Breadpig Blog: Purveyor & Publisher of All Things Geek — awesome

Did you hear? The Internet was buzzing yesterday about the New York Times' announcement of xkcd's book deal. The breadpig couldn't have been more pleased. Now we need get those books ready for the summer. Thanks to all of you who helped spread the word, left encouraging comments, or already started trying to place orders. There's a mailing list if you'd like to be notified on the day they're for sale. We also had a number of independent booksellers contact us to get the xkcd book on their shelves; we're happy to supply you! And now for a buzz recap:...

Cat's sinister mustache not photoshopped Back in April, when we were assembling the first order of LOLmagnetz, breadpig had to rush together some cover art for the sticker adorning the case. My cat back home looked much too sinister for such a joyful product. (See picture on right.) Time was one thing we didn't have, so I turned to a Flickr search for Creative Commons licensed photos of 'funny cat,' or something like that. And that's how we found the lovely Roslyn, who had exactly the expression demanded for a case of LOLmagnetz. I tried sending a message to the...