Exotic Birds and Fruit | Updates Mondays <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.6" />  <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/themes/white-as-milk-10/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/feed" /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" title="RSS .92" href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/feed/rss" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom 0.3" href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/feed/atom" /> <link rel="pingback" href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/xmlrpc.php" /> <link rel='archives' title='June 2009' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2009/06' /> <link rel='archives' title='April 2009' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2009/04' /> <link rel='archives' title='February 2009' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2009/02' /> <link rel='archives' title='January 2009' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2009/01' /> <link rel='archives' title='October 2008' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2008/10' /> <link rel='archives' title='September 2008' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2008/09' /> <link rel='archives' title='August 2008' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2008/08' /> <link rel='archives' title='July 2008' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2008/07' /> <link rel='archives' title='June 2008' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2008/06' /> <link rel='archives' title='May 2008' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2008/05' /> <link rel='archives' title='April 2008' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2008/04' /> <link rel='archives' title='March 2008' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2008/03' /> <link rel='archives' title='February 2008' href='http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/date/2008/02' /> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.6" /> </head> <body> <div id="page"> <div id="header"> <h1><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com">Exotic Birds and Fruit</a></h1> <p id="blog_description">The webcomic, not the prog rock album</p> </div> <hr class="hrhide" /> <div id="content" class="narrowcolumn"> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> <h2 class="pagetitle">Archive for February, 2009</h2> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-229"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/229" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Useless Words - Page 10">Useless Words - Page 10</a></h3> <small>Monday, February 2nd, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ten-web.jpg"><img src="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/ten-web.jpg" alt="" title="ten-web" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-230" /></a></p> <p><b>Jon:</b> I can be a sap for the unlikely love story. Or unlikely love setup. Maybe I’ll quit comics and start writing chick flicks. I bet the pay is better…or, you know, <i>existent</i>.</p> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/190"><i>Back to the beginning of </i>Useless Words</a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/category/comic" title="View all posts in comic" rel="category tag">comic</a> <strong>|</strong> <span>Comments Off</span></p>  </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-234"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/234" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Useless Words - Page 11">Useless Words - Page 11</a></h3> <small>Wednesday, February 4th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/eleven-web.jpg"><img src="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/eleven-web.jpg" alt="" title="eleven-web" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-235" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/190"><i>Back to the beginning of </i>Useless Words</a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/category/comic" title="View all posts in comic" rel="category tag">comic</a> <strong>|</strong> <span>Comments Off</span></p>  </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-237"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/237" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Useless Words - Page 12">Useless Words - Page 12</a></h3> <small>Friday, February 6th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/twelve-web.jpg"><img src="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/twelve-web.jpg" alt="" title="twelve-web" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-238" /></a></p> <p><b>Jon:</b> If you didn’t read the copyright page, you probably missed the note about me knowing nothing about the painting industry. I think it would be feasible, though, to convince some well-to-do person that some paintings are worth $5 million. Alright! I’ve now got two viable career options: Chick flick writer and art inflationist (it <i>should</i> be a real word. How ’bout <i>inflatiator</i>?).</p> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/190"><i>Back to the beginning of </i>Useless Words</a></p> <p><strong>Nick:</strong> Make it simple: <em>Inflartor.</em></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/category/comic" title="View all posts in comic" rel="category tag">comic</a> <strong>|</strong> <span>Comments Off</span></p>  </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-244"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/244" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Useless Words - Page 13">Useless Words - Page 13</a></h3> <small>Monday, February 9th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/thirteen-web.jpg"><img src="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/thirteen-web.jpg" alt="" title="thirteen-web" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-245" /></a></p> <p><b>Jon:</b> Writing this tiny graphic novel instilled within me a greater respect for comic artists and writers. Most people would probably not consider a comic book among the higher art forms, but as much work, if not more, goes into their creation as goes into making a painting or writing a book…at least, that’s the case with the good ones. This genre has within it several movements and periods, just as with literature and the other visual arts, and the best graphic novels are capsules preserving the feel and mood of a time period in a way that no other medium really can. I urge all of you (if you haven’t already - it’s difficult to gauge our readership) to take some time out of your life to sit down with a graphic novel. I’m not talking about <i>Batman</i> or <i>The Fantastic Four</i>, although they are important in the history of graphia (the former, more so than the latter, which was just fucking stupid…Dr. Fantastic? What an asshole.) Take a look at <i>Maus</i> by Art Spiegelman or <i>Palestine</i> by Joe Sacco. Then tell me that comics are not a high art form.</p> <p><b>EBF CONTINUES NEXT MONDAY!!!!!</B></p> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/190"><i>Back to the beginning of </i>Useless Words</a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/category/comic" title="View all posts in comic" rel="category tag">comic</a> <strong>|</strong> <span>Comments Off</span></p>  </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-247"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/247" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to #23">#23</a></h3> <small>Monday, February 16th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/the-shinning-endorsement.jpg"><img src="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/the-shinning-endorsement.jpg" alt="" title="the-shinning-endorsement" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-248" /></a></p> <p><b>Jon:</b> …and now back to your regularly scheduled hilarity. </p> <p>Need a refresher on where we left off? Click <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/141">HERE</a>!</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/category/comic" title="View all posts in comic" rel="category tag">comic</a> <strong>|</strong> <span>Comments Off</span></p>  </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-251"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/251" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to #23B">#23B</a></h3> <small>Monday, February 23rd, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/claire-is-sad.jpg"><img src="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/claire-is-sad.jpg" alt="" title="claire-is-sad" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-254" /></a></p> <p><b>Jon:</b> Claire is sad. Our hope is to one day do EBF in full color. For now, I’ve been experimenting with some basic color schemes.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archives/category/comic" title="View all posts in comic" rel="category tag">comic</a> <strong>|</strong> <span>Comments Off</span></p>  </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <a href=http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com><img src="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/wp-content/themes/white-as-milk-10/ebafblack2.jpg"></a> <strong> <li class="page_item page-item-77"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/about" title="ABOUT">ABOUT</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-74"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/archive" title="ARCHIVE">ARCHIVE</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-10"><a href="http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/characters" title="CHARACTERS">CHARACTERS</a></li> <li> <ul><a href=http://exoticbirdsandfruit.com/?feed=rss2>SUBSCRIBE</a></ul> </li> </ul> </div></strong> <div id="footer"> Exotic Birds and Fruit © 2008 Jon Swihart and Nick Martens <br />  </div> </div>  </body> </html>