Laugh Tracks

Lio Creator Mark Tatulli in Online Chat - 1pm EST!

Lio creator Mark Tatulli will join Washington Post Comics page editor Suzanne Tobin today at 1pm EST for an online discussion. Click this link to follow the discussion and submit questions!

New Comic: We The Robots!

What's going on in We The Robots by Chris Harding? A line from Flight of the Conchords might sum it up best:

"Finally, robotic beings rule the world."

When I think of a world ruled by robots I picture the harsh, war-torn landscapes of the Terminator or Matrix movies. Chris Harding's not buying into that. His robots have replaced people in every sense, engaging in mundane workplace conversations, locking themselves in traffic jams and feeling discouraged about life in general, just like the humans used to. But, of course, there's something about a robot that makes depression much funnier.

You'll see new strips approximately three times a week and you'll like them, because Harding is very clever and demonstrates great insight into robo-despair. This is due to the fact that he is a robot himself.*

*Unverified and most likely not true.

New Comic: TOBY, Robot Satan!

Corey Pandolph keeps busy.

He's getting set to launch new Barkeater Lake strips on GoComics once the reruns have finished in early April. He's also continuing his work on The Elderberries, which he took over when creators Joe Troise and the late Phil Frank stepped away from the series in May 2007. He writes regular columns for DrinkAtWork.com, Bollard.com and MAD Magazine.

Apparently starved to find something to fill up all that free time he's been wasting between his day, night and weekend jobs, Pandolph has added one more item to his ongoing to-do list: a new comic strip called TOBY, Robot Satan.

How to describe TOBY? Well, he's an insane robot with delusions of demonic grandeur and aspirations of world domination. After he emerges dramatically from a subway during a thunderstorm, TOBY announces himself as the Prince of Darkness, finds his way to a pub called McGullwack's, and is taken in by Morris Gumboot, the pub's vertically-challenged, middle-aged bartender. Fun like this ensues:

Stuff is in the works...

Yes, it's been a while between posts. But we've been very busy at GoComics.com. Yes, indeed. Very, very busy.

More info to come! Now to get caught up with some posts...

Richard's Poor Almanack Improves Comics!

Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson posted a great send-up of newspaper comics on his blog over the weekend. The Richard's Poor Almanack cartoon is from a couple of years ago and features some fun gags starring a short-fused Blondie, a repetitive Peanuts, a debate-less Prickly City, a terrified Mark Trail, a political Garfield and a Sudoku puzzle. Click on the panel below to visit Thompson's blog.

These Pulitzer Prize Winners Have Gone MAD!

MAD's "usual gang of idiots" has assembled a veritable Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists for an upcoming feature in the world's most notorious cartoon satire magazine. Several of GoComics' own Pulitzer Prize winners - Clay Bennett, Matt Davies, Dick Locher, Jim Morin, Joel Pett and Ben Sargent - have teamed up with cartoonists Steve Breen, Jack Higgins, Mike Peters and Michael Ramirez to provide cartoons for a two-page spread written by veteran MAD writer Jacob Lambert. Each cartoonist provides a single panel in an "expose" that focuses on the Bush administration's environmental policies.

“Why George W. Bush Is In Favor of Global Warning” will run in issue MAD #487, to be released to comic book stores February 13th. The official press release can be found here.

Get well soon, Brooke!

Cartoonist Brooke McEldowney posted this message on the Pibgorn page yesterday for fans who've been missing his cartoon this week. More info and updates are available on Brooke's blog.