Okay everybody, there are some very important things you should know.
Important thing #1
There is something that exists somewhere in the world called a howler monkey. I just learned about these fiends the other day, and I wish I hadn't. They are frightening beasts, and if you have any common sense at all, you will immediately start being scared of them now that I've told you of their existence. Apparently they are the loudest animal in the world. I read it in Guinness.
Here's a little collage I made, so you'll know what they look like in case you happen to run into one. They come in all different colors.
If you don't like it, check out some of the other comics available on the site. The whole site is quite amusing, and it's done by some guys that live nearby us. I hope it's not just a local, isolated sense of humor.
Important thing #3
It's a new shirt!!!
Have you ever wondered how to take down a brontosaurus in one move. The answer is, you bite it in the head! It will take a while to die, but it is a good move nonetheless. This wicked shirt will be available very very soon!
Have a great day everyone.
Hugs and French Kisses,
-Scott
Deadly new shirt. And new WN BOOK. - December 28, 2008
Well Hello. I didn't see you there.
Since you're here, why don't I tell you about a deadly new shirt in our store. Now, deadly is a word that gets thrown around too often and has lost a lot of it's impact. When I say deadly, I mean literally, deadly. As in, there is something on this new shirt that is in the act of dying. Gruesome, I know, but you may think of it as merely a snapshot from nature. Two magnificent stallions, doing whatever it is that stallions do. I believe they try to take each other out by ripping out their competition's throat. Clearly these are two alpha males trying to establish dominance in the picture below:
Is this what Darwin meant by Survival of the Fittest. Yes. Yes, this is exactly what he meant.
Hmmmm, what else is new? I don't really keep up with actual news, so I'll tell you what is going on in my world right now. My dishes are piling up. I haven't done them in 5 days or so. I really should get on those, but I'm busy putting together a new volume of White Ninja comics due to be published in April of 2009. My deadlines are fast approaching, and I still have a lot to do.
The new book will have 208 pages, same as last. It will contain the majority of your favorite comics, beginning where the last volume left off. It will also include some alternate versions of your favorites, just like you would find in the bonus features of your favorite dvd. And David Malki! of Wondermark! has provided us with a short piece of prose about White Ninja in place of a foreword (because forewords are boring). And Kelly Vivanco may or may not be providing some bonus content as well. I'll keep you posted. Let's see, what else? Oh, the book will be called "White Ninja Has a Serious Kiwi Problem", and you can look for the striking green cover in bookstores or our website in the near future.
Well, that's enough news for one day. Everybody have a great day. Listen to some good music. Drink a coffee. Stand in a beam of sunshine coming in your school or office window. If the sunshine highlights dust particles floating in the air, try to catch some on your tongue.
-Scott
Press Play. White Ninja is back on Cracked. - December 28, 2008
So, after a short delay to get things sorted out between Cracked.com and us, we've decided to give it another shot. Over the next four weeks (and if all goes well then that will invariably be extended), White Ninja comics will again be appearing on Cracked.com every Saturday.
We discovered that although there was some negativity towards the comic from a few out spoken morons on the Cracked.com forums - there was also a massive number of people who were able to access White Ninja for the first time. This is what we had hoped. We've spoken closely with the guys at Cracked.com and agreed to continue with them. Hopefully you all enjoy the extra comic a week.
Keep it real.
-Kent
Cracked on pause. - December 1, 2008
As some of you may have noticed there was no White Ninja comic up at Cracked.com this weekend. There are a few reasons for this. So allow me to explain:
We were approached by Cracked.com (who Scott and I are both big fans of) a few months ago when they sent us an email saying that they thought we were hilarious dudes and loved White Ninja. From there we started working with them to figure out how we could get White Ninja on Cracked.com for more people to see.
Scott and I knew it would be a lot of extra work producing a fourth comic a week, but we hoped that this work would translate into more people getting to see and enjoy White Ninja.
Needless to say, we were fairly disappointed when we saw the negative response that it was getting on the Cracked.com website (although a bunch of loyal White Ninja fans fought a valiant battle on White Ninja's behalf). Not that I really care when a few retards don't like our comic, but I'd much rather have people who actually enjoy the comic see it than someone who just wants pee and poop jokes all the time.
We received a lot of emails from our fans pleading with us to take the comic off of Cracked.com. Here are a couple samples of emails we received:
"Hey guys. I've been a long time reader of whiteninjacomics.com and pretty much am an evangelist in telling other people to read it. One question, though, is why the sudden involvement with Cracked? This is the same thing as that old magazine derivative of MAD, correct? The user comments are breaking my heart. The style of humor and irony are completely over their heads. This obvious because they've recommended other web comics that are complete shit and equal in value to juvenile knock knock jokes (though you guys could probably actually make that work). I think you should just cancel the Cracked strip unless they're actually paying you enough to put up with those forum geeks."
Here is another one:
"I'm sorry to report that some whiney sons-a-{guns} at cracked pretty much hate your comics. Obviously they have no understanding of your high level of humor. However I have noticed you tend to put the butt of your comics on cracked and so I woul appreciate it if you smashed their heads in with the god of all white ninja comics. It should involve abortion, gays, blacks, asians, whites, mexicans, soddomy, cocaine, chuck norris, bears, and jesus."
We wanted to give it an honest try and see what would happen with Cracked.com. Unfortunately, the high workload of doing a fourth comic for people who didn't appreciate it... well, it just seems like a waste of time for us, and it was taking away from what we could do on our own website... and that just seems wrong and dumb to me. As such, we have suspended our association with Cracked.com.
I hope that our fans will understand our reasoning behind this decision.
We will of course be continuing with the three comics per week schedule on WhiteNinjaComics.com. I have also be put up the 13 comics that appeared on Cracked.com. They are WAY funnier on our website... check it out for yourself:
About two years ago I was shown some illustrations that blew my mind so hard I never fully recovered. Since that day I've probably thought about these pictures, oh, at least two to three times a week. They just won't go away.
What could be so amazing that it would stick to the back of your brain for over two years, you might ask? Well, I'll tell you. It was a series of drawings of bears holding hand saws. Some were golfing. Some were fishing. Some were at home. All of them, though, were holding saws.
Wow!
The drawings were done by a guy named Darren, whom I don't know personally, but I've seen him riding his bike around, and I'm pretty sure he lives across the street from me. I'm hoping he reads this so I can give him credit, because he has inspired our latest shirt in the CasaSuperNova store. Darren, if you're there, I just want you to know that your sketches made a difference. I'd also like to get a hold of those sketches so we could post them here for everyone to see. And, you're welcome to a couple of the shirts we're making up. (And don't write us and say you're Darren, because we have ways of knowing if you're lying).
Anyway, every time, and I mean every time, I sit down and try to think of the next rad thing I'd like to wear on a shirt, a little parasite in my brain screams "BEARS WITH SAWS!" Well, I've finally done it. Maybe just to purge this thought from my mind so I can think about other things. I mean it. A friend of mine once asked me if wanted his old television set and I said, "bears with saws."
Stay tuned for my next news report entitled: "Cyclists: Go Away Forever. You Annoy Motorists and Pedestrians. You Are Not Wanted on the Roads Or on the Sidewalks. Congratulations on Saving Gas And Being Fit."
Peace.
-Scott
ComicCon 2008 Re-cap - August 11, 2008
Good day, ladies and gentlepants.
First off, I'd like to start off this newsletter with a minute of silence for Martin Lawrence.
shhhhh.
He's not dead, but he tries really hard to be funny, and I wouldn't want that to go unnoticed.
Next up on the list of stuff you must know about is ComicCon (I still don't know if it's one word or two, and this is my fourth year attending!). Now, if you're not into being a huge nerd all the time, you might ask yourself, "just what is this 'ComicCon' that all these freaky weirdos keep talking about?" Well, the answer to that question is this: It's a big convention in San Diego where people go to spend lots and lots of money on comics and things even vaguely related to comics. And it's basically like a big party, and people dress up, and pants are optional.
The White Ninja table at the con looked like a lemonade stand next to some of the other displays, but somehow people found us and purchased enough stuff to make our trip to california affordable. We shared the booth with Jeph from Questionable Content, Chris from Dr. McNinja, Christian and Pontus from Little Gamers, Randall from XKCD, and David from Wondermark - a very entertaining group of people, I must say. Our display was lacking, though. As you can see, most of the White Ninja displays are made out of masking tape (we didn't have very much money).
This is our super crappy display on Day One. Notice the banner, I thought it looked good all wrinkled up like that.
Then we thought, perhaps we would sell more shirts if we didn't look like a lemonade stand. So, we fashioned this sweet t-shirt display out of tape and cardboard. Brilliant.
The ninja protected our shirts and I made a sweet throne for myself. (Both made of masking tape, naturally.)
And these lucky readers got the display we auctioned off in the end - a ferocious, crouching ninja!
Another thing about ComicCon that rules is that people let us write on their faces with permanent marker! What a bunch of rad dudes!
Chris McNinja liked drawing curly mustaches.
This guy didn't want us to tell him what we were drawing. He said he would figure it out throughout the day. So we drew two earthworms and a giant spider spinning a web from his left ear to his clavicle.
And, of course, we drew pictures for anyone who wanted one. We drew pictures of White Ninja, Dinosaurs, Helicopters, Worms, Kiwis.... all that good stuff. Some people even liked our drawings enough that they let us draw on there expensive belongings - like this guy's macbook!
And, we also drew this awesome picture on some scientist's lab coat.
Later,
-Scott
p.s
Check out the latest Fan Art by this funny dude named Bryan. It tickles me in all the right places. So much, I wish I drew it. Oh well, I'm glad one of us thought of it, Bryan.
Online Shopping now better than ever! - Jun 16, 2008
Do you like shopping on-line? Do you spend countless hours on ebay and amazon? And doesn't it always seem like you can't find that special item you're looking for? That's how it was for me until I found this website: whalesdirect.com. It will change your life forever.
How much would you spend for this beautiful fleece jacket, covered with adorable kittens? Eighty dollars? Certainly I would be prepared to spend as much, but right now at Whales&Friends it's on sale for half of that!
You see, at Whales&Friends, you can pick an animal from a column on the left of the page, and, magically, everything you could ever want to do with that animal will be displayed for purchasing.
For the horse person, it doesn't get any better than this shirt:
Never again be confused at which is the front and which is the back of your shirt. How clever.
But Whales&Friends doesn't just sell clothing. Oh my, no. They also sell jewelry! Check out this magnificent horse ring, only $220.00.
Personally, I'm not into horses much. Wolves on the other hand... Well, here's a collage I made of Wolf items that will be on my Christmas wish list this year:
And lastly, I have compiled some images of my other favorite items from this fabulous website. And hey, guys, in case you couldn't tell, I'm being sarcastic about all this. This stuff sucks.
Later,
-Scott
CASAsuperNOVA contest winners! - May 5, 2008
The moment you've all been waiting for!
This is it, ladies and gentlemen! I am about to announce the winners of the CasaSuperNova Pointlessly Rad T-shirt Contest! That's right, I said winnerSSSS, as in more than one winner. So exciting.
Before I get to the winners, I'd like to give some credit to the rad people who's ideas didn't make it onto a shirt. I underestimated you people, it seems. I really didn't expect to have so many killer suggestions. For example:
Adam Herrington: "I think a sexy lady centaur reared up on her hind legs wailing on a bad ass looking electric guitar over the corpse of her defeated foe, a jet fighter."
Mike Gray: "Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix fighting with switchblades and chains."
Truly there are more righteous dudes out there than I thought!
As I mentioned previously, the winning ideas must be BAD above all things. We had many hilarious suggestions, but in this contest SICK, WICKED and NASTY beat out SILLY, STUPID, and RIDICULOUS. One contestant in particular tried to make his suggestion more bad by using profanities. And he almost succeeded. But not quite. Take a minute to enjoy Brian Haney's idea of what a wicked shirt looks like:
"A kitten made out of butterflies. - Kind of like how in cartoons if there's a swarm of bees, maybe they all get together and form the shape of a hammer or something and smash the sh*t out of someone. Same concept, except with butterflies. They get together and form a kitten. Brutal. Or a few baby ducks eating breadcrumbs out of a little kid's hand. F**K YEAH."
Thanks Brian. We're giving you a signed book anyway because you rule.
Now for the runners up in the contest. Out of all the submissions, these are the ones that, in addition to their awesomeness, inspired a clear picture in our brains that would make a sweet shirt design. I wish we had the resources to print up all of these. We will be getting in contact with all of the following people this week so that we can ship to you all a runner up prize: a signed and illustrated copy of the new White Ninja book.
Ryan Landis: "My idea involves the two most popular things in the world right now: detectives and alligators! This shirt would combine the two in the world's first alligator detective! All he would need would be the sherlock hat that all detectives have and a magnifying glass. He could be detecting something with his glass, perhaps a bed, couch, or cabinet. Even a table. So I guess this sly detective alligator could be centered, maybe shown inside of a hallway or living room, or a dark alley, and he would be detecting."
Liam McConkey: "The coolest shirt design I can possibly think of would have to involve a narwhal. Right now I'm picturin' a viking standing at the railing of his ship, battling the narwhal back into the cold Arctic sea. Can he win? Can a man truly stand against the rage of a narwhal. The image would leave everyone breathless, hopeful for mankind but filled with respect for the power and fury of the whale."
Naomi (no last name): "For months I've been thinking about how the ultimate crime fighting hero could well be a cowboy who rather than riding a horse, rides a unicorn. This I feel would make a darned tootin' t-shirt....The cowboy needs chaps..." Imagine the Marlboro Man in all his Manly glory rounding up a heard of steers with his delicate, pure white unicorn, sparkles and stars trailing behind the its hooves. Such Contrast!
All right. It's WINNER time! We have two winners, because we couldn't decide on one.
Our first winner is Neal Zaluski for his shirt "Cephalopod Attack!!!" We had a number of requests for shirts with either Narwhals or Octopuses or Squids. Hopefully this shirt quenches everyone's thirst for underwater carnage. It is a "giant octopus devouring a deep sea diver dressed in one of those old-timey suits. Don't forget the cloud of ink and blood." How could we, Neal? How could we? Here is the shirt:
WINNER number two is Adam Vallieres. Adam's shirt idea "War Bear!" has been haunting my thoughts since the contest began. It was the very first suggestion sent to us, and it was a mind-blowing enough to keep its power and mystique right through to the end. Very impressive. Adam's vision was very detailed, involving, well... here's some of what he wrote:
"The basic premis is a WAR BEAR!- The Bear is standing in his hind legs,- He is roaring the way a grizzly would in a documentary- He has a bionic eye,(like really outstanding metal square with the glowing red screen)- In one hand, he has a giant axe with visible electric current going through the blade, and a shrunken human head tied by the hair at the bottom of the handle..." And it goes on and on like this.
Well, as you can see, the axe has turned to a sword, and the square bionic eye is circular. We couldn't get in all the details, but I think we made up for it by PUTTING WAR BEAR IN A TANK! Hope you like it Adam.
Now, if you are able to swallow your pride enough to admit that maybe these two winning shirts could possibly maybe be mistakenly seen as equal or better than your own suggestion, and would like to get one to support awesomeness in general, pay attention: These shirts will be on pre-order beginning WEDNESDAY MAY 7th for a period of 2 or 3 weeks. If you order one or both of these shirts during this time, you will SAVE 5 DOLLARS on each shirt. That is quite an incentive. We will likely be stocking the designs later, but that all depends on initial interest. Like I said before, we don't have the resources to print up infinite amounts of awesome shirts.
Congratulations winners, and thanks to everyone who submitted an idea. The world is on its way to becoming as gnarly as you folks.
-Scott
So much stuff! - April 30, 2008
So much stuff to tell you guys.
I'm going to use this space to talk about the very exciting t-shirt design contest which has been going on for the past month, as well as a new contest, smaller, but still awesome.
But first, there's something crappier I'd like to discuss. Apparently, for a span of about 3 days or so, whiteninjacomics.com was being hijacked by our own ads. That is, the ads were rerouting the viewer to a new page which made it impossible to enjoy hilarious comics. This was completely unintentional and out of our control. To make things worse, our email mysteriously went down about the same time, so we didn't receive any of the emails warning us until about 4 days after the problem had been fixed. I know most of you probably didn't have a problem with this because you would have had different ads running in your part of the globe, but for those who could not reach the website, that sucks, and we're sorry about it. Had our email been running properly, it would have been fixed within hours.
Anyway, since our email has been functioning properly again, I've been spending my hours sifting through the countless suggestions for the CasaSuperNova t-shirt contest. Currently I've narrowed it down to about 10 shirt ideas. They are all so undisputedly cool, the selecting a winner is going to be very difficult. At this point in the judging, other factors are going to come in to play, such as, well, these:
1) Do-ablility. I already know the idea is killer, but is it so complex that it would take a million years of designing to do it justice?
2) Framing and Flow. Some things, gnarly as they may be, are difficult to arrange on a shirt with any sort of unity or rhythm. This may not seem important, but it is. To me.
3) Bad-assness over hilariousness. Some of the finalists actually made me laugh out loud. In the end, though, we will probably select something badass over something silly. Afterall, there's already a million t-shirt sites on the internet that specialize in silly.
SOOOO....We should have a winner (or more) selected very soon, but we'll probably hold off announcing it until the first week in May so I can have some time to finalize some sketches I've already started. When we announce a winner, we'll also post some of the awesome ideas that didn't quite make it. I hope you can all appreciate the radness of each other's ideas. I don't think any other event in the history of the world has brought together so many righteous dudes and girl-dudes.
In the mean time, we have another 'contest' for you.
There's a week and a bit remaining in our NEW BOOK display at Barnes & Noble. Naturally we want people to take advantage of this, so the contest is designed to get people passing through the stores to look at White Ninja. Here's how it works:
Go to Barnes & Noble. Take a picture of yourself doing something awesome in front of the display. Maybe something funny. Maybe just go there and start handing the books out to people in the store. Make a sign "I'd rather read White Ninja than wear fur" and stand naked outside the store. Basically, anything you can do to attract (positive) attention to the comic.
Send us the picture. The winner will get a free t-shirt of their choosing, and 15 minutes of fame as the picture will be posted in our newsletter and in the news section of the site.
I know, it's more of a favor to us than a contest, but if you're the type of person who enjoys being an idiot, well, this contest may be for you.
P.S. The Barnes & Noble display is only in the U.S., but if you know of a store near you that sells the book, feel free to participate at that location.
FINALLY, one last bit of news.
The BadNewsRadio site has been updated for the first time in about 4 months. We've been very busy with the new White Ninja book, among other things, and BNR has kind of taken a back seat to all of that. I'm hesitant to say that it's back, but there is a new page of the story for you to read. I've also written three more pages which I'll post as soon as the illustrations are done. Likely this will be the way of the site until the story is finished - posting multiple pages every random once in a while. And when it's done, for the few of you who REALLY REALLY liked the story, we'll see if we can get some books printed up.
Recap:
1) Awesome shirt suggestions. We're narrowing it down and will have a winner soon.
2) New contest. Find a Barnes & Noble before May 10th and dupe people into checking out the new White Ninja book with crazy antics.
3) Bad News Radio is updated. You may have to start at the beginning again, cuz it's been a while.
Peace, Love and Unity
-Scott
T-shirt Contest - April 13, 2008
Last night we sent out a newsletter describing a contest that we're going to be having in the month of April, and we've already had more participation than I expected for the whole month. Obviously this is something of interest, so I'll repeat the rules of the contest here and open it up to everyone. The contest is this:
Suggest a supremely wicked shirt idea.
CasaSuperNova.com, besides being the outlet for wonderful White Ninja clothing, books and accessories, has had an immaculate record of bringing you the most pointlessly awesome t-shirts created for no other reason than to bring out the internal radness of the wearer. In the past we have brought you tigers with automatic weapons, pterodactyls fighting with lazers in outer space, gorillas viciously devouring deadly snakes, and an barrage of menacing skeletons riding magic carpets. Now it's your chance to come up with a rad shirt.
If you've ever had a sweet idea for a shirt, but no means by which to get it made, here's your chance to finally have that shirt. All you must do is email your rad idea to thecreators@whiteninjacomics.com. Kent and I will read through all the suggestions from now until the end of April, at which point we will declare a winner. The winner's suggestion will be turned into a shirt, made in true CasaSuperNova style, of which the winner will receive two - one for winner, and one for the winner's most righteous companion. The winner will also receive a copy, signed and illustrated, of the new White Ninja Book. If too many sweet ideas come in, there may be more than one winner.
Some wicked suggestions so far include guitar-playing female centaurs, alpacas doing alpaca stuff, and WAR BEAR!!! (< you can just imagine).
All solid contenders for the top prize. If you think you can top these, please try. As I mentioned in the newsletter, I'd like to see something with a DeLorean).
A few rules:
1 - The suggestion can be as vague or detailed as you like, depending on your vision
2 - Please make the subject title of your email obvious (address, again, is thecreators@whiteninjacomics.com)
3 - Only suggest things that are rad, wicked, gnarly or a combination of the three.
Ready....Go!
-Scott
p.s. CasaSuperNova designs have sold well in Europe. That probably means that they are ultra-fashionable and will be well received in the U.S. in a year or two. And in Canada in five or six. All I'm saying is that Europeans dress better than us North Americans and if you're from a European country there's extra incentive to participate in this contest because you may actually see somebody wearing your idea one day. And then you can be all like "hey, see that on your shirt? I invented that."
Armageddon! - February 20, 2008
In case you don't read the news much, here's a tasty morsel for you that might peak your interestors: THERE IS A DEFUNCT U.S. SPY SATTELITE, LOADED WITH HIGHLY TOXIC FUEL, ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH. Is it just me, or is this kind of a pretty big deal? Seriously, I just learned about this yesterday, so I haven't had much time to prepare a plan to shield myself from the rainstorm of flying debris and poisonous liquid that will be falling from the sky when the U.S. attempts to intercept this thing with a missile. The launch date: as early as LATE WEDNESDAY (that's today) NIGHT!!! Maybe early Thursday. Frig!
Apparently there's about an 80% chance that they will be successful. If you're not good at math, that means that if they shot 5 missiles at the satellite, 4 of them would probably make contact. That's a comforting thought. Less comforting is that they aren't shooting 5 missiles. They are shooting one. Maybe a second if the first doesn't go will. Read more here if you want: CLICK HERE.
In other news...
Why don't they make tv specials like this anymore?
The clip is from the greatest special ever, 1987's Grand Knockout Tournament, where the biggest celebrities of the time got together and ran obstacle courses and threw hams at each other and stuff. Each team leader was a member of the Royal family. My parents have this whole thing on a VHS somewhere.
Other celebrities participating include Meatloaf, Jane Seymore, Tom Jones, Christopher Reeves, and Rowan Atkinson.
Hi-fives,
-Scott
Saskatoon today - February 4, 2008
As many of you may know, Kent and I live in the lovely city of Saskatoon, which is located in the middle of the Canadian prairies. Most of you will never see this place because, well, there's nothing here to see. And I don't just mean that there's nothing to see that you can't see anywhere else - I mean there is literally nothing to see.
Right now it's winter time and it looks like that movie, Fargo. The sun doesn't come up until 10am, and it sets at 4pm. That means people are at work before the sun comes up, and by the time they leave for home, the sun has already set. Some people spend 2 or 3 months seeing daylight only on the weekends. Tragic, I know.
With the windchill today, it was less than minus 50 degrees Celsius. For you Americans out there, I'll remind you once again that Fahrenheit and Celsius balance out at 40.
Maybe some of you Alaskans can relate. And I forgot to plug in my car. If you've never had to plug in a car before, or even heard of plugging in cars, I hate you. My car didn't start.
It's not all bad, though. In the summer it gets as hot as +40 Celcius. Still, the moral of the story is this: If you ever plan on visiting Saskatoon, for whatever reason - maybe you have an urge to look at nothing at all - or maybe you're from Fargo and you want to see if anywhere could actually be flatter and colder and more miserable - don't come in January or February. If you're not from here, you'll die. Not kidding.
Another reason you might want to visit Saskatoon is to pay a pilgrimage to the birthplace of Joni Mitchell. That's right, Joni Mitchell grew up in our hometown.
Everybody around here is overly proud of this, and for that reason I've spent my entire life avoiding Joni Mitchell's music. I still get a little nauseous when I hear "Both Sides Now," or "Big Yellow Taxi." But I decided to give her a real chance the other day (I don't know why), and I illegally downloaded the album "Blue." It's really good. It's really, really, really good. I kind of feel like an idiot for hating Joni Mitchell all these years. Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Folk Implosion, Sebadoh) stopped through here last summer and said she was awesome and that we should have a statue. Of course, Lou Barlow didn't understand that Joni Mitchell will never have a statue in Saskatoon because Joni Mitchell is not a professional hockey player.
We have a Gordie Howe statue, because Gordie Howe was a great hockey player, and after all, isn't that all anyone cares about in Canada? It's very nice. Let me see if I can find a picture for you... googling... googling... nope. I guess it's not a very famous statue. By the way, if you don't know who Gordie Howe is, he was the Wayne Gretzky before Wayne Gretzky played hockey.
That was a pretty long newspost there. Let's just recap to make sure you got all the important points:
-Saskatoon sucks right now
-Don't come here in the winter unless you are an Alaskan or a Norwegian or something
-Joni Mitchell is from Saskatoon and Lou Barlow says she's good so don't disagree
-Gordie Howe is also from Saskatoon and he's better than everybody because he played hockey
There you have it - all the news that is news in the world right now.
P.S. Lou Barlow, if you're reading my newsletter, I really enjoyed your acoustic set at the Dinosaur Jr. show. I'm sorry nobody else was listening. Next time, wear a hockey jersey, and you will have everyone in the palm of your hand.
Here is a self-portrait of Joni Mitchell:
Hi-fives,
-Scott
Books? - January 30, 2008
Have you ever wished to yourself, "Wouldn't it be lovely if the funny cartoons on this website were available in book form? Then I could read them before bed, on the bus, and in the bathroom. I would buy five copies for myself and some for my friends. Well, we used to have books, a long time ago, but they're all sold out so you're too late. Or are you?
You're too late for the independently produced, coil-spine versions that we used to sell, but there is good news for those of you who found whiteninjacomics.com too late to get your hands on those. We will be releasing a more professional looking book very, very soon. It won't have all the comics in it, just the best of the earliest comics. Although only the people bought the early books will have the exclusive privilege of having the entire collection in print (a thanks for your early support), the new books will probably have all your favorites in it. Plus, it will look a whole lot sweeter. And there will be some extra stuff in it too. I don't want to say too much more about it right now. I wrote a detailed news post about it when I first found out we were doing this, but I seem to have misplaced it. If I find it, I?ll post it as is gets closer to the release date (which is in April, by the way.)
So keep your eyes open for that.
Also to keep your eyes open for in April: the release of the new Sun Kil Moon album! Check out a sample track (Moorestown) at caldoverderecords.com. For all you indie elitists out there, Will Oldham contributes to a few tracks on this one as well. Does anyone care but me?
Another great thing about April: Alec Baldwin's birthday.
It's also the birth month of Candace Cameron, Russel Crowe, Thomas Jefferson, and Leonardo Da Vinci. Find out more famous birthdays at famousbirthdays.com.
Speaking of Alec Baldwin, check out this unofficial fan site: http://www.konary.com/alec/alec.html. It was created April 8th 1996, (6 days after Baldwins birthday), and I don't think it's been updated since. Remember when all websites used to look this crappy?
Hi-fives,
-Scott
Evil Poetry - January 22, 2008
So I recently read "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and it scared me to death. That book is pure evil. I had willies for days. But here's a fun fact for you (I'm assuming most people haven't actually read the book): Did you know that when Jekyll transforms into the dreaded Mr. Hyde, he actually gets smaller in stature? Cartoon parodies, such as the classic Sylvester and Tweety version, on which all of my Jekyll and Hyde knowledge has been based, would have us believe that Hyde the much larger of the two.
I've also been reading Poe a lot lately, from which I have also received a lot of willies. But it's inspired me to begin writing poetry. Dark, sinister poetry. Allow me to share this terrifying poem of a young boy with a grotesquely massive head, written in true Edgar Allen Poe Style:
Johnny Big-Head's Crappy Christmas
For Christmas I got crappy stuff,
The worst thing was a sweater.
The neck hole wasn't big enough,
The shoulders weren't much better.
My sister got a basketball,
My brother, a toboggan,
And my dumb gift, a shirt to small
To fit my massive noggan.
My mother said, "just toss it on
And give it a quick heave."
My siblings helped before too long
By tugging on each sleave.
To make the sweater finally fit,
My family stretched it wide,
Upside-down they opened it,
So I could dive inside.
I wiggled through my massive skull
Until my face turned red,
And after vicious push and pull
My sweater birthed a head.
The sweater now looks simply wretched,
It really needs some sewing.
The neck hole is so very stretch-ed
That my nipple's showing.
Now, when my family buys me clothes
They really have to hunt,
When buying shirts, they look for those
With buttons in the front.
Okay, so it wasn't that scary. I just needed some segue to show off what I'd written. My plan is to release a collection of poems like this sometime in a book called "Roses are Red, Here are Some Poems." It's really more Shel Silverstein style than Edgar Allen Poe. If you read my other book, "Under the Deck, and Under Some Sticks," you'll get the vibe.
Due to the sick rhymes, as clearly displayed above, I may also release audio files of the poems done in a rap over Garage Band beats. But probably not.
Anyway, thanks for choosing whiteninjacomics.com/news as you number one source for the news. I'll keep you up do date as new stuff happens.
Hi-fives,
-Scott
The future is here - January 1, 2008
Happy New Year everyone!!!!
What is it, 2008 or something? The future is officially here. I encourage everyone out there to log onto americanapparel.net (link to shiny pants) and buy something really shiny. Afterall, wasn�t this the decade our parents and grandparents predicted we would all be cyborg spacepeople?
My New Years resolutions:
1)Buy shiny pants.
2)Start smoking.
3)Don�t write 2007 on all my cheques.
4)Learn how to play piano.
5)Stop smoking.
6)Use the word �juxtaposition� in a sentence.
7)Become a Guitar Hero on medium setting.
8)Save a panda, a whale, and a rainforest.
9)Try new foods. Even seafood. (Not whales, though). (Or Pandas).
10) Play the drums 22 hours a day so I can be as good as the guy in the following video (13 years old). Yikes.
Did you watch long enough to see him go with one hand??? Holy friggin� smokes!
That reminds me. I need to start smoking.
Here�s a collage I made of famous people smoking. Enjoy.
-Scott
White Ninja dolls - October 29, 2007
It's been awhile since I wrote something in here, so I thought I should probably write something pretty freakin' exciting so how about this:
A White Ninja stuffed toy!!
All of these dolls are entirely hand-made with a totally unique, random facial expression on each one! Scott and I have spent the past couple weeks drawing faces on all of these guys so each doll is completely individualized. No two dolls are the same. And not only that, but we also signed each of them. How cool is that? Pretty freakin' cool, I'd say.
There are only 75 available for the Christmas season. So if you want one then order it soon or get someone to order for you because these are going to be gone fast.
Also, for Christmas, we are going to be including a signed Christmas card by Scott and I along with every 3 pack order of t-shirts (this includes CsN shirts too). The cards are so very wonderful this year... they are, by far, the sparkliest cards we've ever had. There's so much Christmas cheer on those cards that I can hardly believe that that much cheer actually exists. We've drawn a funny White Ninja picture in all of the cards too. So not only are you getting massive amounts of cheer but also a signed drawing from us too. These are also a "while supplies last" type of thing, so if you want a funny card and 3 wicked tees then buy soon.
You're probably tired of hearing me say "buy soon", but really if you want your stuff at your door by Christmas then please don't wait too long. The deadline for Christmas orders to everywhere OUTSIDE the USA is November 30, and within the USA is December 15. If you order before these dates then you can be pretty much 100% sure that your order will arrive before December 25th.
Dog pounds,
-Kent
Raptors announcer loves...well, you'll see. - September 21, 2007
Listen to the first 5 seconds of this clip. There is no need to listen to the rest, the story isn't that interesting. But I find the first 5 seconds really entertaining.
Yes, you just heard Toronto Raptors announcer, Chuch Swirsky, accuse his co-announcer of "Loving Dick." Because I live in Canada, I have to cheer for the Toronto Raptors, because that's the only team we have (basketball-wise). But I'm getting really tired of Chuck Swirsky and his pervy comments. Last season I heard him say the following pervy things:
"I love dick"
"We love dick"
"I know you love dick"
"I like his body, Leo, it's thick and muscular" (talking about Raptors forward Kris Humphries)
"He could tear your shirt right off"
"Friday night is hump night"
"The American players don't come with a package like his" (talking about Italian foreward, Andrea Barngani)
Of course these are all taken out of context, but geez Swirsky.
Still, the worst thing is that everytime the Raptors win a game he says something stupid like "Get out the salami and cheese, momma!" For no reason! And if they win by a lot he says "onions, baby, onions!" And people pretend to love it. If you care to hear this nonsense, check out this link (you have to listen or fastforward to the last 5 or 10 seconds):
Yikes.
This up and coming season, Kent and I are going to record all the stupid things he says (at least 15 a game) and make a tape which we will send to Chuck Swirsky.
Here's a picture of Chuck Swirsky:
He's also got a bobblehead doll. Don't tell Kent, but I got it for him for his birthday.
Hi-Fives!
-Scott
Malki! vs. Comic-Con - August 24, 2007
Best documentary I've seen in a long time.
Does everyone know who David Malki! is? If you don't, you are a super-loser. He does a little comic called Wondermark, and it's probably your thing, so check it out. But more importantly, you should check out this little video he made about Comic-con, the world's biggest comic convention. In it he asks: "Which is better, Me or Comic-con?" If you want to know if David Malki! is better or worse than Comic-con, this video is for you.
P.S. He asked me my opinion, but unfortunately I had just woken up from a long nap on a pile of t-shirts and didn't really understand what was going on. Nevertheless, Kent and I make a very brief appearance in the video giving Malki! some fist pound greetings.
Hi-Fives!
-Scott
Great things - August 24, 2007
Okay, who likes the same things as me???
I know that it's good to have different tastes in stuff and everything - It's what makes us special, right? But some things are just universally great. So great, probably, that nobody could conceive of contesting their greatness. Joey Ramone, for example, was universally great. He was skinny and he had long hair and sunglasses and a leather jacket. Sweet.
So anyway, I'm going to try to give you a list here of purely universally great things for you to look at and then agree with me. (It's actually just a list of stuff I found recently, so feel free to hate it if you want).
Great thing number 1: Cardoons www.cardoons.ca is a funny webcomic that is super gross. It is about things like zits and poop and wieners and all that sick stuff. If you are gross or are planning on becoming gross, check out this site. I think it's Canadian. That's what .ca means, right? Those awesome, awesome Canadians.
Great thing number 2: Musical Vegetables.
This guy has turned carrots and asparaguses into musical instruments. How universally great is that? It's made extra funny by the fact that he's not speaking English. Check it out:
Better news, we've finally printed up volume 6 of the White Ninja comics collection. This one is a little different than the others, though, in that it has nearly 2.5 times as many comics in it, and was printed in very limited quantity. We made them available to Comic-Con attendees first, and now we only have about 60 books left for sale. That's not too many, so get your orders in soon, and tell your friends that don't check the site everyday like you do.
Comic-Con is coming up super fast. It's beginning Wednesday, July 25th to Sunday, July 29th. So while we're gone the comic will still be updated Monday, Wednesday, and Friday as usual. But there won't be any fan arts till we get back.
Anyways, here's some really important information about the convention this year: As always, we will be sharing a booth with some excellent friends of our from Dayfree Press. Questionable Content, Dr. McNinja, Patches, Little Gamers, Girly, Sam and Fuzzy, and us will all be there. It's going to be cramped but, we'll make it work. Here is a link to our booth location this year:
Although our booth is actually smaller then last year, we've upgraded it considerably with a professionally printed banner (no more jiffy markers for us!), shiny new shelves for our most excellent merchandise, and even pink bags to carry your fantastic purchases from White Ninja and Dayfree Press in.
Of course we will have plenty of merchandise for you guys to purchase if you like. We'll be selling the Eagle, Stealth, Luvbster, and Hotdog tees. Plus, white ninja buttons. And, for those of you who are going to make the trek to Comic-Con we have a special surprise for you. We will be selling a super temporary limited edition volume 6 White Ninja book! This includes 160 hilarious comics from after, the now discontinued, book #5. We only printed 150 copies and that's all we're going to print... ever.
AND! As if that isn't awesome enough we're also bringing 40 handmade White Ninja dolls. They look so good.
And of course, Scott and I will be there all week signing stuff and drawing pictures for whoever wants one. We hope to see you out!
First off, I want to send a big thanks out to everyone who participated in the White Ninja fan art contest. We got a lot of fantastic submissions and it was really tough to pick the winners. If you missed them here they are:
We just finished up the white ninja comic with Robbie's winning character, a ham in fishnet stockings. I think you guys are going to laugh and maybe cry (but in a good way). It will be up on Monday.
For those of you coming to see us at San Diego Comic-Con this summer, we will be selling a new temporary book, "White Ninja Volume 6", which includes the next 160 comics after the old book #5. This will be for sale on the site, for a limited time only, when we get back in early August.
Also, we've never received so many requests for new merchandise as much as we did for "White Ninja's very nice hat". So, due to overwhelming response, we have created a brand new "No Hats" hat which is now for sale in the White Ninja store. Now, you too, can declare your hatred of hats.
ALSO, we are going to be discontinuing 2 of our t-shirts, the Grenade and the Speech shirts. They will be for sale until July 19th, while supplies last. They will never be back again. So don't delay.
By the way, they will be on sale for only $10!!
Holy crap. I know.
New fan art contest! - May 27, 2007
So, it's been awhile since our last fan art contest. And last time it was only open to the people who were subscribers to our very awesome White Ninja newsletter. But this time around we've decided to open it up to not just the newsletter people but to everyone! So here's the details:
1. Draw a fan art, can either be a picture or a comic, with White Ninja and a character of your own creation - it could be a gun slinging Sheriff, a talking plastic bag, a sentient box of cereal, or whatever you want.
2. Email the fan art to thecreators[at]whiteninjacomics.com.
3. The contest closes on Monday, June 18th.
4. Scott and I will go through the fan arts that are submitted and pick the top 3 funniest fan arts and their original characters.
5. So what's the prize? You ask. Well, it's pretty much the best prize there is: 3rd place will receive a White Ninja hat. 2nd place will receive a White Ninja t-shirt. And the big first place winner will get a White Ninja hat and t-shirt AND, best of all, they'll have their original character written into a brand new White Ninja comic strip that will be put up on the website the following week!
How cool would that be? Pretty cool, I think. So start submitting your most excellent fan arts and comics. I'm really excited to see what you guys can come up with.
Dog pounds,
-Kent
Extra! Extra! - May 17, 2007
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Kent is officially not funny anymore!
Okay, here's the thing: I drew this hilarious comic the other day, and Kent is all like, "No, that's not funny. That can't go up on the site." And unfortunately, we have a rule that says that if one of us isn't happy with a comic we can veto it. So it's not going up in the comics section.
The good news is this: I've decided that this comic qualifies as News, so I'm posting it in the news section. Here it is. Enjoy it while it's up, because Kent will probably take it down.
Hi-Fives,
-Scott
English is dumb. - May 3, 2007
Since I challenged people to come up with arguments about my airtight case for using an apostrophe for "it's" in every situation, I've literally been bombarded with emails countering this argument. 6 to be exact. 3 out of these 6 were to express support for my views. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The person with the most eloquent argument, however, was Gabriel Koenig, who didn't really argue for or against, but instead raised a whole new can of worms: "The thing that doesn't make sense is when the apostrophe is used to connote possession, as in your example 'The rat's cheese was full of holes.' This does not make any sense. It isn't trying to say 'the rat is cheese was full of wholes' or 'the rat has cheese was full of holes'. It is very strange how the typical form of a contraction has been borrowed for an uncontracted use. The problem is not with the dual existence of it as 'its' and 'it's' as you claimed. Rather, the issue is the ridiculous apostrophe used after any proper noun to try to convey its possession of something." Hope you got that.
In other news (worse news), we will be unable to print up the Gorilla tees that we got everyone so pumped up about. We will be refunding those who sent us their orders, and hopefully replacing the shirt shortly with a more kick-butt shirt. Bazookas, Botched cosmetic surgery, Children playing marbles - are all likely candidates for the new shirt.
Hi Fives,
-Scott
Its vs. It's - April 25, 2007
We get a lot of emails here at White Ninja Comics from grammar fans pointing out our (very infrequent) grammar errors. I'm pretty good with "you're" and "your," though I believe I've screwed it up once or twice. I'm also an ace on "their," "there," and "they're." The one that the grammarians always catch me on, though, is "It's" and "Its." And that's because it(')s stupid.
In my opinion, the word It's should always have an apostrophe. It's appropriate for all occasions, such as combining the words "It" and "Is," and "It" and "has."
Examples:
It's been sniffing around in the garbage again. (It has).
It's going to rain. (It is).
The point I'd like to argue, however, is that an apostrophe should also be used when showing possession for the pronoun "It" (a pronoun is a word that replaces a noun). If it shows possession for a proper noun, why not a pronoun as well.
Examples:
The rat's cheese was full of holes. (proper noun possession)
Its cheese was full of holes. (pronoun possession)
Why must we drop the apostrophe? It should be, "It's cheese was full of holes." Am I the only one who thinks this? Just because it's a grammar rule doesn't mean it's right. Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in. (Notice I ended that last sentence in a preposition). I challenge someone to counter this airtight argument. If somebody can prove that my "apostrophe is always appropriate theory" is wrong, I will post their argument in the next newspost and admit defeat.
Hi fives,
-Scott
P.S. Please keep sending us emails about incorrect grammar because we don't like looking like idiots.
And we'll be there on Saturday May 5th from 10am-5pm. So if you're in Saskatoon or area that weekend you should definitely come down and say hello.
The second White Ninja appearance will be at the grand San Deigo Comic-Con show in, you guessed it, San Deigo, California. This show is always crazy and but super fun. As always we'll be sharing a booth with some of our Dayfree Press friends. If you've never been to this show before it's quite the spectacle. There are all sorts of neat things to look at, not to mention the freaks... lots of freaks. Freaks who dress up as Cavemen and Darth Vader and Turok the Dinosaur Hunter. Anyways, it's great and we'll be there. Comic-Con begins Wednesday July 25th and goes to Sunday July 29th. We'll post more info about this show as it draws closer. But check out the Comic-Con website if you are thinking about attending: http://www.comic-con.org/cci/
Since I challenged people to come up with arguments about my airtight case for using an apostrophe for "it's" in every situation, I've literally been bombarded with emails countering this argument. 6 to be exact. 3 out of these 6 were to express support for my views. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The person with the most eloquent argument, however, was Gabriel Koenig, who didn’t really argue for or against, but instead raised a whole new can of worms: "The thing that doesn't make sense is when the apostrophe is used to connote possession, as in your example 'The rat's cheese was full of holes.' This does not make any sense. It isn't trying to say 'the rat is cheese was full of wholes' or 'the rat has cheese was full of holes'. It is very strange how the typical form of a contraction has been borrowed for an uncontracted use. The problem is not with the dual existence of it as 'its' and 'it's' as you claimed. Rather, the issue is the ridiculous apostrophe used after any proper noun to try to convey its possession of something." Hope you got that.
In other news (worse news), we will be unable to print up the Gorilla tees that we got everyone so pumped up about. We will be refunding those who sent us their orders, and hopefully replacing the shirt shortly with a more kick-butt shirt. Bazookas, Botched cosmetic surgery, Children playing marbles - are all likely candidates for the new shirt.
Hi Fives,
-Scott
Its vs. It's - April 25, 2007
We get a lot of emails here at White Ninja Comics from grammar fans pointing out our (very infrequent) grammar errors. I'm pretty good with "you're" and "your," though I believe I've screwed it up once or twice. I'm also an ace on "their," "there," and "they're." The one that the grammarians always catch me on, though, is "It's" and "Its." And that's because it(')s stupid.
In my opinion, the word It's should always have an apostrophe. It's appropriate for all occasions, such as combining the words "It" and "Is," and "It" and "has."
Examples:
It's been sniffing around in the garbage again. (It has).
It's going to rain. (It is).
The point I'd like to argue, however, is that an apostrophe should also be used when showing possession for the pronoun "It" (a pronoun is a word that replaces a noun). If it shows possession for a proper noun, why not a pronoun as well.
Examples:
The rat's cheese was full of holes. (proper noun possession)
Its cheese was full of holes. (pronoun possession)
Why must we drop the apostrophe? It should be, "It's cheese was full of holes." Am I the only one who thinks this? Just because it's a grammar rule doesn't mean it's right. Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in. (Notice I ended that last sentence in a preposition). I challenge someone to counter this airtight argument. If somebody can prove that my "apostrophe is always appropriate theory" is wrong, I will post their argument in the next newspost and admit defeat.
Hi fives,
-Scott
P.S. Please keep sending us emails about incorrect grammar because we don't like looking like idiots.
And we'll be there on Saturday May 5th from 10am-5pm. So if you're in Saskatoon or area that weekend you should definitely come down and say hello.
The second White Ninja appearance will be at the grand San Deigo Comic-Con show in, you guessed it, San Deigo, California. This show is always crazy and but super fun. As always we'll be sharing a booth with some of our Dayfree Press friends. If you've never been to this show before it's quite the spectacle. There are all sorts of neat things to look at, not to mention the freaks... lots of freaks. Freaks who dress up as Cavemen and Darth Vader and Turok the Dinosaur Hunter. Anyways, it's great and we'll be there. Comic-Con begins Wednesday July 25th and goes to Sunday July 29th. We'll post more info about this show as it draws closer. But check out the Comic-Con website if you are thinking about attending: http://www.comic-con.org/cci/
Happy Easter everyone. I hope everyone eats lots of candy and attends lots of church.
Does anybody remember the olden days on whiteninjacomics.com when we used to have White Ninja Chanllenges instead of comics? There was that one: Find 6 funny things in this picture, and the other: Find 6 scary things in this picture. Well, I was doing some thinking to myself and I though, "Scott, wouldn't it be fun if White Ninja readers had another challenge to sharpen their minds?" Then I answered aloud, "Yes." So I made one. But I didn't want to put it in place of a comic for two reasons. First of all, we haven't done it in a while, and I didn't know if the new readers would appreciate it. Second, it's not as funny as the other two. But it's still pretty good, so we'll put it in the news section and call it news.
Check it out:
Okay, who got six out of six? It's a tough one. Perhaps because what one finds upsetting isn't necessarily, totally, one hundred percent objective. Congratulations if you were upset by this picture.
Hi Fives,
Scott
Music is good, usually. - April 2, 2007
Hello friends, I hope that all is well in Internet land today. I had a pretty neat weekend. So I'm going to tell you all about it, whether you like it or not. The Juno Awards, which for those of you that don't know, are basically a Canadian version of the Grammys, were hosted by our home town of Saskatoon. I wasn't super pumped about it or anything, mostly because Nelly Furtado was hosting it and she can be pretty annoying. But anyways, my sister and I were able to get a couple of tickets to the show so I thought, "what the hay? It might be kinda alright." So we went and it was actually pretty okay. Billy Talent, K-OS, and Tragically Hip all performed, but I gotta say my two favourites were two dudes that I'd never heard of before: Patrick Watson and DJ Champion. I'm sure that most of you have probably already heard of them, but if not you should really check them out.
Anyways, am I the only person in the world that hates that Mika retard? It's one idiot right? Or is that the band? Regardless, that song has gotta be one of the worst songs ever written and definitely the worst song ever to be so popular. I'd rather listen to Ace of Base or Shirley Temple for infinity times then hear that song again.
It was actually really funny (in hindsight) and really frightening (in the present-sight). Scott and I went to a movie with a couple hot babes about a month ago, we were there pretty early, and the theatre was all dark and spooky like. Then suddenly the most horrifying image appeared on screen of this crazed maniac singing about "being violet" and "being purple" and all this other pervy stuff.
Speaking of Dayfree Press, for the past, oh, I dunno... ever, we've been discussing a revision and redesign of the Dayfree website. Scott actually did the bulk of the design of the site and I think it looks pretty awesome. Don't you agree?
It�s been a slow week for news I must admit. So I thought you�d like to look at some munchkins. Here, look at some munchkins. It�s not news, but neither is almost everything else that I find amusing.
If you�ve never seen the Wizard of Oz before, you probably just peed your pants�out of a combination of fright and hilarity�and pee. If you�ve seen the movie hundreds of times, as I have, you�ll have to admit that it�s much more disturbing when taken out of context. There�s just something freaky about squeaky little people, dressed as clowns, dancing like marionettes performed by a crane which is being operated by a stiff, 1970s-looking robot.
I apologize for the lack of real news, but if I don�t have something for you to read when you come to this section, then you might stop coming, and you�ll miss out on any VERY REAL news that you might need to hear. On the other hand, if I post crap like this everyday, it will be like the boy who cried wolf. I�ll be all like, �hey, come read some news in the news section,� and you guys�ll all be like, �yah, what news is that, liar?�
Anyway, Hi-fives all around.
-Scott
Books for sale! - March 2, 2007
Does the news never stop in internetland?
Apparently not, because I have more fabulous news to share with you all.
Ever since I was 8 or 9 years old, I've wanted to write a kids book. I figured, "How hard can it be? It's mostly pictures, and there's only like 20 words per page." Turns out, it's a lot of work. It takes, literally, hundreds and hundreds of hours. I know, because I finally finished one! "Under the Deck and Under Some Sticks..." is the title of my first book, and I couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out.
The story is about a little boy who finds - under his deck and under some sticks - the remains of a recently deceased cat. As you might have guessed, the boy and the dead cat become immediate friends, enjoying sleep-overs and other such things that children love to read about. It even involves life lessons about mourning the loss of close friends as well as the loss of decaying body parts. An instant classic to read to the mall child in your family.
To help celebrate the release of this private publication, all 5 volumes of White Ninja books are going on sale for... wait for it... $5.oo a piece. That's right, five bucks each. Or you can get the outrageous once in a lifetime deal of all 5 books for only $20 - that's less than half the original price. This is a while supplies last sale and once these original books are gone they will NOT be available again. Our newsletter readers have already bought up A LOT of the book stock. Get yours before it's too late!
Thanks everyone.
Hi-Fives.
Ready for some good Bad News? - February 26, 2007
Can you believe it but I have some even more important and exciting news to tell you guys. Hold onto your heads, because it is pretty much the most mind-blowing thing you're going to hear for the rest of your life! (or atleast this week).
For the past few months Scott and I have been working on a new project. We're extremely excited about it and we think that you guys are going to totally love it. Our new project is the webcomic/webstory called �Bad News Radio!�
Bad News Radio has been something that we�ve been wanting to do for a very long long time. Basically it is an ongoing story about the random connections between people. Each story part details a snippet from an individual�s life. It is, when you come right down to it, the greatest story ever written. Check it out. It�s updated every Tuesday and is pretty freakin' hilarious if I say so myself.
Hello everyone. You're probably wondering "What is this strange new section on the white ninja website?" Fear not friends. I will explain: Scott and I have realized that our current "What's new?" section on the main page is very insufficient for actually telling you guys about actual important stuff. Sure, we have the newsletter which is awesome and you should sign-up to it (click here), but not everyone who comes to this fantastic website sees it. So, we have decided that it would probably be a good idea to create a REAL News section. You see, now we can actually explain in depth things that are important, such as, a new shirt or book, upcoming conventions, and other important things. Plus, we can talk to you guys about fun stuff that we find on the internet, or perhaps even things that happen to Scott and I. I think that it will be good and you will certainly enjoy it.
Right now, we'll probably only be updating this section a couple times a week, because it'd be hard to come up with real News everyday. However, it'll be pretty good because both me and Scott will write stuff in here.
So, shall we get to some real news then? I think so.
Important news #1: We've sent in the pre-orders for the new Stealth shirt. It'll take about a week or so to print and then they'll be sent out to everyone who ordered them. We've also ordered a few of them for stock so they are available to order still.
Important news #2: This cat can talk. Holy crap.
Important news #3: We're almost all out of fan arts. If you've been thinking about making a fan art for white ninja. You definitely should and then email it to us at thecreators[at]whiteninjacomics.com.
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