Monday, March 24, 2008

@#$%**!! YAH!!!


Great news ya'll! Today, (After 6 years of work,) I sent the files to be printed for my first graphic novel, "Seaweed and A Cure for Mildew"! To celebrate I'm posting a compilation of all the cartoon curse words that appear in the book. The book is going to be HUGE!! I'm talking 12" x 15", full - color, hard cover with a cloth spine. It's got 40 pages of story and 24 pages of sketches, designs and development all printed on insanely heavy paper stock! I've gotten a tremendous amount questions about the release date for the book so it's awesome that I can finally respond with an answer. The books should all be printed and in my hands by this June! I'll have info posted as soon as a hard date is available and info on how you can buy one. In the mean time I hope you have fun reading these words out loud!

41 Comments:

At 10:41 PM, Blogger Doron Meir said...

Congretulations mate! You must be feeling awesome, finishing a 6 years quest. I've been enjoying your blog for a while now, so I'm looking forward to getting the book, when it's released.
Cheers!

 
At 1:12 AM, Blogger Marmax said...

Bout time and I know it'll be well worth the wait!

 
At 2:18 AM, Blogger Per H said...

Always so clean and beautiful!

 
At 4:59 AM, Blogger Ben Reynolds said...

Can't wait for it!!

 
At 6:03 AM, Blogger Tom said...

This is great news, congrats on finishing! I can't wait to slap down some hard earned cash for a copy!

 
At 6:04 AM, Blogger Eric Wight said...

Can. Not. Wait. Congrats, pal!

 
At 6:59 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

looks awesome! very cool name and great character design- i loves it!

 
At 8:48 AM, Blogger Randall Sly said...

Ben,
Does this mean you'll be at the Comic Con selling the book?

 
At 11:08 AM, Blogger Alex Deligiannis said...

You literally DREW the curse words. Good grief, dood. WOW! Serisouly, I'm so excited to see this thing (finally!) Congrats!!

 
At 2:43 PM, Blogger Josh 'Hat' Lieberman said...

It looks awesome Ben, I can't wait to buys me a copy!

 
At 8:08 PM, Blogger EL GRANDE said...

This will be one of the best graphic novels of the year! I can't wait. Will we be able to pick one up at San Diego Comic Con?

Ciao,
Joe y Elio

 
At 12:09 AM, Blogger Matt Schuler said...

Something tells me that this'll be selling quickly. I hope there will be enough for everyone ;)
This is such great news, and makes my eventual summer reading of Seaweed and Charlatan's Ball a more exciting summer!

Can't wait to find out when and where I can pick it up!!!

-matt

 
At 2:30 AM, Blogger Tobias Schwarz said...

congratulations! one day I will be there too!

 
At 9:05 AM, Blogger shannon said...

?#@$'in AWESOME!!!

 
At 9:59 AM, Blogger Checkmark said...

That's awesome your comic is finished! I hope I'll be be able to get one.

 
At 11:05 AM, Blogger Nigel Auchterlounie said...

Excellent swear words!
My cartoons on my blog have a lot of swearing in them but I recently (17th march) switched to using wingdings style swear words
I think they look angrier than the real word.

It sounds like it's going to be a great book.
Well out of my price range.

 
At 1:25 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

awesome!! i've been looking forward to seeing this work for a while (what with all the little teasers you've put on this blog). too cool!!

 
At 10:23 PM, Blogger Ben Balistreri said...

Thank you all so much!

Eric - It's great to hear from you! I've been thrilled to see all your comic book success with My Dead Girlfriend and the OC and the Eisner Award, and I could keep going! Way to go buddy!!!

Randall and El Grande - I'm looking into my options for the comic con. Booths and Tables are sold out at the moment but I may try and work out a deal to have someone carry the book. I'll keep everyone posted.

Cosmic Pencil - I think there will be plenty. I'm hoping I don't have to build a new wing to the house with the extras!! Charlatan's Ball is on my read list as well!! It looks great!

 
At 8:02 AM, Blogger Mark McDonnell said...

Dearest Ben,

It's about #@($in time! Seriously a very large CONGRATS and I cannot wait to get my hands on this monster. Completed and handed off . . .something of your own. Congrats,

MAC

 
At 1:02 PM, Blogger ted said...

YEAH! I am SOOO looking forward to this book! Story and sketches? What more could a guy want?

 
At 1:53 PM, Blogger Shawn Escott said...

Wowzers!! That is a lot of hard work for 6 years. It looks tremendous! You did a fantastic job. I'm glad to see you decided to use quality materials to print it. It is well deserved. :)

 
At 6:25 AM, Blogger paulinho said...

Congratulations, man. I’ve been visiting you since 2006 and I’m about your success. Thank you for sharing with us your great job.

Paulinho, your fan from Brasil.

 
At 8:57 AM, Blogger brandykruse said...

It would take me 6 years just to draw them balloons! Super f@^#@&#!c!

 
At 11:55 AM, Blogger Patrick Morgan said...

You DA PIMP!! Can't wait my Brudda!

 
At 10:51 PM, Blogger Tapan Gandhi said...

FINA-F***ING-LLY!

i'm so excited rite now.. can't wait til june

 
At 8:02 AM, Blogger tinylittlesandra said...

My first visit here, and I'm totally blown away! Its probably missing your point, but just for that bird I'd get your bird! Its amazing!

 
At 8:59 PM, Blogger TotalD said...

I never hear a thing. Let us know when Seaweed" is published. You are of course , incredible.

 
At 1:40 PM, Blogger Mukpuddy said...

Man I can't wait!!

 
At 10:36 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

These are fun!!

 
At 6:36 PM, Blogger Tatevik Avakyan said...

Congratulations on your graphic novel. I have been following your blog for a really long time and am sooo excited to get a copy of your work!

 
At 11:44 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

Niiice. Very creative expletives, man. This is definitely one of those "why-didn't-I-think-of-that" posts.

 
At 7:49 AM, Blogger louis THOMAS said...

that's great!!do you think we'll can have it in france?
congratulations!!

 
At 1:35 PM, Blogger Ben Balistreri said...

Mr Poulpe : OF COURSE you can have it in France, or anywhere else in the world, for that matter!

 
At 5:51 PM, Blogger christopher said...

Holy crap is this exciting!! I've been waiting for this for like 2 years. Whats sad is I think this is my first comment :( Sorry Ben, I've been a devoted reader for a while I promise! Can't wait to get my hands on this!

 
At 4:14 PM, Blogger Justin Ridge said...

Yes!!! You da' man Ben! Congrats!

 
At 4:26 AM, Blogger Teddy said...

Save me two copies Ben (signed of course!).

NICE.

 
At 2:34 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

this is what i call... sketching simplified

 
At 10:27 PM, Blogger Howard Shum said...

Very cool!

 
At 5:00 PM, Blogger Susy said...

OH my goodness! just a month away! I just can't wait! Yay! so happy for you!

 
At 11:54 AM, Blogger rad sechrist said...

Man am I excited for this. I've been checking your blog for a while now, and it's good to see that this book is finished. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy!!!

 
At 4:21 PM, Blogger mondoe said...

Great job!!! The images look great!!! I'm really proud of you bro! I went to CalArts with you back in the day.... It's really insprirational to see how far you have come....once again..GOOD JOB!!! Take care Armond

 

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