urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat "READ, dummy!" Jason Furness 2008-04-24T06:39:36Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:32201 2008-04-24T06:39:36Z 2008-04-24T06:39:36Z WHY IS A 50-YEAR-OLD NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIP USING <b><a href="http://joshreads.com/?p=1530">COMIC SANS</a></b>??<br /><br />I mean, what's next? They start drawing it in MS Paint? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:31769 2008-04-22T07:47:57Z 2008-04-22T07:47:57Z Holy Guacamole!There were a couple of <a href="http://www.pjstar.com/stories/041808/TRI_quakes.php">earthquakes</a> in my neck of the woods last week!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><font size="1">I slept right through them...<br /><br /><font size="2"><a name="cutid1"></a><div class="ljcut" text="Read more..."><font><font>Here's some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh4cIdQYf9o">news footage</a> of the <s>Grate</s> Great Quake of '08:<br /></font></font><div embedid="" class="ljembed"><lj-embed id="2" /></div><font><font>That's right - Shaft AND Chuck Heston were in my hometown! You think a li'l thing like death's gonna stop Moses? <i>C'mon!</i><font size="4"><b>*</b></font><br /><br /><br />And now, <b>this:</b><br /><img width="175" height="175" border="0" title="holy gawd angies spinnin" alt="holy gawd angies spinnin" src="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/misc/Angie-Turn-Pencil-WEB.gif" /><br /><font size="4"><b>*</b></font><font size="1">OK, maybe I stretched the truth just a bit. Mr. Heston wasn't there after all</font></font></font></div><font size="1"></font></font></font> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:31575 2008-02-29T20:32:20Z 2008-02-29T20:32:20Z <a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2008/px080229.htm">Now with X-tra Blue Pencil-y Goodness</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:31409 2008-02-28T20:41:25Z 2008-02-28T20:41:25Z <a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2008/px080228.htm">Unfinished Gnu Comic</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:31046 2008-02-28T08:30:45Z 2008-02-28T08:30:45Z Tex Avery, known to most people as the creator of <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=UlMAU8PCulU">Kwicky Koala</a>, was born 100 years... and two days ago.<br /><br />It's my bedtime, so just read these Avery-related posts by people less lazy than I:<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://toolooney.blogspot.com/2008/02/avery-appreciation.html">Avery Appreciation</a></li><li><a href="http://thad-k.blogspot.com/2007/02/texcentennial.html">Texcentennial</a></li><li><a href="http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2008/02/tex-averys-rational-story-structures.html">Tex Avery's Rational Story Structures</a></li><li><a href="http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2008/02/belated-tex-thoughts.html">Belated Tex Thoughts</a> (Ha! I wasn't the <b>only </b>late one..)</li></ul> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:30722 2008-02-28T07:26:47Z 2008-02-28T07:26:47Z One of the downsides to working 2nd shift, like I do, is you miss out on things like this:<br /><a name="cutid1"></a><div class="ljcut" text="I would like to introduce my actor to you..."><br /><div class="ljembed" embedid=""><lj-embed id="1" /></div><br />That's right - <b>Puffy</b>.<br /><br />In <b>A Raisin in the</b> [frikkin'] <b>Sun</b>. <br /><br />On <b>network</b> [frikkin'] <b>TV</b>. <br /><br />With <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylicia_Rashad"><b>Claire Huxtable</b></a> playing his mother.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>How</i> did this <i>happen?</i> <br />And, <i>why</i> did I forget to <i>record</i> such an historic event??<br /><br />At 2:16, I was almost expecting Mrs. Huxtable to say, "I can't stop, I won't stop, and I don't even know how to stop!" <br /><br />And hey! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stamos">Uncle Jesse</a>'s in it, too! This is one of the greatest casts EVAR, and I missed it! Darn it! Darn the luck!</div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:30688 2008-02-26T20:40:04Z 2008-02-26T20:40:04Z <a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2008/px080226.htm">New comic today!</a><br /><br />I also found a way to embed my blog into my site. It works sometimes.. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:30341 2008-01-01T20:21:15Z 2008-01-01T20:21:15Z <b>Happy New Year's Day!</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Welp, I'd better get ready for work now.... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:30133 2007-12-28T09:54:21Z 2007-12-28T09:57:44Z 'Ere's a new comic, mates:<br /><br /><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2007/big/pb071228.gif"><img width="600" height="426" border="0" src="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2007/px071228.gif" alt="BUCK!!" /></a><br /><br />Also, the Hallywee'en comic is all finished 'n' uploaded now. <a href="http://howiecat.livejournal.com/29401.html">Checking it out...</a><br /><br />Oh, and <span class='ljuser' lj:user='jen_aside' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://jen-aside.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://jen-aside.livejournal.com/'><b>jen_aside</b></a></span>, I got yer card, in case you're wondering. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:29838 2007-12-11T20:20:25Z 2007-12-11T20:20:25Z From a strip in progress:<br /><img width="329" height="322" alt="Q-tip" src="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/misc/Brains 1.jpg" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:29658 2007-12-10T15:35:07Z 2007-12-10T15:36:14Z I think I'll try posting something here every weekday from now on. <br /><br />Whether I have a finished comic or not.<br /><br />Just so you guys know I haven't been abducted by aliens and whatnot.<br /><br />So here's something random:<br /><br /><br /><b>Stuff I Learned over the Weekend</b><br /><ul><li>My nephew tells me&nbsp; there are now around 530 Pokemon. 0.o Us old timers remember when there were only 150, dagnabbit!</li><li>And on top of that, there are also&nbsp; Level <b>One</b> Pokemon nowadays - whatever <i>that </i>means.</li></ul><br /><b>Tomorrow:</b> More Pokemon facts! Unless I don't feel like it urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:29401 2007-12-01T05:55:09Z 2007-12-01T05:55:09Z <img width="600" height="222" border="0" alt="Hur Hur" src="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2007/px071130.gif" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:28944 2007-10-31T19:42:05Z 2007-12-28T09:46:11Z Here's a half-finished one for now. I'll finish it after Trick-or-Trea- er, work.<br /><br /><b>EDIT</b>: It's <b>done</b>, dun! <br />I take <i>forever</i> to Trick-or-Treat, don't I?<br /><br /><img width="600" height="222" border="0" alt="Black Cat" src="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2007/px071031.gif" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:28708 2007-10-01T05:05:28Z 2007-10-01T05:05:28Z <br /><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2007/big/pb070930.gif"><img alt="" src="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2007/px070930.gif" /></a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:28622 2006-09-28T18:54:29Z 2006-09-28T18:54:29Z We had some technical difficulties yesterday. So, just in case you missed it, here's <a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2006/px060927.htm">yesterday's comic</a>.<br /><br />And here's today's:<br /><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2006/px060928.htm"><strong>I believe you have something of mine</strong></a></font><br /><br />Some of you folks that were at the most recent <a href="http://vhost1.itasca.net/~rusty/narbonicon4/">Narbonicon</a> might recognize some of the drawings in these two strips...<br /><br /><strong>Tomorrow</strong>: It's <em>more</em> than just a camera! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:28182 2006-09-28T04:11:25Z 2006-09-28T04:11:25Z Apparently, I updated the site incorrectly before I left for work today, leaving you guys hanging with no comic.<br /><br />Well, it's fixed now. <font size="2"><strong><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2006/px060927.htm">Go see today's comic</a></strong></font><br /><br /><strong>Tomorrow</strong>: "Howie? what are you doing here?" urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:28065 2006-09-26T17:09:02Z 2006-09-26T17:09:02Z Fresh new comics! Get 'em while they're hot! Get 'em while they're buttered!<br /><br /><font size="2"><strong><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2006/px060926.htm">An update "of the utmost importance"</a></strong></font> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:27677 2006-09-25T19:48:58Z 2006-09-25T19:48:58Z <p><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/2006/px060925.htm"><strong><font size="2">I<em> told</em> you I'd start posting new comics today!</font></strong></a><br /><br />We'll be updating <strong><font size="2">Monday through Friday</font></strong> this week. Maybe next week too - depends on how I feel.<br /><br />For those of you who want to catch up on the current storyline, there's always <a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/">this here page.</a><br />Enjoy!</p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:27497 2006-09-24T18:47:10Z 2006-09-24T18:47:10Z This is it: the last day before I start posting <strong>Actual <font color="#ffcc00">NEW COMICS!</font></strong><br />To celebrate, we have Double the updates: <ul> <li><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060924.htm"><strong>Page 1: Look! Is DAVE!!</strong></a></font></li> <li><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060924b.htm"><strong>Page 2: Slicker gets better</strong></a></font></li> <br /></ul> <br />Remember.. <font color="#ffcc00"><strong><font size="5">NEW COMICS TOMORROW.</font></strong></font> Wake your neighbors! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:27162 2006-09-23T20:20:41Z 2006-09-23T20:20:41Z Remember to visit <a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com">Pixelated</a> this <font size="3" color="#ffcc00"><strong>Monday, September 25</strong></font>, for <strong><font size="3">All New Comics</font> at last!<br /><br /></strong>Here's the most recent updates of the <a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/index.htm">Recap</a>: <ul> <li><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060921.htm">9-21: Diminutive Lucky-Chan</a></font></li> <li><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060922.htm">9-22: "Not.... THE BOX!"</a></font></li> <li><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060923.htm"><strong>Today:</strong>&nbsp; "Who said the 'P' Word?"</a></font></li> </ul> <strong>Tomorrow</strong>: The Recap Concludes urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:26995 2006-09-20T19:50:26Z 2006-09-20T19:50:26Z Sorry, folkers - I've run into a snag and won't be able to update my site today.<br /><br />But don't worry. <a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com"><strong>Pixelated</strong></a> will be back tomorrow with more Reruns, Yay! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:26756 2006-09-20T02:25:23Z 2006-09-20T02:25:23Z Who says you have to wait till September 25 to get a <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40087840/">new drawing</a> out of me? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:26517 2006-09-19T12:34:55Z 2006-09-20T02:12:57Z Shiver me timbers, me bucko! This old salt has an update fer ye!<br /> <ul> <li><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060919.htm">"I'll Keelhaul the Varmint!"</a></li> </ul> And because I'm sure absolutely <em>no one else</em> has thought of posting this to their blog today: <p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6188385598918453848"> <img alt="you are a pirate ^^" src="http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer?app=vss&amp;contentid=22f875a261f2ee09&amp;second=75&amp;itag=w320&amp;lang=en&amp;sigh=VM0QhOy3RHFX5us7U3DlgSq_HWU" /></a><br /></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#e8e8e8"> <td><font size="2" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6188385598918453848" style="color: blue;">"<em>you are a pirate ^^</em>" on Google Video</a></font></td> <td align="right"><a href="http://video.google.com"><img border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://video.google.com/nara/miniLogo2.gif" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:26184 2006-09-18T19:35:25Z 2006-09-18T19:35:25Z Oops - I missed a few news-updating days. 'Cause, you know, I've been workin' on those New Comics and all..<br /><br />Here are the Recap updates what I ain't posted 'bout yet:<br /> <ul> <li><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060914.htm"><strong>9-14:</strong> Ima has a cat named "Frisko". She made him her running mate. o.0</a></font></li> <li><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060915.htm"><strong>9-15:</strong> Can you spot the Nerdy Animation-Related Joke?</a></font></li> <li><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060916.htm"><strong>9-16:</strong> "..I'll give you a dollar."</a></font></li> <li><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060917.htm"><strong>9-17:</strong> Colored Taxi</a></font></li> <li><font size="2"><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060918.htm"><strong>Today:</strong> SKUNK!!</a></font></li> </ul> Also, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbxN_TA28vM">check this out</a>. Remember when only black folks knew who Li'l Jon was?<br />I don't know what they mean about "Crunkiest", but it's still pretty funny.<br /><br />Tomorrow: The world's most evil coffee urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:howiecat:25922 2006-09-13T19:32:40Z 2006-09-13T19:32:40Z <font size="2"><strong><a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/1/narbon/px060913.htm">Poofo!</a></strong></font><br /><br /><strong>Tomorrow</strong>: Meet the <a href="http://pixelated.purrsia.com/2003/px030228.htm">President </a>- Again!