Back in the late 90s, I think in the winter of 1997-8, I saw a stand-up comedian on Conan O'Brien that blew me away but I've never been able to track him down since. I think his name was David Jerusalem. He made jokes about the Olympics and having been a heroin addict. He didn't perform in front of a mic but was interviewed by Conan. I've been trying to find information about this guy for years without success, does my description ring any bells for you? [more inside]
posted on Jul 15, 2008 - 20 answers

I need your comic book suggestions! [more inside]
posted on Jul 1, 2008 - 43 answers

Help me bring my comic to life. [more inside]
posted on Jun 30, 2008 - 11 answers

I'm looking for an old graphic novel. [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2008 - 6 answers

I've just accepted a job in Montville, NJ, and I will probably be living somewhere within a 20-30 minute radius. Please to be recommending to me a good comic book store in the area to set up a pull box.
posted on May 12, 2008 - 7 answers

A friend of mine is a freelance illustrator fresh out of school, and he's been approached by a colleague of a former teacher of his. The teacher is retiring, and the colleague would like to commission a cartoon as a retirement present for the teacher. My friend is a brilliant artist, but lacks professional experience, so he's got little reference for what to quote for the work. Can anyone provide a good frame of reference for quoting this kind of job? Details inside! (I'm asking for my friend, of course, who isn't a MeFite but really should become one.) [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2008 - 4 answers

My senior class voted me 'most likely to be a super villain' for the superlative section of the yearbook. I need to throw something together to wear in the picture, and I was hoping someone could help me. People are expecting me to come up with something really good, and everything I can think of is a little mediocre. Can you guys think of anything funny/ cool for a high school girl dressing up as a super villain? Thanks!
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 55 answers

What will give me the best bang for my buck to advertise a graphic novel that's horror-genre-based, but totally violates genre conventions? [more inside]
posted on Feb 29, 2008 - 12 answers

Does anyone remember a short comic parody of objectivism using an archetypal 1950s character in the style of "Vault Boy" from Fallout? [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 4 answers

Help me figure out the name of a comedian I saw in NYC...last December. [more inside]
posted on Nov 10, 2007 - 5 answers

I am looking for information about a comic that seems to be called "Online". As you might imagine, a web search for it is rather difficult. I snipped it from the Vermont free weekly Seven Days while down there for a weekend. [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2007 - 4 answers

Who did the original of this iconic girl? [more inside]
posted on Sep 16, 2007 - 7 answers

Do you know of a (Windows or Linux) program to print a comic/booklet from JPG files? [more inside]
posted on Aug 27, 2007 - 12 answers

Searching for an obscure 80's comic book. [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2007 - 5 answers

My girlfriend saw a simple comic the other day, likely in a Fark comment thread, depicting a guy with an upside-down pink triangle on his shirt being rapped on the head by a Christian bible-thumper. In the last frame, the first guy says 'can you stop that?' Can anyone link me to that comic? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2007 - 3 answers

In Nashville TN there is a great place called The Great Escape which used to, and may still, sell crappy old comic books for 15 to 25 cents apiece. Is there such a place in the NYC area?
posted on Jun 12, 2007 - 1 answers

Looking for a charming comic/cartoon that was on the back page of TIME sometime in 2004 or 2005. Maybe even 2006. An unassuming little chap goes around with some sort of contraption, collecting body heat: from the seats that others have vacated, etc. He gets chased out of town for being a weirdo - the following winter was a cold one.
posted on Jun 2, 2007 - 0 answers

[Comic Filter] I was recently offered a job that requires a working knowledge of popular American superheroes from the 1930's onward. I've always been a fan of the darker comics (Hellboy, Sandman); now I need to know the difference between Green Lantern and Green Arrow. What should I be reading? [more inside]
posted on May 18, 2007 - 19 answers

I'm looking for an online comic that uses photos as the background, three panels, with words over the top. The sense of humor is very dark, slightly sick, and I seem to remember the author either having another web comic, or a spouse with one.
posted on May 6, 2007 - 5 answers

I get to take an inventory of my work's comic library. Fun, yes - but also... Yikes. There has to be a better way to track our comics than this clunky excel spreadsheet. And I'm no wiz at filemaker. Is there a free/cheap software that can help? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2007 - 15 answers

[Failed Google-Fu Filter] I'm looking for a web comic that was posted on AskMe a few months ago in a comment. [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2007 - 6 answers

In order to illustrate a part of a loooong blog post I'm finishing about World of Warcraft, I'm looking for a small, one panel comic that features Santa Claus raising his fist and, to his apparent disbelief, yelling "For the Horde!" to Rudolph. For the life of me I can't find it. Could any of you hope me on the matter? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2007 - 6 answers

Can I get an RSS feed of the User Friendly comic that includes only cartoons, and has them inline in the feed? [more inside]
posted on Apr 8, 2007 - 2 answers

What are the legal issues and requirements regarding the use of someone else's creative property/material in spin-offs, and fan related projects? [more inside]
posted on Mar 23, 2007 - 20 answers

I'm trying to remember what the name of an comic strip available online I saw several years ago. It was set in college and the main character was male and outlandish, always doing crazy things, etc. Towards end of the run, he doesn't like the "script" so he decides to make big changes before the comic ends, including leaving his wife and child. Any ideas? [more inside]
posted on Feb 3, 2007 - 1 answers

Help me name my comic, please! [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2007 - 53 answers

Wall frame to hold multiple comic books? [more inside]
posted on Dec 27, 2006 - 6 answers

In Archie comics in the 80's (and maybe still today), there was an ad where you copied a sketch and mailed it in, and a company would tell you if you had what it takes to be a cartoonist. Or something like that. What was the company, and can you help me find the sketches or maybe an ad itself? [more inside]
posted on Nov 16, 2006 - 14 answers

Translationfilter: What does this odd little Wolverine comic say?
posted on Oct 3, 2006 - 4 answers

A question about the Alan Moore Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything..." [more inside]
posted on Sep 26, 2006 - 7 answers

Do you know where this character is from (4KB jpeg). It's a crudely drawn comic/cartoon of a person wearing an "I Heart Me" shirt, nailing a board to its head.
posted on Sep 20, 2006 - 3 answers

I have this vague memory of a comic or graphic novel I read one time about a man executed for a murder he didn't commit. Anyone know what it might be? [more inside]
posted on Sep 18, 2006 - 6 answers

I am looking for the title, and the comic who may have written, but certainly acted in, a short film about a man's search for the prizes he won as a boy either while selling seeds or ordered from the back of a comic book. [more inside]
posted on Sep 8, 2006 - 5 answers

CanadaFilter! Help a Canuck get his comic book fix. [more inside]
posted on Aug 10, 2006 - 4 answers

Anybody know any good non-fiction books about comic books, their publishers, their history, etc?
posted on Jul 23, 2006 - 18 answers

My boyfriend has about 23 long boxes of comics (22 are full). He still gets a stack of comics every Wed. He won't stack the boxes over 2 high. Is there any thing that can be done to store these boxes so the room they are in doesn't look like a comic book shop? Our area floods, so the basement is out. Our house is a converted cape, so there is no attic. I don't want him to get rid of them, or stop buying them. I just would like to find a way to camouflage them. PLEASE.
posted on Jun 30, 2006 - 17 answers

Where/how should I sell a bunch of 1990s comics in the Philadelphia area? [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2006 - 7 answers

Has anyone done an epistolary comic book? It's not obvious to me how such a project could work and I'm interested in seeing what, if anything, artists have done with the form. I'm also interested in recommendations for good epistolary novels. I've already looked at the wikipedia page on epistolary novels and I plan to read some of the novels mentioned there.
posted on Jun 15, 2006 - 7 answers

Some time ago I remember seeing a cool cartoon online that explained legal rights in a funny and interesting way. I've googled and googled, but can't seem to uncover them. Can you help me find them? [more inside]
posted on Jun 9, 2006 - 3 answers

Comics--old, new, and just plain good. Suggestions? [more inside]
posted on Mar 26, 2006 - 53 answers

Please recommend standup commedians to someone who dislikes gags but loves storytelling. [more inside]
posted on Mar 26, 2006 - 30 answers

I've derived alot of enjoyment from reading Quarter Bin and The Museum of Black Superheroes comic book websites, and I'd like to find more of the same. [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2006 - 7 answers

What is Batman's super power? [more inside]
posted on Mar 8, 2006 - 78 answers

I'm looking for more online descriptions of how various comic book, cartoon, and animation artists produce their work. [more inside]
posted on Jan 26, 2006 - 5 answers

SuperheroNameFilter: Name a baby girl after a comic book superhero... [more inside]
posted on Dec 8, 2005 - 78 answers

Is there a good way to do cartoon speech balloons? I sometimes toss together cheap cartoons in an old version of Paintshop Pro. What's the best way of doing this, aside from hacking up something with an ellipse tool? Are there usable clip art samples out there I can import & paste? I'm sure there's a Photoshop plugin for this kind of thing, but I don't have Photoshop.
posted on Dec 8, 2005 - 9 answers

Remember the Calvin and Hobbes where Hobbes says he wants a girl he can call "Bitsy Pookums"? [more inside]
posted on Dec 7, 2005 - 6 answers

Hi, I'm trying to locate a web-based comic strip that I had read sometime ago. The main protagonist is a young girl who works in a photo developing shop/lab. One day a customer submits some gory photos featuring violent acts (possibly murder? ) and the girl decides to investigate the matter on her own. That is all I can recall. Does this strike a note with anyone else? Additionally, I would welcome recommendations for other webcomics that are favorites with the MeFi community. I enjoy stuff like PhD. and PVP. Thanks
posted on Nov 4, 2005 - 16 answers

Are there any sites that sum up complicated storylines in comic books? [more inside]
posted on Oct 11, 2005 - 7 answers

I am trying to find a comic strip that I only vaguely remember. The specific strip I can recall was a discussion about class structure which turned out to be between two kitchen appliances. I remember a line that was something like: "at no other time in history could a toaster and a microwave even have this conversation." [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2005 - 2 answers