish that is communicating in response to whatever they just sang.

Ah gotcha. Was looking for something more constant. Fun!!

I can dig it.

Dear Abbott.

When is it appropriate to give someone the business?

Yours,
R.V.W.

Where you at?

ILX sabbaticals are pretty swell, folks. I'm a long way from taking one again, but having done it before, I'd recommend it to everybody.

I'm just picturing Abboott running wild in Pittsburgh or Wheeling with abandon, drinking liquor and dancing with unmarried men in taverns. She'll back to the village before too long, dying our vestments black while the menfolk raise the barns.

In the meantime, you're missed. Let us know when you're on Google+.

:(

In the meantime, you're missed.

DOn't be sad, be happy.