Patrick Havens on July 3rd, 2007

Wikipedian Protester [xkcd by Randall Munroe]
Considering all the political speech I went through tonight. The talks about “What is comfort” I felt this *cute* toon actually hits good. So many state things without siting, and even though the Wikipedia has gotten a black eye for invalid info… the community policing the information seems [...]

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Patrick Havens on July 1st, 2007

OK, take a movie that has gotten a ton of publicity, a marketing budget that includes huge dioramas in theaters nationwide. What else go they do to “improve on that?” How about taking a few 7-11’s and make them into an icon from the show…
The U.S. locations where a 7-Eleven store was [...]

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Patrick Havens on June 25th, 2007

For two glorious years, Optimus Prime was America’s hero. He starred in Transformers, a thriftily animated series (cynics would call it a half-hour toy commercial) that pitted Prime and his army of Autobots against the vicious Megatron and his Decepticons. On the small screen, these robots in disguise were more than cartoons, they were towering [...]

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Patrick Havens on June 23rd, 2007

How to Make a Comic Strip
Here’s a visual tour of Scott Adam’s comic-making process. If you are not already a syndicated cartoonist, just copy these steps. I want to thank Scott for posting this on his blog, I am but passing it on.

This is me at 4:59 AM, just before my BlackBerry alarm goes [...]

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Patrick Havens on June 12th, 2007

Penny Arcade! - My Latest Assault
I’m posting this as a public service and a note to a certain friend, who I hope runs across this and takes notice,

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Patrick Havens on May 17th, 2007

Up on Digg there was a pretty good Animated version of Calvin & Hobbes… one issue though. Its in Italian, with English subtitles.

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Patrick Havens on May 1st, 2007

OK, I’m laughing as I write this. There are many blogs out there (and quite possibly my blog is one of them) that this comic may literally be talking too. For evey blog out that that educates there are thousands that just entertains. And to whom it entertains is sometimes subjective.

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Patrick Havens on April 20th, 2007

The easy answer to the Virginia Tech massacre

Comic by Scott Stantis
With all the grief that this event has given. And all the pointing of fingers. Perhaps its the simplest answer that should win out, and the voices should quiet.

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Patrick Havens on April 14th, 2007

And I think this cartoon explains why.  No matter what they will always love you.

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Patrick Havens on April 2nd, 2007

Costumes TransformersUploaded by xkendyx
Watching this video I had the thought that these had to be Japanese. It takes a great love, and a society that doesn’t laugh and point at people dressing up… Well, ok in the US you’ll see people dress up. But this takes great dedication, and ability to [...]

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