Special WEEKEND Character Of The Day, May 19, 2013 - Blitzkrieg Bots

Character Of The Day, May 19, 2013 - Friends Of Detailed Deborah

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - Paul and Minnie

Paul and Minnie first appeared on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on January 30, 2013.

Character Of The Day, May 16, 2013 - Chost

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - Birch Bark

Birch Bark first appeared on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on February 9, 2012.

Character Of The Day, May 15, 2013 - The Alarming Clock

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - Bureaucat

Bureaucat first appeared on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on August 30, 2012.

Character Of The Day, May 14, 2013 - Dinosword

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - Cobweb and Whisper

Cobweb and Whisper first appeared on the old COTD blog and (on Facebook) back in May, 2011.

Blitzkrieg Bots... Behind The Music

You probably have to be a pretty big Ramones fan to watch this interview all the way through, but in case you're interested in the primary inspiration behind last week's 'Blitzkrieg Bots' strip, it was this old call-in Ramones interview that's currently on YouTube. The Ramones were still so new that people really didn't know what to make of them and most of the callers seem to give them a pretty hard time. But people hating on the Ramones only serves to endear them to me even more, so I think it's a pretty great video. And it's hilarious too - with lots of great lines: "How's life now that you got some money in your pocket?" "Where's the money?" "Where's the pocket?", or, "The bee bee gun? Yeah, that dates back a hundred years to biblical times". It's got all the stuff... and more!

Shout out to the best Ramones Fan Page on Facebook! I think that's where I first saw this interview. Thanks so much, Mal, for sharing the strip!

Character Of The Day, May 13, 2013 - Canaduck

Go Canada! Canaduck is one of the very first Characters Of The Day, from July 1, 2010 and appearing on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on Sept. 9, 2010.

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - System Enforcers

System Enforcers first appeared on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on May 3, 2012.

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - Balloonatic

Balloonatic first appeared on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on April 23, 2012.

Farewell, 'April 2013 Blog Header'!

Time to choose something new!

Character Of The Day, May 10, 2013 - Lightsleeper

Character Of 'Back In the Day' - Deepsleeper

Deepsleeper first appeared on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on March 30, 2012.

Character Of The Day, May 9, 2013 - Skaterpillar

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - Bookcase Face

Bookcase Face first appeared on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on November 30, 2013.

Character Of The Day, May 8, 2013 - Not Kelly

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - Mildude

Character Of The Day, May 7, 2013 - Blitzkrieg Bots

Character Of The Day celebrates character post number 600! Come on let's rock n roll with the Blitzkrieg Bots!

Also, this post somewhat serves as the official launch of Character Of The Day's new 'Blogger' blog - thanks for checking it out! Ever since I tried to update my old Wordpress blog and, uh, accidentally ended up deleting all of the content (yeah yeah), about a month ago, I've been slowly trying to fix this new place up a bit. Mostly I've been re-introducing the content from the old blog a little bit at a time with a daily feature called Character Of 'Back In The Day' - that's why you'll see so many older cartoons here mixed in with the new ones. In the meantime, all of that older content can also be found in the Facebook albums.

A note about our blue hipster here: Blipster's one of the first COTD characters, dating from July 24, 2010, and appearing on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on Sept. 9, 2010.

Also: thanks to Andy and Gavin for their help in coming up with the tracklisting for the Bots new album.

Gabba Gabba Hey!

Character Of The Day - Paddlebot

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - Roundabot

Roundabot first appeared on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on February 28, 2011.

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - Lawnmeower

Lawnmeower first appeared on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on May 26, 2012.

Character Of 'Back In The Day' - Space Portlanders

Space Portlanders first appeared on the old COTD blog (and on Facebook) back on March 3, 2012. May the 4th be with you!