It Never Fails

This does not mean I am implying any nefarious behavior by printer salesmen nor compute repair technicians. If you think about it, though, they would be in a unique position to submit drive-by printings, right?

Jimmy the Geek

A followup to yesterday's weird printing goings-on. Today, they find out how to prevent drive-by shootings. I said this phrase to a lady at work and that was the genesis of this series. Is this the end? Stay tuned.

Are You Printing?

I do not watch Sons of Anarchy. I have never printed War and Peace (nor have I read it). Today's comic is a warm-up for tomorrow's CoV, when we (hopefully) find out what is behind these weird happenings.

Bad Screen Saver Choice

Sure, I toyed with the idea of going a little less blatant on this, but still went with my original concept. NOTE: Do not use this as your screen saver.

RNP Debate AZ

No, I did not watch the debate. I have heard very few sound bites. That does not mean, though, that I won't comment on the changes in support levels as the campaign progresses. This comic is simply to lampoon Newt.

Mom's Birthday

Why, yes! It IS my mother's birthday. How did you know?

Blue After Funeral

Did you watch any of Whitney Houston's funeral? No, I didn't, but that does not mean it is not a potential topic for CoV. I did come up with the whole comic over the weekend except for one joke. Can you guess which one was a new addition this morning? It was the one about being extra blue.

Anti-Christ

This is the response to my '666' comic strip a few days ago. I have heard the 'Andy walks with me...' joke somewhere before and thought it would be a good followup to 'mark of the beets.'

Arizona Turns 100

Somehow, this ended up 163 degrees from my original concept. I had planned to use the proposed law punishing teachers who curse in the classroom and compare it to political language. It ended up looking at crazy AZ headlines and how that impacts our image in the US and the world. Sorry, Arizona.

Picture Worth 1000 Words, Graph Worth 20

I think that is a new record in long comic names. Anyway, I wanted to do a CoV based on one chart that means different things as you rotate it. I decided that having the chart only be about one person would be easier to find a punchline than having it be about a business cycle.

Happy Years

A variation on a joke I have been using for years. This should not be construed as implying my years being married are anything less than happy. If I said that, though, there wouldn't be a joke in today's comic.

Coffin

Not exactly how the conversation went in the car, but it is amazing which things children hear and interpret in their own way.

Six Six Six

Well, readers, we have reached comic #666. I had to decide how deeply I wanted to dive into the Biblical implications and did decide to include the Bible reference, but twisted it slightly by mentioning dyslexia. The 999 Herman Cain reference came from a suggestion by my brother.

Reorg Brainstorm

Have you now been scarred by the repeated exposure to a less-than-effective brainstorm? Do you think I must have been to keep visiting this idea? I don't remember anything, but tomorrow will not be about brainstorming.

Marketing Brainstorm

Sure, the rules of brainstorming are clear. You should not judge inputs during the actual idea brainstorm. Still, there must be some allowance to redirect comments toward the specific purpose of the brainstorm, right? However, there is always one guy who thinks cute comments are called for.

Communion Wafers

We had The Lord's Supper at church on Sunday, and I wondered what would happen if I took two wafers instead of one, or drank two cups of juice instead of one. This is what I came up with.

NFL Trademark Issue

Without getting into your team alliance or the fun game played yesterday, I do want to comment on the curious way that the NFL chooses to protect the name of the final game of the season. Can we call it by their name or not?

Password Plus

I think Password Plus was the name of a TV show once. Here, though, it is a comment on the increasingly complex passwords we should all use to protect our online information. Still, there is a limit to how much we can remember.

What Romney Really Meant

It does seem as if I am bashing Republicans lately. The reality is that they are the ones doing the majority of the trash talk and capturing air time with their gaffes. So today's CoV started from the uproar over Romney's "I'm not concerned about the very poor" comment.

Choose Your Punchline

Of course, a recent photo of AZ Gov. Jan Brewer raising her finger to the President got a lot of press. All we know about their conversation is what she or the Prez are willing to share. So, let's decide amongst ourselves what was said.