smile like you mean it (haiku)
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007You almost didn’t get any comicky goodness this week, but I just couldn’t go through with missing an update. It’s been a hellacious week complete with personal drahma, financial stress, computer nightmares and epic palmetto battles. Anyway, it’s all good now. Here’s your damn comic. It’s not humorous but smile like you mean it anyway. 
Have a great week! HOoOoooo!
<3 calan
September 26th, 2007 at 12:55 am
Lovely picture.
hollow masquerade
eclipses her wretchedness
heralding despair
September 26th, 2007 at 1:46 am
desperate rictus
reveals more than it conceals
Ginger’s at rope’s end
September 26th, 2007 at 3:01 am
ooOOooOOoo…
cute haiku and asome syte!
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September 26th, 2007 at 3:01 am
oops sorry, thats supposed to be a gingerdead man….
September 26th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Aww, I don’t have Flash
so I can’t see your ‘Tube.
I don’t have blinking,
stinking moving ads either.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:37 am
thanks aimee. i see the lil guy
it’s wordpress that wont let you start out with spaces on a line that made him look a lil wonky. i still think it’s neat.
Seraphine - i hear you about the ads that blink. a lot of those are .gifs though. the video is just the Killers, “Smile like you mean it”. Great song. Flash is one of my favorite digital mediums. There are so many amazing short toons in this format. Artist’s like Matt Sandbrook of Chip Shop Adventures, Katy Towell who does wonderful dark stories like Emmaline and of course, David Firth’s Salad Fingers and more. When I revamp the site I’ll be adding a section in the links area to share some of my faves. I think you would really love many of them.
/end flash advocacy.
Everyone: Thanks for the haikus
More please!
September 26th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
I hope things keep looking up for you!
September 26th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
^_^
Sometimes, it just is
not worth faking the smile
for the sad people.
September 27th, 2007 at 1:00 am
I’m sorry to hear your life has been interesting in the Chinese proverb sense. I hope things quiet down for you. I’m afraid to ask about the palmetto battles hehe. Thanks for the effort Calan. It wouldn’t be a proper Wednesday without one.
how to fake a grin?
must keep up appearances
just wasted effort
September 27th, 2007 at 1:14 am
Zygomaticus
Necessary for smiling
Gingerdead has none
September 27th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Orbicularis
Flex it; eventually
Forces out a smile
September 28th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I only can smile
When my enemy is dead
Go die Hollywood
September 28th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
i love these comics ever ganna make it all into a book?? that would be so cool!!!
September 29th, 2007 at 10:16 am
kellan and rodro get 10 smartypants points
rodro: everytime i read yours i imagine very disturbing puppeteer scenarios involving small hooks and fishing wire and nasal passages and blinking eyes and twitchy forced smiles and eeeeeeeeeek!
lor - welcome
i’d love to do a book and some other things too. we shall see.
September 30th, 2007 at 1:44 am
thanks and i will be a first to buy a book!! when my broke ass can come up w/ $$i will get some shirts, i am posting links to this page to my friends so far they all love it! Lenoir needs a dead dolly to cary aroun w/ her hah yeah that would be cool heh
October 1st, 2007 at 1:11 pm
hey, thanks for passing the link around Lor. word of mouth rocks!
October 1st, 2007 at 2:17 pm
It’s a new week, I hope you
are smiling with meaning now.
HUGS!
October 1st, 2007 at 3:32 pm
:)
October 1st, 2007 at 7:06 pm
i try try again
i think calan may hate me
my comments wont post.
October 2nd, 2007 at 2:07 am
i must say i love these, all of them. so thank you for making them. can’t wait for this weeks.
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:45 am
thanks and welcome carol.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
I hate earth so much
That the only time I smile
Is when I am drunk