My wife's Father's Day gift to me this year was to help me cross something off my bucket list: Stand-up comedy.

The gift was an enrollment in Brad Trackman's Philadelphia Comedy Academy, a seminar series that meets for three Sunday mornings and culminates in a special showcase this Saturday afternoon at 3:30.

I've always wanted to try stand-up. I've always wanted to see if I could write a decent monologue and deliver it onstage. I guess I'm gonna find out this weekend, for better or for worse.

Wanna get tickets? They're available here.

My advice? Come for the showcase Saturday afternoon, and then stick around to see Greg Fitzsimmons that night. If you're a fan of the Howard Stern radio show, you're familiar with Greg's sharp comedy.

Wanna take Brad's tremendously informative and entertaining seminar? He's doing another in Philly and one in Washington D.C.

Here are some more Artist Edition illustrations to share with you. In an "Artist Edition" book, I do a special numbered illustration inside your book before shipping it out to you. If you're thinking about picking up a book, here are some examples of what the Artist Editions look like on the inside. Remember, you can use PayPal's "note to merchant" function to request the character you'd like me to sketch.

Click on the thumbnails to see them in their full-sized goodness.



Artist Editions can be purchased at the Evil Inc store, so if you like what you see, you can order one for yourself.