SUCCESS! Attic Conquers Prince Valiant Puzzle

Ken Avidor donated this puzzle last week, and at the time he wryly suggested that some of the pieces may be missing. He could have told us that the two missing pieces were laden with text!

If you've got some time this weekend, please help us out by suggesting what text should fill the black holes. The transcript (as is):

Panel 1:
"...... AND _______ ETTLED
COUNTRY ___ SWI ___ LRY IS
INVINCIBL ___ THE ___ 'S KNIGHTS
MIGHT DEFEAT THEM IF ONLY THEY
COULD CATCH THEM!"

Panel 2:
"IF DANGER T ________ RT
OF BRITAIN WHY _______ N
CORNWALL?"
"BECAUSE WE B _________ KINGS
OF CORNWALL ________ D WITH
THE SAXONS, AND ________ INVASION
WILL START FROM HERE!" ANSWERS
THE KING.

Eric Lappegard Involved in Seattle Accident

Our friend and co-conspirator Eric Lappegard was recently involved in a car accident in Seattle, and is in the hospital with severe injuries. Eric dropped by the BTA studio last week to submit a cartoon for an upcoming event (which we'll announce on the 18th), and he told us about his move to Portland, OR. Please check out the links below to find out how Eric is doing, and what you can do to help out.

Things to note:

Steve Stwalley set up a thread on the Cartoonist Conspiracy blog to discuss Eric's situation and ways to help him.

Eric's family set up a website to discuss Eric's condition.

Interested parties are having a meeting at Diamond's this coming Tuesday, July 17. We're going to organize a benefit for Eric as well as create a huge jam get well card.

Eric's wesite (where Danno has been filling in recently): www.ericlappegard.com


From Eric's "DFL" mini-comic in the Lutefisk Sushi Volume B Box.

Zudacomics.com Buzz

Keep an eye on Zudacomics.com, DC's new online imprint. They've garnered a lot of buzz over the last few days for their model of a vote-based system which pays creators for their content -- probably a novel concept for most webcomics creators.

Since most webcomics (I'm guessing) are hosted by creators who can afford to post their comics for free, it'll at least be interesting watch the market-based system at work, and see which types of comics capture the interest of online readers.

Read more:
ComicsReporter.com
Publishers Weekly
Websnark


Note: Big Time Attic is employed by DC Comics.

Far Arden: Chapter Ten

Witness the latest installment of Far Arden, a novel of love and regret in the Canadian arctic.

In chapter ten ... Everyone heads for Boothia College, Shanks gets in a fist fight, Alistair finds a telescope, and Hafley gets hit on by a babe with a beard.


Read Chapter Ten.
Start from the beginning.

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