“You’re So Great, You’re Melting My Brain”

The lettering is a little fuzzy on this one, so I attached the dialogue below. Enjoy!

1.1

Eric (thought)

So pretty…

Eric

Sigh.

1.2

Caitlin

Ummm…are you okay?

1.3

Eric

Yeah. Perfect.

Eric

Why?

1.4

Caitlin

Your nose is bleeding.

Eric

Shit! You’re so amazing, my brain can’t process it! I’m overdosing on affection! Do something!

Caitlin

Uhh…I’m not that cool. I have a Gremlin tattoo.

Eric

You’re making it worse!

Caitlin

Um…I’m a nerdy librarian? You can never take me anywhere, ‘cause I’m a strict vegan? I made you a mixtape full of cheesy Elliott Smith & Weakerthans tracks? I’d rather stay home & play Mario Kart than go out clubbing?

Eric

You’re making it so much worse!

1.5

Caitlin

I used to love Matchbox 20?

1.6

Eric

Oh, thank God. That did the trick.

Caitlin

Jerk!

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This post was written by Eric on February 17, 2010

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Tucson Festival of Books

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Mod Squad:

Dave Baker & Eric M. Esquivel are going to be on a panel entitled “DARING GRAPHIC NOVELS” with Jeff Marriotte (”Presidential Material: Barack Obama”, “Terminator: Salvation”, “Gen13″)! at the Tucson Festival of Books (at the University of Arizona) on Sunday, March 14th from 2:30-4:00pm in Koffler Room 204.

The boys (and possibly some surprise guest stars) will also be there on March 13th at the Heroes & Villains Booth from 4:15-5:15, signing books & kissing babies & making friends & all that jazz.

Other guests of the festival include little known indie authors such as Elmore Leonard (”Get Shorty”, “Be Cool”, “Rum Punch”) & the Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurty (”Brokeback Mountain”, “Lonesome Dove”).

For a full list of authors (and to look at cutesie photos of D & E) click here!

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So, I know I’ve never met you before & we just became Facebook friends three seconds ago, but…

Eric M. Esquivel

Eric M. Esquivel

I’m thrilled that you said “comic book” just now, and not “graphic novel”.

“Graphic Novel” is a bullshit, made up, fairy tale term for comic books that evil marketing people utilize to sell their wares to intellectual assholes who think they’re too cool for comics.

The term “graphic novel” was first used by authors to describe non-serialized works that were larger than the standard 22 pages, but the phrase is now used to describe any collection of words and pictures a publisher wants to smash together between two covers (everything from Spider-Man to Watchmen). It’s a meaningless, embarrassing, shell of a word & I wish people would stop using it.

If you want to sound super extra hip: call monthly periodicals “singles” or “floppies” & the bound collections “albums”.

OH GOD I SOUND LIKE A CRAZY PERSON.

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This post was written by Eric on February 1, 2010

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