Author Archives: Lars Martinson

Come see me this Saturday at MIX!

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Just one last reminder to Twin Cities residents that I’ll be at the Minneapolis Indie Xpo this Saturday, August 21, 2010.

At my table I’ll be signing brand-new, first edition copies of my graphic novel Tonoharu: Part One for a special convention price of $15; that’s 25% off the cover price (cheaper than Amazon.com)! Also available will be Young Men of a Certain Mind, a comic I did just prior to Tonoharu which is not available in stores.

I’ll also have some original art to look at, and a preview of Tonoharu: Part Two. So stop on by!

Admission to the event is free, and they have tons of great-looking programming, so if you’re in the Twin Cities area, check it out!

Minneapolis Indie Xpo 2010 Details
Place:  The Soap Factory, 518 Southeast 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55458
Date/Time: Saturday August 21, 2010 9AM to 5PM
Admission: FREE!

Further information can be found here:
http://mplsindiexpo.com/

(Note: I’ll blog a recap of MIX, so my usual Friday entry will be a couple days late.)

POST-EVENT UPDATE: The show was really great! I was planning on writing a full update on Sunday or yesterday, but the show just wiped me out, so I think I’ll wait until this coming Friday after all… Thanks to all who attended!

Comic by Yours Truly in City Pages

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This week’s City Pages, the free weekly newspaper here in the Twin Cities, has in a comic by me in it, as a part of their annual comics issue. In addition to my humble contribution, here’s a lot of great comics by a bunch of other Minnesota cartoonists, so if you live in the area, pick a copy up!

For those who don’t live in the cities (or those who just can’t wait to see it), it’s also available online at the City Pages website:

City Pages Comics Homepage
Direct Link to My Comic

Save the Date: Minneapolis Indie Xpo

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Minneapolis Indie Xpo will be held in a little less than two weeks, on Saturday, August 21, 2010. 

They have tons of great-looking programming, and I’ll have a table there. Admission is free, so if you’re in the Twin Cities area, check it out!

Minneapolis Indie Xpo 2010 Details
Place:  The Soap Factory, 518 Southeast 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55458
Date/Time: Saturday August 21, 2010 9AM to 5PM
Admission: FREE!

Further information can be found here:
http://mplsindiexpo.com/

The World’s Greatest Hair Removal Logo

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Back when I lived in Fukuoka, Japan, a girlfriend showed me a flier for a waxing place that used the  above logo. The concept and execution are so wonderfully bizarre; the ugliness of the monkey, the little red bow, its proud display of its freshly waxed, hairless armpits…

I saved the flier for a while, but somehow it got lost in the shuffle. Years later when I started this blog, I wanted to share the logo with my readership, but I couldn’t remember the name of the waxing place, and a google search of “Japanese monkey hair removal logo” unsurprisingly failed to bring up anything meaningful.

Just yesterday I randomly ran into it again as a part of this collection of Japanese trademarked characters. That entry also links to an extensive database of Japanese trademarks; it’s incredibly user-unfriendly, but still pretty interesting. It can be found here.

Via Pink Tentacle

Don’t Piss Off Zac Efron

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I spotted this ad in the paper yesterday. Looks like pretty standard “tug-at-the-heartstrings” fare, but this one quote stood out for me:

Maybe it’s the phrase, or maybe it’s the no-nonsense sans-serif typestyle, or maybe it’s the fact that they bolded “WILL MELT YOUR HEART” in all caps, but I just can’t help but read it as a threat.


No, Zac Efron, please noooooo!!!