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Jugs, Beavers and Exploding Balls -- reckless euphemisms in comic strip form. |
FIRST CYNIC COLLECTION IN PRINT -- Buy a copy now, less than retail.
"Jugs, Beavers, and Exploding Balls"
2004 -2005 Dailies
By Jeff Swenson
Yes, I finally got 2 years worth of Cynic comic strips collected. This large format book comes with a full color cover and also includes all of the holiday specials from that time period.
Warning: As usual, The Cynic does contain language and adult situations and is a far cry from the syndicated sweetness found between Garfield and The Peanuts. Not that there's anything wrong with those strips but The Cynic will probably never end up on a greeting card. It might be able to lick the stamp on a Bloom County greeting, but that's as close as it will get to sentimental commercialism.
So buy yourself a copy of a comic strip that isn't holding back in order to spare your feelings. I've always wrote what I thought was funny for The Cynic and and the characters always warmed my heart because they had so many flaws and yet were the kind of people you'd want to hang out with. |
UPDATED NEWS - Nov 2007
While currently I have had to end The Cynic's daily run for the year, I am planning to do a bunch of promotion and collect all of the strips in the next year including 2006 - 2007 and 2000 - 2003 (some of which may or may not be lost, hopefully I can rescue it).
If all goes well I am wanting to bring back the daily after a lot of that hard work is done. Over the years I had several inquiries from publishers who would start the book process but then ultimately never follow through. Which is the reason why I finally took charge. We're in a day of mass entertainment and print on demand publishers which allows authors to get their material out to the public, but it is a lot of tedious work. I just couldn't do both a daily and print production at the same time.
I believe things will go well as soon as I can get promotional copies out to reviewers. If you run a book review site or review magazine that features such items as comic strip collections then drop me an email with your mailing info. I realize reviewers can be brutal but I have confidence that The Cynic will force a smile out of you and the characters themselves already have a life of their own--they literally write their own lines.
CONTACT: JEFF@THE-CYNIC.COM |
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