I tried drawing one myself instead of using clip art, but it just didn't turn out right:
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Comics with Cats
Here's pretty much the same comic several times:
I tried drawing one myself instead of using clip art, but it just didn't turn out right:
I tried drawing one myself instead of using clip art, but it just didn't turn out right:
Welcome Back
After over a month of inactivity, The Swarm has resumed publication. There will be a few minor changes, and zero major ones.
First, The Swarm is committed to more frequent postings, albeit of a lower quality. Expect several posts per week, as well as the return of the Sunday Cipher(my wife's favorite feature). Anticipate many shorter, gut-punching posts from The Swarm, as well as the longer articles you've come to love.
Secondly, the prizes for the Sunday Cipher have changed slightly. If you aren't one of the six people that have submitted an answer for the Sunday Cipher, you will not notice a change. The prize for runners-up(a drawing by Isaac Miller and an archive quality letter) remains the same. However, each week's grand prize may seem slightly cheaper. It turns out that our prize department had a devil of a time coming up with a new, unique and mail-able prize each week. So in the future, the grand prize may also be a drawing from Isaac Miller, just embossed with a handsome metal-leaf star or two. Maybe it will be some sort of diploma or hologram (probably not a hologram). It may also be something awesome. It really just depends on what the prize department has on hand, or if they are feeling particularly creative or energetic. The option of having your winning prize mailed to you at your home or business is still being offered, and is encouraged.
Our staff psychic saw this in her crystal ball.
It's you without The Swarm.
Thirdly, while The Swarm has never confined itself to one subject matter or genre, expect to see a bit more variety here. Things like traffic reports, nutrition tips, correspondence courses and current tech trends, as well as predictions for the future and editorials. None of those have actually been considered until just this moment, but any of them may pop up.
So thanks for reading The Swarm, and we look forward to many more years of shaping your world view. Now sit back and enjoy some single panel comics. They should appear as if by magic just above this post in a few minutes.
Excelsior!
First, The Swarm is committed to more frequent postings, albeit of a lower quality. Expect several posts per week, as well as the return of the Sunday Cipher(my wife's favorite feature). Anticipate many shorter, gut-punching posts from The Swarm, as well as the longer articles you've come to love.
Secondly, the prizes for the Sunday Cipher have changed slightly. If you aren't one of the six people that have submitted an answer for the Sunday Cipher, you will not notice a change. The prize for runners-up(a drawing by Isaac Miller and an archive quality letter) remains the same. However, each week's grand prize may seem slightly cheaper. It turns out that our prize department had a devil of a time coming up with a new, unique and mail-able prize each week. So in the future, the grand prize may also be a drawing from Isaac Miller, just embossed with a handsome metal-leaf star or two. Maybe it will be some sort of diploma or hologram (probably not a hologram). It may also be something awesome. It really just depends on what the prize department has on hand, or if they are feeling particularly creative or energetic. The option of having your winning prize mailed to you at your home or business is still being offered, and is encouraged.
Our staff psychic saw this in her crystal ball.It's you without The Swarm.
Thirdly, while The Swarm has never confined itself to one subject matter or genre, expect to see a bit more variety here. Things like traffic reports, nutrition tips, correspondence courses and current tech trends, as well as predictions for the future and editorials. None of those have actually been considered until just this moment, but any of them may pop up.
So thanks for reading The Swarm, and we look forward to many more years of shaping your world view. Now sit back and enjoy some single panel comics. They should appear as if by magic just above this post in a few minutes.
Excelsior!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sunday Cipher #26 - The Lake Party
The first lake party of the year is looming large in your mind. It's been since last season that you've seen Gilbert. Perhaps his mother's predilection for Laudanum and humiliating you has waned over the last few months. Oh ho! What's this!? Gilbert's dogsbody just passed a letter to your sister! Upon opening it, you see that not only is it in Gilbert's own sweet hand, but it is in code! It must be important! Can you decipher it before the party!?
Below is a quote from a famous person encoded with a substitution cipher. Each letter has been swapped for another. Today's hint: I equals M.
"YSIN BNSBEN DJEW YLVD JKSTD VD, KTD YISWVRX PNYVR XSD IN DLPSTXL IZ GVPYD DAS JKSPDVSRY." - LNENR IVPPNR
The first person to e-mail me the correct answer at imillermoth@gmail.com wins a prize! If you would like your prize sent to you, include a mailing address with your answer.
Last week's answer:
"It's odd that Abraham got shot at the theater. He was always too busy to see a show. It was usually me in that dark box with a man's gun shoved in the back of my head, if you know what I mean." - Mary Todd Lincoln
Below is a quote from a famous person encoded with a substitution cipher. Each letter has been swapped for another. Today's hint: I equals M.
"YSIN BNSBEN DJEW YLVD JKSTD VD, KTD YISWVRX PNYVR XSD IN DLPSTXL IZ GVPYD DAS JKSPDVSRY." - LNENR IVPPNR
The first person to e-mail me the correct answer at imillermoth@gmail.com wins a prize! If you would like your prize sent to you, include a mailing address with your answer.
Last week's answer:
"It's odd that Abraham got shot at the theater. He was always too busy to see a show. It was usually me in that dark box with a man's gun shoved in the back of my head, if you know what I mean." - Mary Todd Lincoln
Friday, February 25, 2011
Fun Fact #6 and Others
Fun Fact: Steven Spielberg has to constantly be talked out of giving his characters whips.
Indiana Jones is the only character that ended up anywhere near Spielberg's initial concept, but with considerably less whipping. In the famous "Indy shoots the swordsman" scene, Spielberg originally intended to have Jones whip the sword out of his hand, and then whip his foe to death over several minutes. Seeing he would never win the argument against the whipping death, Ford faked a bout of dysentery and convinced Spielberg the pain and diarrhea were too severe to film the scene as written, which allowed him to just shoot the swordsman.
Other examples(by no means a comprehensive list):
Jaws:
Spielberg added a scene(later cut) to Jaws wherein Chief Brody whips his son repeatedly for not cleaning his plate.
Brody also later whips Hooper before Quint takes the whip away and throws it behind him without looking. The whip lands right in the shark's face.
Always:
In the film Always, Spielberg had Dreyfuss' character Pete Sandich attempt to whip Hap(Audrey Hepburn) to prove that she's not actually a supernatural being. After whipping through her spirit body several times, Dreyfuss says in an astonished voice "So it's true what they say, you can't whip an angel." This scene was kept in the script, but after Hepburn sustained numerous injuries while trying to film the scene, it was cut.
Amistad:
Oddly, Amistad contained only one instance of whipping. Martin Van Buren is seen whipping a hot dog out of a passerby's hand and eating it. Van Buren then quips "I'm a slave to Ball Park Franks."
Spielberg said he thought seeing any of the slaves get whipped might have been in poor taste.
This still from the original cut of Hook
shows Wendy and Tinkerbell's first encounter
Jurassic Park:
In the background of one scene, a dinosaur is seen whipping monkeys out of a tree and into its waiting mouth.The scene was cut due to the fact that a dinosaur living in an island park and who presumably has no job would be unable to afford a whip.
E.T.:
When Elliott investigates the strange noises coming from the backyard shed, he tosses a baseball into the shed and is immediately whipped across the face.
Spielberg envisioned ET as having an alien utility belt that included several lengths of whip.
Spielberg was never happy with the government agents holding guns, and in the director's cut the guns have been digitally removed and replaced by whips.
And another thing. Why was E.T.(an interstellar scientist) totally nude? Even if at home they run around naked as the day they were hatched, wouldn't a team of extraterrestrial botanists have some sort of protection from a foreign environment? Or at least some sort of short apron that would cover their genitals while allowing them to defecate through the open back? At least Spielberg realized they would need some sort of tool box or belt for their instruments and/or whips.
Indiana Jones is the only character that ended up anywhere near Spielberg's initial concept, but with considerably less whipping. In the famous "Indy shoots the swordsman" scene, Spielberg originally intended to have Jones whip the sword out of his hand, and then whip his foe to death over several minutes. Seeing he would never win the argument against the whipping death, Ford faked a bout of dysentery and convinced Spielberg the pain and diarrhea were too severe to film the scene as written, which allowed him to just shoot the swordsman.
Other examples(by no means a comprehensive list):
Jaws:
Spielberg added a scene(later cut) to Jaws wherein Chief Brody whips his son repeatedly for not cleaning his plate.
Brody also later whips Hooper before Quint takes the whip away and throws it behind him without looking. The whip lands right in the shark's face.
Always:
In the film Always, Spielberg had Dreyfuss' character Pete Sandich attempt to whip Hap(Audrey Hepburn) to prove that she's not actually a supernatural being. After whipping through her spirit body several times, Dreyfuss says in an astonished voice "So it's true what they say, you can't whip an angel." This scene was kept in the script, but after Hepburn sustained numerous injuries while trying to film the scene, it was cut.
Amistad:
Oddly, Amistad contained only one instance of whipping. Martin Van Buren is seen whipping a hot dog out of a passerby's hand and eating it. Van Buren then quips "I'm a slave to Ball Park Franks."
Spielberg said he thought seeing any of the slaves get whipped might have been in poor taste.
This still from the original cut of Hook shows Wendy and Tinkerbell's first encounter
In the background of one scene, a dinosaur is seen whipping monkeys out of a tree and into its waiting mouth.The scene was cut due to the fact that a dinosaur living in an island park and who presumably has no job would be unable to afford a whip.
E.T.:
When Elliott investigates the strange noises coming from the backyard shed, he tosses a baseball into the shed and is immediately whipped across the face.
Spielberg envisioned ET as having an alien utility belt that included several lengths of whip.
Spielberg was never happy with the government agents holding guns, and in the director's cut the guns have been digitally removed and replaced by whips.
And another thing. Why was E.T.(an interstellar scientist) totally nude? Even if at home they run around naked as the day they were hatched, wouldn't a team of extraterrestrial botanists have some sort of protection from a foreign environment? Or at least some sort of short apron that would cover their genitals while allowing them to defecate through the open back? At least Spielberg realized they would need some sort of tool box or belt for their instruments and/or whips.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Chris Gaines Dating Miley Cyrus
Destiny "Miley 'Hannah Montana' " Cyrus(18) has been seen locking lips around Los Angeles with fictional rocker Chris Gaines(49). Can bathroom sex at Spago be far behind?
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Sunday Cipher #25 - The Prison Chow Line
Well, you did it. You sure made your Grandmother proud. You work in a prison cafeteria without being an inmate. And you have three bosses, all of whom have more respect, authority and responsibility than you. The least serious offense between your three inmate bosses is Kidnapping with Intent to Part-Out. Now the warden wants to have a word with you. He has decided that if you can't solve his puzzle, your free shift meals at the prison will consist of maple syrup, coffee grounds, and sweepings from the prison barber shop. Can you solve the puzzle? Why would you even bother? Why don't you just quit?
Below is a quote from a famous person encoded with a substitution cipher. Each letter has been swapped for another. Today's hint: P equals R.
"RE'S/ BWW/ EUIE/ IDPIUIG/ HBE/ SUBE/ IE/ EUT/ EUTIETP./ UT/ XIS/ IJXIKS/ EBB/ DQSK/ EB/ STT/ I/ SUBX./ RE/ XIS/ QSQIJJK/ GT/ RZ/ EUIE/ WIPA/ DBY/ XREU/ I/ GIZ'S/ HQZ/ SUBNTW/ RZ/ EUT/ DIOA/ BL/ GK/ UTIW,/ RL/ KBQ/ AZBX/ XUIE/ R/ GTIZ."/
- GIPK/ EBWW/ JRZOBJZ
The first person to e-mail me the correct answer at imillermoth@gmail.com wins a prize! If you would like your prize sent to you, include a mailing address with your answer.
Last week's answer:
"You want a reason to drink? Try being able to talk to the animals when you're a nine year old intern at a slaughterhouse."
- John Dolittle
Below is a quote from a famous person encoded with a substitution cipher. Each letter has been swapped for another. Today's hint: P equals R.
"RE'S/ BWW/ EUIE/ IDPIUIG/ HBE/ SUBE/ IE/ EUT/ EUTIETP./ UT/ XIS/ IJXIKS/ EBB/ DQSK/ EB/ STT/ I/ SUBX./ RE/ XIS/ QSQIJJK/ GT/ RZ/ EUIE/ WIPA/ DBY/ XREU/ I/ GIZ'S/ HQZ/ SUBNTW/ RZ/ EUT/ DIOA/ BL/ GK/ UTIW,/ RL/ KBQ/ AZBX/ XUIE/ R/ GTIZ."/
- GIPK/ EBWW/ JRZOBJZ
The first person to e-mail me the correct answer at imillermoth@gmail.com wins a prize! If you would like your prize sent to you, include a mailing address with your answer.
Last week's answer:
"You want a reason to drink? Try being able to talk to the animals when you're a nine year old intern at a slaughterhouse."
- John Dolittle
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sunday Cipher #24 - The Arrow's Path
It's almost St. Valentine's Day and you forgot to get your lover a gift! Oh Lord, what can you do!? As you rush to Walgreen's to purchase what promises to be the worst gift ever, you round a corner and run smack-dab into a little fat man with barely any clothes on! But wait, he has wings and a little quiver full of arrows on his back! Could it be? Yes, it's cupid! He knows just what trouble you're in, and wants to help you out! "Listen friend," he says "The best gifts aren't bought from a store(and certainly not from Walgreen's) they're made by love. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll send you a love letter, straight from my heart, buddy! You know what a love letter is? It's an arrow from a magical bow, friend! You receive a love letter from me, you're smitten forever! You understand, friend? I'll send you straight to heaven, buddy! Because when you decipher the love letter I send you, it will be your true words of true love, not mine. And true love is the best gift of all!" Can you decipher Cupid's letter in time!??
Below is a quote from a famous person encoded with a substitution cipher. Each letter has been swapped for another. Today's hint: C equals A.
"ZBA/ GCLJ/ C/ WECYBL/ JB/ UWFLS?/ JWZ/ XEFLT/ CXNE/ JB/ JCNS/ JB/ JDE/ CLFICNY/ GDEL/ ZBA'WE/ C/ LFLE/ ZECW/ BNU/ FLJEWL/ CJ/ C/ YNCATDJEWDBAYE."/
- KBDL/ UBNFJJNE
The first person to e-mail me the correct answer at imillermoth@gmail.com wins a prize! If you would like your prize sent to you, include a mailing address with your answer.
Last week's answer:
"I creep into your room and put my legs down your pants while you sleep. Sometimes I whisper in your ear."
- Giant Huntsman Spider
Below is a quote from a famous person encoded with a substitution cipher. Each letter has been swapped for another. Today's hint: C equals A.
"ZBA/ GCLJ/ C/ WECYBL/ JB/ UWFLS?/ JWZ/ XEFLT/ CXNE/ JB/ JCNS/ JB/ JDE/ CLFICNY/ GDEL/ ZBA'WE/ C/ LFLE/ ZECW/ BNU/ FLJEWL/ CJ/ C/ YNCATDJEWDBAYE."/
- KBDL/ UBNFJJNE
The first person to e-mail me the correct answer at imillermoth@gmail.com wins a prize! If you would like your prize sent to you, include a mailing address with your answer.
Last week's answer:
"I creep into your room and put my legs down your pants while you sleep. Sometimes I whisper in your ear."
- Giant Huntsman Spider
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