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Upgrading to Wordpress 2.6.1

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:03:28 GMT

So things might go a bit wonky. Hopefully things won’t go a bit wonky, but if wonkiness ensues, you now know why.

UPDATE: All Updated! And no wonkiness detected! Excellent.

Originally published at The DADA Detective! A Hard Boiled Tale of Murder, Mystery & Mime. Please leave any comments there.

Chapter 9 Part 16

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:04:32 GMT

Oh well, the Heron had a little dignity for a couple of strips there. Probably the high point of his career.

In other news, I just finished a marathon writing session working on a script for an entirely different peoject. This makes me happy, but also very tired. I’m afraid I’ve used up all my clever, so you’re stuck with this boring post for today.

Originally published at The DADA Detective! A Hard Boiled Tale of Murder, Mystery & Mime. Please leave any comments there.

Chapter 9 Part 15

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:08:06 GMT

“Let’s write an action sequence,” Matt said. “Let’s rachet up the tension, go full tilt, and slam the foot on the gas!”

“Okay,” I said. “Let’s do it! What do we got to work with?”

“Um, some hummingbirds.”

“Hummingbirds, you say.”

“Oh, and a teapot.” He said. “Almost forgot the teapot.”

“Okay,” I said. “Okay. I think we can work with that.”

Thus was born what you see above. And all I have to say is . . . we can’t wait to see what you think of the teapot.

In other news, still working up the con reports. I’m really hoping to have them ready this week. Why it takes so long to write up a con report is, honestly, unexplainable.

Originally published at The DADA Detective! A Hard Boiled Tale of Murder, Mystery & Mime. Please leave any comments there.

Chapter 9 Part 14

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:48:35 GMT

That could not have been a comfortable place to store attack hummingbirds. The little buggers tend to be very. . . pokey.

In other news we are back from San Diego and con reports are forthcoming!

Originally published at The DADA Detective! A Hard Boiled Tale of Murder, Mystery & Mime. Please leave any comments there.

We have returned from SDCC!!!!

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:25:07 GMT

And we are very very tired!!!!

We will post more later!!!!

For now, we will sleep!!!!

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Chapter 9 Part 13

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:03:59 GMT

Maybe our hero is not getting enough fiber in his diet. Seems like a bran muffin would have been more palatable, though.

In other news, our brave writers are on their way home from San Diego! I’m sure Matt and Dave will have lots of stories to tell and celebrity sightings to mention once they recover. One of my favorite sightings of last year was actually on the flight home, sitting just a few rows away from Chewbacca himself (Peter Mayhew). The man was way too tall to be squished up in coach, I must say. At least he had an aisle seat.

Originally published at The DADA Detective! A Hard Boiled Tale of Murder, Mystery & Mime. Please leave any comments there.

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Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:52:39 GMT

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Chapter 9 Part 12

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:05:23 GMT

Three cheers for Fingers. Three threats in three panels. That’s gotta be a record, even for him.

In other news, we’re currently packing our things and getting ready to spread our wings and join the annual westerly nerd migration. That’s right we’re going to San Diego Comic-Con. Table K04 in the Small Press area. We’re coming with plenty of copies of Volume 1 and 2 of the Dada Detective, as well as plenty of T-shirts, book marks, and prints for sale. So if you’re planning on attending, do please come by the table and say hello!

Originally published at The DADA Detective! A Hard Boiled Tale of Murder, Mystery & Mime. Please leave any comments there.

Testing Livejournal X-posting . . .

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:02:04 GMT

Just installed a new plug-in to send these blog entries to the Dadaville LJ community. So if you’re reading this at likelystories.com, ignore this.

If you’re reading this from LJ, whoo hoo, it worked!

UPDATE: And it worked. Now, all I wonder is how things will look when we update the comic.

Originally published at The DADA Detective! A Hard Boiled Tale of Murder, Mystery & Mime. Please leave any comments there.

Heroes Con 2008

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:35:19 GMT

Whew. Well, I hardly feel ready for another trip, but I'll be in Charlotte, NC this weekend. Like, tomorrow. Tell your friends, tell your mothers! Heroes Con is here! We'll be in Indy Island, sharing a table with the inestimable Brooke Spalding and Ursula Vernon.

We do have Vol. 2 for sale-- we sold about halfway through the initial printing* at MoCCA, and we'll be bringing the remainder to Heroes.

Also: did everyone see The Onion's review of Ursula's new children's book, Nurk? Somebody in the world of fake news likes her.

[DD #182] - A Not So Grand Entrance . . .

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:36:20 GMT

. . . In this week's Dada Detective!

[DD #178 - 181] - More Catching Up

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:51:33 GMT

We've posted a few more comics since last I posted here and here they are!

Strip 178 - A Metaphor in Need of Dressing
Strip 179 - The Last Place You Look
Strip 180 - A Late Arrival
Strip 181 - The Elements of Surprise

Enjoy!

Dada Detective Vol. 2 is Done

Wed, 21 May 2008 20:46:46 GMT

Complete with a nifty introduction by Paul Gilligan of Pooch Cafe!

Lord willing and the creek don't rise (engulfing the UPS truck) we should have copies available for sale at MoCCA!

Here's a little teaser to tide you over. A picture of the cover!

This little thumbnail doesn't do it justice. Wait till you see it in it's full glory!

[DD #177] - Knots to you

Mon, 12 May 2008 19:24:19 GMT

A surprising revelation about Trigger's history in this week's Detective.

[DD #176] - Meanwhile back at the mime factory . . .

Mon, 12 May 2008 19:18:54 GMT

We continue a conversation already in progress . . .

[DD #175] - A little too much to drink . .

Mon, 12 May 2008 19:17:31 GMT

And our chapter with Monique and Kasper draws to a close.

air time

Fri, 09 May 2008 02:34:55 GMT

well, we did it. ursulav, mckenzee, and i did the WUNC/TSOT interview today and i think things went alright. we were all pretty nervous and goofy in the waiting area, gettin' out all the giggling and swearing ahead of time. we also got to chat with the guest ahead of us, a lovely author named dawn shamp, and her husband. the folks running the show could not have been more pleasant, and of course frank stasio is the coolest host ever. really a very nice guy and clearly a pro with serious interviewing skills. it all went by in a blur, predictably. to be honest, i haven't had the guts to listen to the podcast yet. but i remember noting with interest how you forget you're "on the radio" rather quickly and it turns into just a few people sitting around a table chatting. then you see all the technicians staring at you through the window like a fishbowl and it gets weird again.

anyway, a really great experience and i'm very grateful to have had the opportunity. hope i represented the clatch and my dada compatriots well. :-)

[DD #169-174] - So we don't overflow your LJ with Updates

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:20:45 GMT

I've gotten behind yet again in posting update announcements to LJ. (I'm really hoping to have this automated when the new website goes live.) But whether we announce it or not, we're still updating the comic!

Strip 169 - Debt Evasion
Strip 170 - Pawning a Ring
Strip 171 - A Misunderstanding
Strip 172 - The One Thing You Can Trust
Strip 173 - A Ring of Truth
Strip 174 - The New Act

There we go. All caught up. Hope you're still enjoying our special little Monique chapter.

[DD #168] - Sound Investment Advice

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:24:14 GMT

A theory of unenlightened self interest in this week's Detective.

[DD #167] - Monique's Big Break

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:19:38 GMT

A bit of loquacious mimery in last week's Detective.

[DD #166] - Nostalgia

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:47:07 GMT

Kasper reminisces while the band plays on.

NOTE: If you're wondering, Veronique Diabolique is playing a goth punk version of Rififi! from the movie of the same name. It's a wonderful French crime noir and you should see it. Seriously. But if you haven't here's the song:

Sadly, a goth punk version of Rififi! does not actually exist. Matt and I totally made it up.

But if it did exist, Veronique Diabolique would be the band to sing it. (Hint hint, Didier!)

WTH Con 2008 - Con Report!!!

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:47:28 GMT

What I learned at What the Hell?! Con 2008:

If you want a convention done right, get a girl in pirate pants to do it.

Some people know so much about Star Wars they can identify by name limited run pez dispensers with the heads of obscure aliens who appeared in one shot in one of the movies. (Original trilogy.)

The Hatfields and the McCoys ain’t got nuthin’ on Jennie Breeden and the Gravy Boys.

If you want to make a living in webcomics, cultivate a taste for starvation.

If someone asks me to sign their bra . . . I will do it.

There is a very good argument for a guy to consider getting into cosplay.

mckenzee is mostly harmless, despite giving ursulava brain hemorrhage.

The day after having a brain hemorrhage, Ursula turns into a perky goth.

Giving all the artists in artist’s alley rubber bouncy balls = Bad Idea.

Cabbits can be territorial.

Should you ever see Giant Blind Moth Girl fighting Fifty Foot Tall Irradiated Prom Date, leave downtown immediately, but place all your bets on Moth Girl.

No matter how many times you’re published, it’s still nice to see yourself in print.

If you’re going to sell yourself on the auction block for charity. . . you might as well swing dance while you’re doing it. It really ups your market value.

Thanks to

arienna for swinging with me. Thanks to jamiecotc for letting me know there may be a worse movie out there than Space Mutiny. We shall see, Jamie. We shall see. Finally, thanks to all the folks I totally stole pics from because I was lazy and forgot to bring a camera. I love you all!

[DD #165] - Absent Apologies

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:08:17 GMT

If I didn't know better, I'd swear Monique and Kasper Ferrari had a history.

The Dada Detective crew is back from WTH! Con 2008 and we are well and sincerely pooped. But happy. As always, it was good peeps, good times, and good geekery.

Con reports incoming in the next couple days.

[DD #164] - Repartee

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:21:21 GMT

The thing I like best about old detective films and novels isn't the gunplay or the fisticuffs. It's the verbal jousting.

Talking is the gumshoe's most dangerous weapon. You rarely see Sam Spade or Philp Marlowe wield a gun. They don't need to. They can turn an entire room of thugs against each other with a few clever turns of phrase.

That's the main reason why I'll always take Spade or Marlowe over Mike Hammer any day of the week. Mike usually lets his gun do his talking for him. And well, a gun only says one thing. Gets kinda boring after awhile.

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[DD #163] - A New Old Face

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:57:15 GMT

It's usually fun introducing a new character in the strip. But this one is especially fun to bring in. I've always loved the actor we used as a reference. Sydney Greenstreet is only man I know who could still exude gravitas by the bucketful while wearing a fez.