on not waxing political
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009I’m going to California so I won’t be updating for a few weeks. In the mean time, there are more events occurring on specific days in certain towns and jesus christ am I getting sick of this shit. So, without further adieu, gimmie dem dates! (that’s an inside joke that I just killed by putting it on the internet)
June 19th: Fart Party party at Needles and Pens in San Francisco. Info here
June 27th: Panel about making autobio comics at Union Pool in Brooklyn. Panels by nature are kinda boring, but c’mon, it’s at a bar, at the very least I’m sure to say about 3 embarrassing things and eventually someone will probably barf.
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June 9th, 2009 at 7:57 am
SMASH THE STATE! i mean, the puzzle. yeah, smash the puzzle.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Additional puzzle-politics comparison: If and when you start to understand how it goes together, you realize you still couldn’t explain it to anyone else anyway, so there’s no point in talking about it.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:33 am
It’s spelled (and pronounced) “without further ado”, stemming simply from the verb “to do”. A close enough synonym for “ado” would be “fuss” (as in Shakespeare’s play “Much ado about nothing”). “Adieu”, on the other hand, is a formal way of saying “goodbye” in French… equivalent to the English “farewell”, and more or less pronouced “ad-ee-uh”.
Also, great puzzle metaphor! I had never seen politics this way, but it makes plenty of sense
June 9th, 2009 at 8:48 am
WHAT? few weeks? weak dude.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Something about that first panel got me really fired the heck up to read this comic.
June 9th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Yeeey San Francisco. I hope you’re planning on debauchery around the Mission after the Fart Party party. Even though you’re a fictional character. (:
June 9th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Bon Voyage
June 9th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
HaHa! …great non PC comic! And it’s so True!!
June 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I’m going to come see you at needles and pens and it will be awkward!!
June 9th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Also if you will still be in the city on the 25th, I’m playing a show at the Lab
June 9th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
i move from sf to pdx and here you come back to the bay, tra la la, goddammit. visit portland soon plzzzzzzzz
June 9th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
dude why do i have to sign up for a facebook account to see the deets about the needles and pens thing….
why are you forcing me into using technologgggyyyyy to communicate?!?!?!
i’m going to be there though, i like meeting cartoons.
June 10th, 2009 at 2:08 am
Wow, Julia. This is by far your best strip relating to social commentary/politics so far… Very well written.
June 10th, 2009 at 2:26 am
awesome…i liked this!
June 10th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
I thought you were going to talk about why don’t you wax your legs…
Do you?
June 11th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I’m totally with ya, Julia. Politics are dumb.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
I think this analogy is unfair to jigsaw puzzles
June 12th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Oi J!
October, margaritas…mine and Linda’s treat if you’re free
http://trav28i.blogspot.com/2009/06/daily-photo-533.html
I want to get my book signed
June 12th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
I enjoy politics as often as I enjoy engaging in high school popularity contests as an adult. Meaning on occasion, if I hate the crowd I’m with enough.
June 12th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
plus, it tastes like cardboard! love your comic. this one was particulary insightful. i totally agree.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Conan O’Brien just did a bit about the new Scorcese/DiCaprio film. The joke was that it looks great but the title was surprising. The title: Fart Party IX: Boner’s Revenge. Did The Tonight Show just rip off Julia Wertz?
June 13th, 2009 at 9:40 am
yeah! i totally copyrighted “boners revenge” in 1987. It was supposed to be the sequal to “Hot Carl; Dick Detective” but we couldn’t match Hot Carl’s salary
June 14th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
I can’t believe the party is right by my house, and I have to go out of town for work. damnit! any other mission/sf events?
June 15th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Duuuude…. your stuff is being sold by Urban Outfitters…
June 15th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
ashley- no other SF events, I’m outta there on Saturday like a hot turd in the morning
Kelz- the I Saw You book? if you meant that in a negative way, I’m not havin’ it because, meh, who cares, it’s probably an appropriate demographic. Clearly, I’m in California right now or I’d probably have something annoyingly snarky to say, but I’m about to go nap in a bed of dandilions and comb my hair with sticks
June 15th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
No, not in a negative way at all, just an unexpected surprise.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I can just see the Fart Party jigsaw.
“This piece is black.”
“Maybe it’s the t-shirt.”
“Or the hair.”
“Just a minute, there’s a little bit of yellow on it - it’s the bottle!”
June 17th, 2009 at 12:33 am
going to try my hardest to get to the event at needles and pens. coming from santa cruz.
June 17th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Hey Wertz, you got a shout out on the Jigglybits blog today - http://thejigglybits.blogspot.com - thought you’d like to know.
June 21st, 2009 at 1:00 am
I just found your comic, read it all day, stayed up late to read all of it, have no regrets, awesome comic, commas are cool, so is sleep.
June 21st, 2009 at 10:43 am
I just read about your Volume two! Congrats. I enjoyed volume one and can’t wait to check out volume 2. I would love to order it directly through you, but I can’t seem to find your email address on this site. Please help.
June 21st, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Holy shitpickles, going through the archive while drunk was hilarious! I’m quite sure it would have been whilst sober too. I’d love to be able to read your blog- mine is filled with movie crap right now but its getting better!
Part of me never understood puzzles- it’s more of a stamina test than anything, because you already know what the picture is supposed to be. Maybe next time have someone buy a puzzle, put all the pieces in a plastic bag, then give it to you! It’s like painting, without the self loathing or chopping off your ear! Or maybe it is. I’m not sure.
Anyway, you got me hooked! I’m adding your RSS feed now.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
santa isnt real!???
all my childhood dreams.
SMASHED!
SMASHED!!