Brian and John

Hey, fans. For those of you not already in the know, James Ernest is
one of the creators of Brian and John.

We mention this only because you might want to become a fan / friend
of Cheapass Games on Facebook. Stange things are brewing beneath that
dormant volcano of quality. And you should become a part of it.

Also, we want to give a special shout out to Eric Harshbarger, puzzler
extraordinaire, for the basis of today’s comic. And yes, it is.

Readers: As summer approaches, we find it harder and harder to keep to
our regular schedule. But we are doing the best we can.

John is traveling to all the summer game cons. Brian just finished a
massive project, and is now cleaning up the piles of fast-food containers,
broken glass, and other waste materials that have formed around him.

Last summer, we took a few weeks off to gather our strength. As we
miss a day or two here or there, imagine that we are doing this again,
but in tiny, manageable bites.

We invite our readers to share their mad captioning skills!

Don’t you just hate technology?

I wonder if Ernest Hemingway’s typewriter would burst into flames just
as he got to the bottom of a page. Or the end of a book.

Probably not. Sadly, this is not the first time that Brian’s laptop
has gone black just as he was about to finish a comic strip. So, until
we can sell enough ads to buy our little Hemingway a new typewriter
(and no, we’re not selling ads yet), we will continue to have days
like these.

There, there, Brian. You can draw it again tomorrow. Tears are not
good for that keyboard.

John’s laptop, on the other hand, hasn’t locked up since

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Today the Brian and John comic is 18 months old! Happy sesquihemothennial, us!

Jen is, right now, collecting the first 18 months of Brian and John
into a handy paper booklet that you can carry with you anywhere. These
non-electronic books were all the rage back in cowboy times, and you
can read them while you’re doing anything. Even driving! More details
will follow when we have a release date.

Since we have been woefully remiss in revealing the winner of our most
recent caption contest, here goes: We love them all. You are all
winners.

Honestly, it makes more sense if you think about the caption contest
as a fun thing for everyone to do. So we have started calling it the
“caption experience” to help allay any sense that there can be a
winner and a loser.

Oh, and the one from Pulp Fiction was clearly the best.