I think this means I’m going to have to develop the typeface. Just think, Yermom on campaign posters. Yermom on album covers. Yermom’s ligatures, ascenders and descenders. And of course she has some mean drop caps.

Buy A Shirt And Kick Cancer’s Ass

If you buy the “Beards Turn Laziness into Awesomeness” shirt or the new “Moustaches Turn Lazy into Classy” shirt, I’ll donate $10 per shirt to Movember‘s prostate cancer research. So buy one! Or two! Or ten! The holidays are around the corner after all.

Show Tonight in DC Metro Area!

If you’re in Virginia or anywhere in the DC metro area, you should come to an all graphic design-based Super Art Fight show. It’s tonight, for free! Here’s the basic info:

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm LAB at Artisphere
1101 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22209

And here’s a link to more.

Listen to Me Prattle On

Fes of the Webcomic Beacon has started a newscast to cover the latest news that applies to webcomic fans and creators. The idea is to have a show somewhere between 2 weeks and once a month. We’ve recorded one so far and while it’s a little bumpy, I think it’s still worth a listen. Here’s the site, let me know what you think!

Is this true for you? Where is your best work done?

Moustaches Turn Lazy Into Classy

In honor of Movember, I’m trying to raise some money to cure prostate cancer. How am I doing this? Again I’ve paired up with the amazing Bryan Prindiville and we tweaked the amazing “Beards turn laziness into awesomeness” into the new and improved “Moustaches turn lazy into classy”. If you buy either one, I’ll be donating $10 / shirt to help stop cancer, and you get a shirt!

So help me spread the word and let’s KICK CANCER’S ASS.

GO CHECK OUT THE SHIRT AND BUY IT HERE.

I don’t think that’s what his boss accomplish-meant. GET IT?

So what did you accomplish this week?

November 9th would have been the 76th birthday of known turtle neck fanatic, TV personality and science-type thinker Carl Sagan. Be careful though, too much Sagan can be dangerous. Still, this video on its own does not exceed the recommended Sagan-dosage:

Makes you wonder what would counteract too much Sagan. So I’ll put this out there to you guys, what would counteract Carl Sagan? Is it like matter and anti-matter? Is there an anti-Sagan? A nega-Sagan? Or is it more like chocolate and vanilla, where it would be more of a Richard Feynman kinda thing? YOUR ANSWERS IN THE COMMENTS!

A while back, I asked my fellow Systemics to vote for a SXSW panel that if picked, I would be a part of. Well this should come as no surprise based on the title of the post, but that panel got picked! Thanks to all of you who were kind enough to vote for the panel and leave comments! It clearly helped and made it possible. Here’s the skivvy:

Your Caption Here: How-to Manipulate Images Without Photoshop

Organized by: Austin Kleon

We all know how easy it is to doctor an image with Photoshop, but there’s an even easier and low-tech way to alter an image’s meaning: just change the caption. It turns out that pictures can say whatever we want them to say, provided we use the right words. In this session, we’ll get the lowdown from a panel of bloggers and cartoonists who have elevated captioning to a brilliant, often hilarious art form. We’ll learn why the old writing adage “Show don’t tell” is useless, and how a picture might be worth a thousand words, but when it’s paired with a caption that deepens, expands, or redefines its meaning, it can be worth a million.

Panelists include:

• Jessica Hagy, freelance copywriter and creator/author of Indexed: http://www.thisisindexed.com
• Drew Dernavich, cartoonist at the New Yorker: http://www.drewdernavich.com/
• Maris Kreizman, blogger at Slaughterhouse 90210 and audiobooks editor at Emusic: http://slaughterhouse90210.tumblr.com
• Rosscott Nover, web designer and cartoonist, creator of webcomic The System: http://www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/

On a personal note, this means I’ll definitely be at SXSW Interactive this year in Austin, TX and will probably be extending the trip to see some of the Film and Music portions as well. If you’ll be there or are in the area, leave a comment!

On a slightly larger note, this one of only a few comic or webcomic-related SXSW panel I have heard about so car this year, and I’m excited to be representing that community in this classy and professional setting. Then I plan on drinking a lot.

Thanks again Systemics, for helping to make this happen!