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R Stevens interviewed The Diesel Sweeties creator recently inked a deal with United Feature Syndicate to put his brilliant comics in newspapers across the country, and now he’s doing the interview circuit. I am impressed more than surprised by his self-deprecating humbleness and obvious business (and media) savvy. He’ll be putting out seven strips a week, plus web-only stuff, and will retain an impressive amount of rights.

Fleen: How are you going to preserve your distinctive pixel style at the very small sizes of newspaper comics?

Stevens: I ordered some undiluted, raw pixels from Hokkaido, Japan. They are very expensive, but you can’t put a price tag on the squarest items known to man. I do not advise snorting them.

The Perry Bible Fellowship At long last, Nicholas Gurewitch’s excellent webcomic has a shiny new web site. Unfortunately, it’s still impossible to link to an individual strip without linking to the image itself.

diesel sweeties vs. Ted Stevens Webcomic skewers very confused senator. “It’s a series of tubes!”