by John | May 13, 2012 | Blog
Thanks to enthusiastic Last Kiss fans, “Up Up Down Down: The Series” has moved up to Second Place in the final round of the 2012 New Media Film Festival Audience Choice Awards.
There’s still time to vote for this funny, live-action series about the nerds working at a video game store. Future episodes will feature Last Kiss images and gags.
(In fact, if you voted before May 15, you can vote a second time. The vote count was reset to zero when the finals began May 15.)
Finishing in one of the top spots will help the series receive a distribution deal. Voting goes through May 31.
So…vote!
by John | May 6, 2012 | Blog
The difference between success and failure can be ridiculously small. Sometimes all it takes is a little help. And presto: success!
My pal R.A. Rayne needs a tiny amount of help from a ton or two of people if his project “Up Up Down Down: The Series” is going to win this year’s Audience Choice Awards.
Why should you go on the contest site and vote?
Well, you could vote because it’s a funny, live-action series about the nerds at a video game store and you’d love to see it win and get a distribution deal. But an even better reason (if you’re a Last Kiss fan) is that R.A. plans to use Last Kiss visuals in the series when he starts filming new episodes.
So—if you’ve got time for a few chuckles—go watch the video and please vote!
by John | Apr 30, 2012 | Blog
©2012 Scott R. Kurtz
Who’s the best cartoonist in the Northwest?
Join me on May 5, 2012 and find out when cartoonists, animators and illustrators gather for the 21st Annual Toonie Awards. The Seattle banquet—which is open to the public—will include live cartoon-themed music by the Amazing Martin Brothers and feature webcomics legend Scott Kurtz as the guest speaker.
In addition to the Golden Toonie for the Cartoonist of the Year, awards will be given out in categories such as comic books, comic strips, editorial cartoons and best publisher. In addition to a raffle and silent auction, the event includes a contest where diners will be given modeling clay and can create clay figures for a prize.
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by John | Apr 19, 2012 | Blog
Clint Neilson was the first reader to submit a gag in my most recent dialog contest. There were approximately 50 other submissions after that from other people. But when the dust settled, Neilson was the clear winner with nearly twice as many votes as anyone else. (See above for his dialog.)
His prize—10 Last Kiss note cards.
(Okay, it’s not as grand as winning a new car and a smile from Vanna White, but hey—they’re nice cards!)
Runners-up in the vote count included…
Richard Gretsch (14 votes): “Dear Madam, We thank you for your suggestion, but we believe our Maidenform Bras should be worn under the clothes, and not over them.”
Schuyler Corson (13 votes): “Sexting and off color emails are nice, but nothing shows respect like a good old dirty letter!”
Nikolai Garcia (13 votes): “What happened at Comic Con was a one-time thing. Please stop stalking me. Sincerely, John Lustig”
Jim Guida (11 votes): ”Oh, isn’t that cute. Another restraining order. I’ll put it with the others.”
Morten Haugen (10 votes): A restraint order? From my hairdresser?
Great job, folks!
by John | Apr 13, 2012 | Blog
NobleWorks is having a sale on all its greeting cards—including the Last Kiss cards. Discount expires April 15. Just enter the coupon code (see image above) during checkout. All the Last Kiss cards are here!
by John | Apr 10, 2012 | Blog
Okay, we’re going to have a real contest this time. The person who submits the winning dialog or caption receives 10 Last Kiss notecards.
Submit your caption via comments on my Last Kiss Facebook page. Instead of me picking a winner, let’s try something different. The submission with the most Facebook “Likes” wins. In case of a tie, my vote will be the tie-breaker.
The contest ends at noon (P.D.T.) on Wednesday, April 18.
by John | Mar 25, 2012 | Blog
Last Kiss will have a booth (#708) at The Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle. I’ll be there all three days (March 30-April 1) with some new, astonishingly cool Last Kiss goodies. Come by and say “Hi!” Otherwise, I get lonely and cry.
by John | Mar 21, 2012 | Blog
NobleWorks is having a 25 percent off sale on all its greeting cards—including the Last Kiss cards. Discount expires March 26. Just enter the coupon code “SPRING25” upon checkout. All the Last Kiss cards are here!
by John | Mar 20, 2012 | Blog
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a contest. Too long for Last Kiss super fan Jim Guida.
Jim saw this 1960s romance panel that I posted recently and e-mailed me, “The woman’s response in the original art just screams for a caption contest. C’mon!”
Okay, Jim. Here’s the contest that I posted on Facebook.
This time, though, let’s keep it low key. I’m not going to pick a winner. (Hey, that means you’re all winners.) But if you’ve got a great caption or bit of dialog to add to this art, let’s hear it.
by John | Feb 29, 2012 | Blog
I’ve decided to expand my blog and talk about whatever interests me at the moment. Humor. My life. Politics. My life.
My opinions about other people. My opinions about my opinions…about my life. And, of course, my opinions about other people’s opinions about my life.
And—for today at least—new conspiracy theories which must be true because I’m making them up and I would never lie to you.
The Republicans are right. The poor economy is Barack Obama’s fault. Where the GOP goes wrong is in just blaming him for problems in the last three years.
Think deep, guys. The economy is recovering. And Obama is starting to get credit for this. So maybe this whole economic crisis was just a hoax—engineered by Obama to make himself look good.
Sure, Bush was in office when the economy tanked. But how can we be sure that Bush wasn’t being controlled by Obama? Wouldn’t that be perfect? If you blame Obama for Bush, all your problems disappear.
(By the way, just to get ahead of the curve, why not start blaming Obama for Mitt Romney now?)
