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The Memes have landed. (First contact)

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If aliens landed tomorrow, what would they have to do to avoid scaring us to death?

Ok, sure, we have all seen so many sci-fi shows and movies, that I am sure many of us would handle it fairly well.

But how would the aliens choose to deal with it?
Would they just come right out and show themselves as they are, or choose to take a more subtle route?

This comic shows one possible scenario that aliens may choose to follow, in order to lessen the shock of First Contact. Plus, I had a strange desire to draw an alien dressed as bacon.

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Rage against the ‘Bots

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Are all the Bots on twitter really evil?

Bots are, on the whole, viewed as BAD, by twitter users, and are a major source of frustration. They can be annoying and difficult to get rid of once they latch on to you. Many users even have bots as followers without even realising it.

There are many types of bots thouhg, both good and bad.
Spam bots are bad, normally get picked up pretty quickly & blocked by the users they target.

Others are seen as “good” bots, which perform helpful functions, such as sending you back information when you request it. Examples of this are gCal (TwitterCal) and Remember The Milk – (Add & receive to your to do list).

Bots in twitter, and on the internet in general, are far more prevalent than many users actually realise.
In July, 2009, Sysomos created the  “Inside Twitter” study, which concluded that in total, 24% of Tweets are created by bots. That is a lot of activity by non-humans.

There is even a site called It’s a bot that monitors twitter, and informs us if they find a bad bot.
The site states that they are likely to think you are a bot if you …

– spew out random rubbish
– aren’t involved in the conversation
– more interested in shouting rather than listening.

Umm… I have REAL followers like that, so maybe they are bots?

So, all of this got me thinking of a few things…..

  1. If the number of bots continues to increase, how long before they  outnumber the humans and overthrow us?
  2. What if some of these bots are just lonely, and looking for validation, like so may social media users?

In the case that either of the two points above come true, I want to stay on the good side of the bots.
I do not fear the bots (yes, I do!) and I want to be your friend. (Please spare me when you destroy all humans.)

t-shirt If you would like to see this cartoon on a shirt, coffee cup or laser rifle*, please let me know.
Add a comment or contact me. 

Please also feel free to request any of my comics on a shirt, and I will be happy to make them available in the store, on the ‘MOMENTOS‘ page.

*Apologies. Laser Rifles are out of stock until 2095.


Facebook in real life – No. 2

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Have you ever wondered what would happen if you did the things that you do in facebook, in real life?

Obviously, this comic is a continuation of the theme I touched on in my previous comic (see here).
Sometimes, the things that we now do online seem so normal, but if you take them out of the context of where we perform these actions, they seem totally ridiculous.

I suppose that  this is one aspect of online culture which is both a benefit & a drawback, depending on how you view it.

I am not going to say much more here, except to warn you that there may be more “Facebook in real life” comics in the future.
If you have an idea of a facebook activity that you would like to see done as a comic, please leave me a comment and let me know.

I do not guarantee to draw every idea I get, but I am sure something will be hilarious enough to catch the “doodle treatment”.

t-shirt Due to popular demand (yes, really.) I have begun adding some of my comics to t-shirts and other products, through Zazzle. 

The products I have created so far are on the ‘MOMENTOS‘ page, for your perusing pleasure. More will be added as time goes on.
(please note that the zazzle store is a work in progress and I will probably cry if you criticise it)

Please also feel free to request any of my comics on a shirt, and I will be happy to make them available in the store.

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Facebook in real life

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Have you ever wondered what would happen if you did the things that you do in facebook, in real life?

Obviously, a lot of what you do online happens in a virtual space only. However, social media has interactions with real people and real lives, which is why it is so popular.
Interactions, comments and relationships that occur in the virtual arena can easily crossover to your real life and influence it.

For many people, the relationships they create & maintain online via social media networking, actually is a real life interaction as well – even if they have never met the person at the other end of the click.
Their online networking is just an extension of how they connect to people.

Everyone has heard stories of people meeting online and marrying, or having a relationship that destroys their real-life relationship.
Also on the rise, are the stories of people adding comments to sites which are then unintentionally found by the subject of the comment. Mostly, these interactions do not end well.

Modern social networkers can actually sometimes have an inability to distinguish between the online and offline worlds.
This can lead to some disturbing results, but at the same time, may lead to amazing groundbreaking discoveries or ideas.

But overall, I find that the things we do to friends online would normally have us arrested if we tried it in real life!
Go on – test my theory.
Go and steal your neighbours cow and see what happens…….

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