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"I'm Comic Sans, Asshole," from McSweeney's Internet Tendency. (This was sent to us separately by Shirin Dubbin, CKHB, Derek Gentry, Barbara Ann Wright, and like three other people--sorry if we forgot you! WHAT A DELIGHT IT IS TO BE KNOWN SO WELL BY OUR BELOVED AUTHOR-FRIENDS!)

Also, eagle-eyed Author-friend James alerted us that Tom Gabor, originator of beloved-by-Author-friends font joke "I shot the serif," is selling prints of this item here.

camelama said...

the Sheldon webcomic also does a series of font jokes...

Start here:
http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/070510.html

Or search the archives in the link provided.

June 20, 2010 4:27 PM
Eeleen Lee said...

Font jokes are a comedian's Courier sabotage

June 20, 2010 6:25 PM
Fanfreakingtastic Flower said...

That made me so intensely happy. Thank you.

June 20, 2010 8:11 PM
C(h)ristine said...

"I'm Comics Sans, Asshole" reminds me of Aimee Bender's brilliant piece (also about varying fonts) "Some Romans" in ZYZZYVA a few years back.

June 20, 2010 8:32 PM
JEM said...

So. Awesome.

June 21, 2010 1:47 PM
Tahereh said...

i about DIED when i read that article.

DIED.

June 21, 2010 8:10 PM
Jan Markley said...

that comic sans essay is hilarious!

June 25, 2010 10:41 PM
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