Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Two ladies, a dragon, and a hot air balloon

EDIT: Still feeling a little tired from illness. I'm going on blog break until Monday 2-25-2013 to rest up. Today, I'm being featured on Laura Eno's Tuesday Tea with Miss Snark. You can find that post HERE. Please come save me! 
It is anniversary week for Michelle Wallace who blogs at Writer in Transit and for Elise Fallson. If you have time, please stop by and wish both of these lovely ladies a happy anniversary. Michelle could do with some luck as she recently had a computer motherboard failure. I'm glad hers got resolved quickly. When mine crashed three years ago, I was out of a computer for two months. I had a lot of overclocking stuff done so that I could do high-end gaming (it was toward the end of my World of Warcraft career).

That's my attempt at captioning. Thanks to Elise and Michelle for putting up such a great blog fest idea.

Scott over at Indie Book Blog reviewed my first book Slipstream. If you've been curious about my first book, please go and check out what he has to say at this link HERE.
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59 comments:

  1. Empty Nest InsiderFebruary 19, 2013 at 4:20 AM

    This was great! I love how you even wrote inside the bubbles. I'm still trying to line mine up somewhere on the page. Very clever Michael!
    Julie

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  2. Alex J. CavanaughFebruary 19, 2013 at 4:45 AM

    And you were at Mistress Snark's today as well!
    Glad we have until tomorrow - still planning my captions.

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  3. Elise FallsonFebruary 19, 2013 at 5:00 AM

    Hilarious Michael! Tetons *giggle* nice play on words. (; And you got some bonus words in there too! So glad you participated. :D

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  4. Leigh CaronFebruary 19, 2013 at 6:33 AM

    Yes, hilarious! Great cartooning.

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  5. Rusty CarlFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:02 AM

    You're everywhere! Funny cartoon. And I've lost a motherboard before too. Literally, no kidding here, within a week of my warranty running out. I'd spent $3k on a damned machine and one year after I get I find out replacing my motherboard would be an additional $800... that's what I get for spending so much on something. My lesson was learned: Don't buy something expensive if you can't afford to have it fixed if it tears up.

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  6. Andrew LeonFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:15 AM

    I am no stranger to massive computer failure.

    Off to check the review.

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  7. Laura EnoFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:26 AM

    Great captioning! :)
    Are you still fighting off the zombie rats and sniffing mouse spice?

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  8. Tyrean MartinsonFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:35 AM

    Great Captions! Love the story! I didn't get mine figured out quite so nicely . . .ah well.

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  9. Michelle WallaceFebruary 19, 2013 at 8:10 AM

    Michael, judging by your comment, I'm convinced that I was super-lucky to get things up and running (well, thanks to the technician, but it took him many hours.)

    Great captions. I like your confused and champagne-drunk flying hero. *giggles* And you incorporated bonus words too...
    Thank you for participating in our Bloghop!

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  10. J.L. CampbellFebruary 19, 2013 at 8:34 AM

    Really like what you did with these, Michael. Talk about fun and adventure.

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  11. Elizabeth SeckmanFebruary 19, 2013 at 8:43 AM

    I will have to check them out! Good job captioning Michael!

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  12. stephen HayesFebruary 19, 2013 at 9:05 AM

    A fun post. Love the cartooning!

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  13. cleemckenzieFebruary 19, 2013 at 9:18 AM

    Thanks for kick starting my day with Tetons and Dragons!

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  14. David P. KingFebruary 19, 2013 at 9:43 AM

    I love reading comics. I think I've said that before, right?

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  15. Liz A.February 19, 2013 at 9:56 AM

    Fun captions.

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  16. Tara TylerFebruary 19, 2013 at 10:15 AM

    cute! love the joke at the end!

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  17. CindyFebruary 19, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    Cute cartoon. Glad to hear you're taking that break.

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  18. Anstice BrownFebruary 19, 2013 at 12:47 PM

    He he, nice one. He really should lay off the champagne.

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  19. Romance Book HavenFebruary 19, 2013 at 1:54 PM

    Haha! Hilarious! Fun cartoon!

    Nas

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  20. Michael Offutt, Phantom ReaderFebruary 19, 2013 at 3:18 PM

    Thanks everyone for visiting. Happy anniversary Elise and Michelle.

    Remember to select "Michael Offutt" as winner.

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  21. BrianeFebruary 19, 2013 at 3:44 PM

    I've sort of missed the boat on what this is all about. But I enjoyed the cartoon a lot.

    By the way: "Oculus" is really, really good. You were not kidding about the detail you put into it.

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  22. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2013 at 4:13 PM

    Good stuff. Love your sense of humour!

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  23. ChanceletFebruary 19, 2013 at 5:09 PM

    You definitely have technical talent at being able to put the text within the cartoon! Good job at this hop

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  24. Mina BurrowsFebruary 19, 2013 at 6:42 PM

    He he...cute. Love it. :)

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  25. MunirGhiasuddinFebruary 19, 2013 at 7:00 PM

    I hope that you start feeling good soon. Spring is not too far.
    I did not realize that you were into cartooning. Really neat work there. Quite talented:)

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  26. Luanne G. SmithFebruary 19, 2013 at 8:06 PM

    Tetons. *snort*

    Feel better, Michael. See you back next week. :)

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  27. Mina LoboFebruary 19, 2013 at 8:23 PM

    I dig the onomatopoeias, dude! And LOL, "tetons." Hah! :-)
    Some Dark Romantic

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  28. MorganFebruary 19, 2013 at 9:29 PM

    Pretty funny...

    And I'm so sorry you've been sick! Gosh, it's like the plague here, isn't it??? :/

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  29. BelleFebruary 19, 2013 at 10:50 PM

    I am also sorry to hear you are sick. Hope you are well soon. I loved your captions. Very funny cartoons!

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  30. laughingwolfFebruary 19, 2013 at 11:19 PM

    fun stuff, mike ;)

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  31. 4 LifeFebruary 19, 2013 at 11:25 PM

    Ah, good one! I wish I could have figured out how to get the words into the word balloons. Good job on the captions!

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  32. dolorahFebruary 20, 2013 at 12:33 AM

    Feel better soon :)

    .......dhole

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  33. kjmckendryFebruary 20, 2013 at 4:43 AM

    Love the captions!

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  34. CiaraFebruary 20, 2013 at 5:10 AM

    I had a hard time with the panels. My blog didn't play nice with me. In the end, I'm missing the bottom panel. Oh, well. I tried.
    I love your panels.
    I'm SO sorry you've been ill. That stinks. I hope you feel better soon.

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  35. DEZMONDFebruary 20, 2013 at 7:02 AM

    that's one charming dragon....

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  36. Matthew MacNishFebruary 20, 2013 at 8:59 AM

    That cartoon was hilarious.

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  37. Sarah AhiersFebruary 20, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    Aww! I'm sorry you're under the weather. I hope you're feeling better soon!

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  38. Nick WilfordFebruary 20, 2013 at 10:33 AM

    I liked how you provided extra bits of context in the pics. Cool entry.

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  39. PK HREZOFebruary 20, 2013 at 11:26 AM

    Even got the dialog in the bubbles. You are too good. Nice job, Michael!

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  40. UnknownFebruary 20, 2013 at 12:44 PM

    Fun captions, Michael, and I enjoyed the tea with Mistress Snark a lot, too. (But better check your backside for signs of a tail.) lol

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  41. HelenaFebruary 20, 2013 at 12:46 PM

    Funny job on the panels. And I hope you get completely well very soon. You take care, Michael.

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  42. Mel Kinnel (@TizMellyMel)February 20, 2013 at 2:27 PM

    I contemplated putting the dialog inside the bubbles too but opted not to because my conversations were way too long. Great job!

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  43. LauraFebruary 20, 2013 at 2:53 PM

    Hope you feel better!

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  44. Christine RainsFebruary 20, 2013 at 4:51 PM

    Hehehe! That was fun! I hope you feel better soon. :)

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  45. laughingwolfFebruary 20, 2013 at 5:37 PM



    $1K for 1K words...

    http://news.yahoo.com/nerd-sourcing-speculate-writing-contest-boldly-goes-where-153216863.html

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  46. Samantha MayFebruary 20, 2013 at 9:01 PM

    That's awesome that you wrote in the bubbles! The champagne will really make you see weird things O_o

    Great job!

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  47. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2013 at 10:54 PM

    LOL... I'm enjoying reading these comics with different captioning:)

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  48. Valentina HepburnFebruary 21, 2013 at 7:30 AM

    Hope you get better soon, Michael. Love the cartoons!

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  49. Valentina HepburnFebruary 21, 2013 at 7:31 AM

    Hope you feel better soon, Michael. Love the cartoons!

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  50. jaybirdFebruary 21, 2013 at 8:10 AM

    Hope you feel better soon. Rest up. We will all be here when you get back.

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  51. jaybirdFebruary 21, 2013 at 8:11 AM

    Rest up! Hope you feel better soon. We will all be here when you get back.

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  52. Tammy TheriaultFebruary 21, 2013 at 1:10 PM

    Dang...that was a good idea to do the captioning ON the strip....dur to me!

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  53. Catherine StineFebruary 22, 2013 at 12:39 PM

    Feel better!

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  54. writing and living by Richard P HughesFebruary 22, 2013 at 6:05 PM

    Hope you're feeling better by now.

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  55. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2013 at 5:21 PM

    Great strip. I wanted to caption on the strip itself. I hope you're having a great weekend.

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  56. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2013 at 8:20 AM

    Well done on the captioning -- and get better AFAP.

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  57. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2013 at 10:45 AM

    I hope you're feeling better, Michael!

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  58. Alyson BurdetteFebruary 24, 2013 at 11:21 AM

    Ha ha! I hope you feel better soon!

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  59. Theresa MilsteinFebruary 25, 2013 at 11:22 AM

    I'm sorry you've been sick. I'm off to check the link.

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