Close to home. Far from funny.

anonymous

@mackd: Call me crazy, but this actually is the story of my life.

mackd

@Anonymous: they both shop at the orange shirt store.

anonymous

Just a reminder: this comic is syndicated in over 700 newspapers around the world, and McPherson has contributed to the Saturday Evening Post. The description of his Close to Home collection "When Bad Things Happen to Stupid People" mentions that he has "lucky drawing slippers". He used to work as a design engineer and has a degree in mechanical engineering. He is available as a speaker and presenter, discussing topics such as "How to Boost Your Creativity", "The Close Link Between Stress and Humor", and "Why Humor is One of the Most Powerful Forms of Communication".

calhaus

@Anonymous: "He is available as a speaker and presenter".
After Andrew and Caldy, maybe canv.as team could ask McPherson to do some speach to canv.as and maybe a do drawcasts with canv.as' close to home exlusives. :p

The truth, is that even if the comics are bad (or not so much, i find some of them actually not that bad), every time a close to home is posted here, the creativity around the users floods a lot in a good way. :)

Rev_Kev

@Anonymous: That is frightening.

bangowango

@calhaus: He did invent the "Splort Chair."

anonymous

@bangowango: It amazes me what people sticker a fuck yeah too.