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Some of the individual 24 Hour Comics Day event sites do raise money for charity by charging the cartoonists who participate. However, most hosts prefer not to charge. There really isn't a way for there to be a central charity, because there is no money flowing from the event to 24 Hour Comics centr...

We have now indeed added New York City to the list of places with 24 Hour Comics Day event sites. Head over to www.24HourComics.com to check out the current list!

Please realize, we're continuing to add new sites to the list all the time. In fact, I have reason to believe that within the next two weeks, we'll add one of the cities mentioned here. And, of course, you can celebrate 24 Hour Comics Day at home or with friends. But if you want a store near you to ...

The list includes the names of folks who: 1) sent in their work; 2) didn't get their work lost in the mail; 3) included the cover sheet form; 4) filled out that form legibly; 5) didn't have the bad luck of having me mis-file their form or mis-enter their information All told, we've got somewhere aro...

I know I'm supposed to be weirded out or saddened by her question... but hey, it's just a question. Just a bit of figuring out how the world works. To recognize that you may want some things that aren't merely job satisfaction, and that some things take money, does not mean that one is without dream...

I think the oddly-placed light switch is more important than we realized. Is it the switch that someone turns off towards the start of the piece? But, wait, it's on again in the morning, before anyone tries to wake her up! So if it was turned off, who turned it on? And if it wasn't turned off, what ...

Well, I've admit, I've got enough music. That's not to say I won't welcome finding something new and great, but I'm not eagerly seeking out the new at this point. I never feel "I need some different music to listen to". Currently in the car is an MP3 CD I burned (all from CDs I own) of the complete ...

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're asking for. Scott has already been running an occasionally-updated status of the current vote over on the left hand side of this page:

http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/mi/mi.html

One would be hard-pressed to say that the logos are used to draw people to Scott's site; the only place I can point to the logos being mentioned beyond the site itself is in this discussion board, which is primarily for people who are already reading Scott's site. And while you may not fully grok th...

No, the apostrophe in A's is not for contraction. Otherwise, we would be seeing the sentence He used to be an Oakland A'.

And hey, if every strip is going to be the same, shouldn't it be Uniform Bob?

Gee, that's an excuse for whatever people do for money. Burgular? Hit man? Hey, they're just trying to make a living... I must've forgotten to log in -- this message was from me. (I didn't want someone else to say "hey, Nat's faking other people agreeing with himself!") I prefer not to be a friendl...

I think we have to be wary of using the term "official" with any grammar text. The OED does not dictate language; language dictates the OED. And the Chicago Manual of Style is just that -- it aims to dictate a single style, which is helpful when you're trying to simplify arguments or maintain a stan...

Of course, now we get into the discussion of whether it should be "the 50s", "the '50s", or "the 50's"...

--Nat (proud to be living in the aughts!)

I strongly disagree. Yelling at the telemarketer is a positive step. These people do have decision-making power. They decided to take the job, and they can decide to quit -- and if you drive them closer to quitting, more power to you. If there are no employees to do this job, it won't get done. The ...

Of course, those needing a quick Carl fix can always turn to One-Armed Carl for millions of possible randomly-generated Carl tales!

(And Scott: if you need any help setting up the shirt'n'mug shop, just let me know.)

Oh, it was great! Plenty of drink and friendly women, and we each got to take home a free Titanium iBook loaded with graphics software! You shoulda been there...

Okay, I'm kidding. A fine time was had, though. The weather was nice for once!

The hand is a great tool for free exploration, but it requires both more effort and more decision-making to follow the "deliberate sequence" of panels than does the path-based-scrolling of my "machine". Note: I've come to realize that some browsers are having problems with the full-screen version of...

Okay, I made a new version with the clear buttons, full-screen appearance and the skip-to-next-panel button (you have to click on that, hovering won't work.)

http://AAUGH.com/carl/infinite2.swf

By the way, I am looking for a roommate for APE; I've got a two-queen-bed room at the Travelodge for Friday and Saturday, paying $85+tax per night, so if someone wants to take half of that, I'd be happy!

E-mail nat@gertler.com

The back-to-start button is different from the other buttons. You have to click on it, rather than just point to it. This keeps a stray swipe of the mouse from sending you 100 panels back (not that there are 100 panels in the example, of course.) I would agree with the person who said that vertical ...

I've experimented with a new method to address what I see as drawbacks in the infinite canvas designs. Check it out at http://AAUGH.com/carl/infinite.htm -- you'll need a Flash 5 player.

Also planning to attend is Paige Braddock, whose Jane's World comic can be seen at http://www.girltwirlcomics.com/ (it's a web-original comic, although it is in traditional daily strip format.)

And I'll have a table. Danged if I know whether the things I've done qualify me as a web cartoonist or not!

The talented and all-too-unknown Justine Shaw has a major new online release, 40-some comics-complexity pages, at http://www.nowheregirl.com

This slice-of-life is getting some strongly positive comments on other forums, and is worth checking out.

Luckily, I think the individual cartoonists aren't aiming for "serious" donations. Tax-deductibility is probably a much larger concern when you're looking for those $300 free-seats-to-the-opera public radio donations than when you want a $3 donation with which you get to read a free two-page story. ...