Office OFFline Comic Strip

See you on the other side

In case you’re wondering where I’ve been, I haven’t died (quite yet). I’ve just been working on something new, namely this:

The all-new Microsoft Office Blog

I’ll now be posting my comics alongside other awesome Office blogs, like the Crabby Office Lady, the Templates and Images blog, and Office Casual.

Does this mean I’m a legitimate cartoonist now? Nah. I’ll always be an “illegitimate” cartoonist. I’ll just have more work to do and less time to do it.

It should make for some interesting comics.

NOTE: If you subscribe to my comics via my old RSS (or Atom) feed, you may want to re-subscribe using the new RSS (or Atom) feed at the new site. I can’t guarantee how long the old feeds will last. (Sort of like me.)

Clues + PCs =

Photo by Ernst Moeksis

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by the sleep feature in Windows 7, the “I’m a PC” campaign, and my wife.

Who in your life is a PC?

Hell – Temperature =

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by the news that a Mozilla exec is urging Firefox users to ditch Google for Bing. (Hat tip to my friend, Bob, for the link.)

Sorry for the lack of comics lately. I was on vacation, and then I was sick, and then I was lame.

Halloween + Dressing up + Zombies =

I decided to try my hand at animation using a new tool I discovered just this week. I actually wrote the joke that appears in the above video last month, but I never got around to turning it into a comic.

I’m not sure if I’ll keep doing these short videos, but I thought it was kind of funny to have a zombie joke read in a robot voice. What do you think? Let me know in the comments.

UPDATE: I just noticed that the video doesn't appear in the RSS feed, so for all you RSS subscribers, if you want to watch the video I created, you'll need to click through to the actual post.

Learning + Movies =

Photo by quapan

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by the movie, "2012."

I actually haven’t seen the movie yet, but it sounds awesome. Have you seen it? Was it any good?

Democracy + Work + People + Decisions =

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by the recent elections.

After creating this comic, it occurred to me that elections are a lot like business meetings. The people in charge usually have an agenda. Most people never participate. And when it’s over, we spend a ton of time trying to figure out what really happened.

Have you noticed other similarities?

People + Word =

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by a project I’m working.

Marketing + Software =

Photo by Babrosa

Projects - Air + Attention =

Photo by mandyxclear

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by the recent "balloon boy" hoax.

Tomorrow: ???

Halloween + Parties - Costumes =

Photo by peasap

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by vaporware, of course.

Anyone else feel like a dork at costume parties?

Tomorrow: ???

Marketing + Ads – Viral =

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by all the old (and hilarious) ads on YouTube.

Halloween + Windows 7 =

Photo by techedlive

Today’s Office OFFline comic started out as a tweet and was inspired by Halloween, of course, and all the great reviews Windows 7 has been getting.

What are you wearing for Halloween?

Tomorrow: ???

Everyone + Inner selves =

Photo by mind on fire

Today’s Office OFFline comic started out as a tweet that was inspired by the upcoming movie, "Where the Wild Things Are."

Tomorrow: ???

Revolutions + Pointless comments =

Photo by joszijnsite

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by all the people who type "first" in the comments section of popular YouTube videos. Honestly, why do people do that?

Tomorrow: ???

FTC + Full disclosures =

Photo by dbking

Today’s Office OFFline comic was inspired by the recent FTC guidelines that require bloggers to disclose every conflict of interest.

Is there anything you’d like to disclose? Let me know in the comments.

Tomorrow: ???