Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 01, 2013

To my fellow GoComics commenters: Happy New Year to you and yours!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9T3V0PTmWU

Happy New Year to all the folks in the US Central Time Zone (and Canada, too).

Lord Dirtbag?! I know him!! He’s a dirtbag!

“Professional courtesy” ? It’s beyond me why anyone would take a comic forum so seriously.

Here it is, the first day of the new year and everyone is brimming with resolutions. I thought I would share Woody Guthrie’s list, I don’t know how may he kept, but I like #‘s 15, 17, 23, 31 and 33. The only one I’ll probably end up keeping though is #7.

When a geek meets a geek a-comin’ through the bookstacks….

Happy New Year to all

To get professional courtesy, you should be professional and courteous.

“Egos………where would we be without them?”

Who knows?Either ’egos or ’e blowson outta ’ere.

there is always one at a comic-con or a star trek convention.

“You’re not comping me?" Blue Bandit tells Jeff, “I’m the Blue Bandit, man — a PEER.”

“Comping” comes from “complimentary copy”. To “comp” someone means to giver her a freebie, a free copy, of something you give away free to her because she’s family. Or because she’s a really really really good friend. Or she’s somebody you’d like to impress. Say a beautiful babe you wanna date now that UR a bighead published author. Or maybe she’s someone who might possibly help you get ahead in your writing career. Such as an already-published really really really rich and famous author. Such as J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter fantasy series.

If Jeff himself really wanted to “comp” Blue Bandit, he’d have to tell the cashier that he, Jeff, was gonna pay for Bandit’s free copy of RED RASCAL, out of his own pocket.

Y? Cuz it’s sooo not gosh-darn-it-all-to-heck fer shure that mega-big-biz Random House’s gonna give no free copy of no new book to no diddly squat zippo like some shatbit escapee from Comic-Con like “The Blue Bandit”!

Dude, Rascal don’t do comps. Comps R4 dorx 2 do, dude. ’“The Jeff” ainno “The Donald”, dude. ’“The Jeff” ainno shatbit-hair dork, dude.

Wow! I must be the first one up in the eastern time zone!?

Isn’t the book supposed to be purchased before being personalized? But that would kinda spoil the story.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Can’t wait for a new story, as Susan said…

New Year’s Day, hooray! Today my hubby watches football and my daughter and I see if we can finally see Les Mis. I hope Congress gets things back in order soon I hear they are near a deal.

I’m guessing the “comp” he’s talking about is the autograph. Red Rascal charges for the ink.

Yes, I have taken down an entire Taliban cell and we didn’t get breakfast.

I’m probably in the minority on this, but I’d love to see Jeff get back to being a success. The strips with him fighting the Taliban and then writing about it have been amongst my favorites.

Hey all. @calimesajim is taking a much-needed day off, so I’ll be covering for him in order to maintain tradition.Hillary Clinton making ‘excellent progress’ doctors say. Excellent progress . . . in constructing the BENGHAZI COVER-UP!!!

Happy New Year’s Day and for all the days of 2013 – peace, good health, laughter every day, and let the good times roll!!

“Repeating it doesn’t make it so.”

But not repeating it does?

“BENGHAZI still waiting!”

And will forever, since no evidence for it exists.

DylanThomas3.14159 said, about 10 hours ago:“Comping” comes from “complimentary copy”. etc.etc.

While publishers are too parsimonious to comp a copy of an author’s work, there exists a wonderful pseudo example called a Galley Proof. These are sent out to reviewers and other selected readers prior to the book’s publication. Most times these are in paper-backed form without dust jacket and often in different print from the final published copy. It’s sort of like previewing a movie before it’s released.I have been extraordinarily lucky, to have been the recipient of more than a few Galleys, due to friends in the industry, and had the pleasure ( for the most part ) of reading a work before the public. I doubt, however, that Random House would have sent me the Red Rascal’s masterpiece for perusal.

Ummm…isn’t this the same storyline as the last time a book came out? Lazy.

If you’re reading this for free, and not paying Trudeau’s salary, stop whining.

Don’t think that Trudeau supports Obama just because he took a shot at some republican or another. He is all about equal opportunity, and will take a shot at whomever has one coming. (Did I use that word right? I’m never sure.)

Not sure either, but I think that should be “whoever,” since it is the subject of the verb “has.”

Where’s my mother the former English teacher when I need her? She’s 82 and still quite good at this stuff.