More here.

You can see them online here. (They are easier to read in the print edition of the magazine, so run out and buy yourself a copy of this week’s New York magazine.)

There will be two pages of new Get Your War On comics in next week’s issue of New York magazine.

… a message of Thanksgiving cheer starring Jon Glaser and Anthony Laurent.

It’s official: Artisanal Pencil Sharpening has been hired as the on-board pencil sharpening service for Jonathan Coulton’s Caribbean cruise.

You should come with us! We’re going to Jamaica, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands. The cruise features nightly performances by Jonathan Coulton, John Hodgman, Paul F. Tompkins, John Roderick, the MST3K guys, and more. There’s a disco on the boat. I’m not even kidding.

The cruise features all-you-can-eat food! And free room service. I’m probably going to eat a lot of nachos. The cruise is going to Jamaica and I think you can go white-water tubing. I will find out for sure and let you know.

And best of all, the price of the cruise includes a FREE ARTISANALLY SHARPENED PENCIL. “Yes, miracles do exist.”

Seriously, buy your ticket now.

The Guardian catches a case of artisanal pencil sharpening fever.

Here’s my favorite comment from the article:

Nobody sharpens pencils like my mother – full-on butchers knife was her weapon of choice, and no sharper, meaner pencil walked the earth.

I like this mans style; taking the piss maybe, but bringing life back to fundamentals. Would sign up to his service, coz I love a sharp pencil, but mum would be a little put out. And she still has the full-on butchers knife!!!

I got a bunch of UK orders today … and I’m still backed up with orders from Germany. Tomorrow will be a busy day of international pencil sharpening.

And then we have to talk about the Caribbean cruise! OMG it’s about to get sooooo fun in pencil-sharpening world!

More information soon.

Messages like this are why I entered the field of artisanal pencil sharpening:

The pencil that you sharpened for my wife’s wedding present is one of our prized possessions. We have not used it yet. Our plan is to put it inside a glass case with a label: ‘In case of standardized test, break glass.’

Lots of pencil sharpening activity is planned for this weekend … close your eyes and listen; you may hear the shavings flying off the shafts as I bring out the inner sharpness of many a fine Ticonderoga #2 …

Hello everyone out there in MNFTIU World! I got so busy with facebook.com/mnftiu and twitter.com/letsgetshort that I neglected my home base, my “safe space,” ie this blog.

But I’m going to make it up to you … by DJing the best print fair in the country tomorrow night!

PRINTS GONE WILD
Friday, November 5
6:00pm – Midnight
SECRET PROJECT ROBOT Art Space
210 Kent Avenue (Williamsburg)
Brooklyn, NY

This event is free, guys. There will be piles of amazing prints (all priced CHEAP); there will be bands; there will be a raffle; there will be artisanal pencil sharpening; and there will be me playing my thrift-store LPs. Let’s do this!