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Monday, September 28, 2009

Minions #188 - Overlord Shortcomings


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Stand by, following the usual bloody stump for a limb regeneration by your Minion Master!

Your interminable wait is important to us. To serve you better, a supervisor may feed the representative assigned to serve you to the crab parasites just before they can answer your call. It's just one more way of saying, "we care, just not about you."

SUPPORT THE FORCES OF EVIL, WITHOUT WHOM YOU'D HAVE TO LIVE IN SOME BORING UTOPIA OR SOMETHING! HELP FINANCE "MINIONS AT WORK" BY BUYING STUFF YOU WERE GOING TO BUY ANYWAY! IT'S LIKE STEALING, ONLY LEGAL!
We're now Amazon.com affiliates, which means that if you click on the Amazon link in our sidebar and make purchases from Amazon, a tiny little sliver of what you spend goes to support these fine (maybe even near-mint!) cartoons!

Or visit our Amazon Lair Gift Shop for Minions-recommended merchandise featuring villainy from across pop-culture!

Minions at work is inadequately supported during this financial crisis by your purchases from our web stores and our advertisers. Feed the economy and help us bleed green just a little more slowly by purchasing tee-shirts, buttons, calendars, hats, undies (we kid not!), and other fine Minions at Work items at one of the following stores.

While waiting for your impending doom, pick up a Minions at Work tee-shirt or other great souvenir of your visit to the Lair:
"Satisfaction guaranteed or we'll make make you buy something else!"

and

(For very small values of naughty.)

Or just click on our "Donate" button and send us cash add to our "Buy the Minions a Camera Fund!" 100% of your contribution goes to allow starving orphans to buy blankets for kittens.

Nah, not really, it all goes to ME, in order to further the cause of EVIL, and the photography thereof.

Join the Minions Reminder Email List. It's free, it's easy, and you'll never miss a Minions at Work cartoon (or if you do, it won't be our fault!) Or become one of our followers. See the follower box in our Mighty Sidebar!

Or join our "Minions at Work" group on Facebook.

And yes, I'm finally on Twitter. Follow me. I'm JSteveYork there (clicking on the previous link will take you straight to my profile page.) Eventually I'm getting No. 1 his own account for Minions-related-business, but one thing at a time.

Still: We're everywhere! We're everywhere!

Greetings, Useless Appendages!

It's early! It's early! Mrs. Minion Master's new mystery book, "Sink Trap" is now showing up in some stores, even though it isn't scheduled until October 6th! NOBODY expected that, even us! SINK TRAP, by Christy Evans! BUY IT! I COMMAND YOU!

Ahem.

I was a little uncertain if I should call this an "Overlords at Work" this week, because the Minion are right there in the cartoon. It is, however, Doctor Coldblood speaking, and I figured it would be more clear if we made this one under the Overlord banner.

I've been busy helping Mrs. Minion Master this week in her secret plot (it's working!) to take over the mystery world, so we're getting some slightly recycled content this week. I don't feel bad. This is a profoundly silly joke, and that makes me like it. Maybe for you, not so much, but until you guys start paying more of the bills around here I get to do as I darned well please!

Actually, I did shoot a new cartoon this week, but it's another outdoor setup, and I just ran one of those last week, so I felt I really needed to break it up a little. Also, this cartoon fits in more with a fall/October/Halloween theme, so holding it back a week just seemed like an all-around good idea.

Anyway, see you cast-offs next week with another Minions at Work.

- Minion Master Steve

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Minions #187 - Putting Your Foot Down


Be sure to check today's Minion Master Message for some lair-related links you're sure to enjoy, plus FREE stuff!

Stand by, following the usual double-dealing for a bitter betrayal by your Minion Master!

Your interminable wait is important to us. To serve you better, a supervisor may feed the representative assigned to serve you to the crab parasites just before they can answer your call. It's just one more way of saying, "we care, just not about you."

SUPPORT THE FORCES OF EVIL, WITHOUT WHOM YOU'D HAVE TO LIVE IN SOME BORING UTOPIA OR SOMETHING! HELP FINANCE "MINIONS AT WORK" BY BUYING STUFF YOU WERE GOING TO BUY ANYWAY! IT'S LIKE STEALING, ONLY LEGAL!
We're now Amazon.com affiliates, which means that if you click on the Amazon link in our sidebar and make purchases from Amazon, a tiny little sliver of what you spend goes to support these fine (maybe even near-mint!) cartoons!

Or visit our Amazon Lair Gift Shop for Minions-recommended merchandise featuring villainy from across pop-culture!

Minions at work is inadequately supported during this financial crisis by your purchases from our web stores and our advertisers. Feed the economy and help us bleed green just a little more slowly by purchasing tee-shirts, buttons, calendars, hats, undies (we kid not!), and other fine Minions at Work items at one of the following stores.

While waiting for your impending doom, pick up a Minions at Work tee-shirt or other great souvenir of your visit to the Lair:
"Satisfaction guaranteed or we'll make make you buy something else!"

and

(For very small values of naughty.)

Or just click on our "Donate" button and send us cash add to our "Buy the Minions a Camera Fund!" 100% of your contribution goes to allow starving orphans to buy blankets for kittens.

Nah, not really, it all goes to ME, in order to further the cause of EVIL, and the photography thereof.

Join the Minions Reminder Email List. It's free, it's easy, and you'll never miss a Minions at Work cartoon (or if you do, it won't be our fault!) Or become one of our followers. See the follower box in our Mighty Sidebar!

Or join our "Minions at Work" group on Facebook.

And yes, I'm finally on Twitter. Follow me. I'm JSteveYork there (clicking on the previous link will take you straight to my profile page.) Eventually I'm getting No. 1 his own account for Minions-related-business, but one thing at a time.

Still: We're everywhere! We're everywhere!


Greetings, Roadside Litter!

First of all, I promised you links, and I give you links, and also FREE STUFF! It an effort to stay ahead of the field of evil, we here at Minions Studios continuously scan the world's news media for signs of super-villain related activity, and there have been a couple of significant new publications this week.

First of all, from that accurate, fair, and balanced news-source, the Onion (at least compared to FOX NEWS) comes a tragic story on those most harmed by climate change. I'm of course talking about super-villains! Read the story HERE.

Next, Cracked.com (who I won't claim is more accurate, fair, and balanced than FOX NEWS -- okay, well, a little...) takes us on a tour of six real-life (like everything in Minions at Work isn't real -- I'm just a documentarian, like Michael Moore, only better-dressed) super-villain lairs. Lots of great pictures and info here, which will be useful in designing your own lair against the forces of good and niceness. Check it out HERE.

FREE STUFF! Speaking of the fun that is murder, mayhem, and rough plumbing, we're only a couple of weeks from the release of Mrs. Minion Masters's new mystery series (or at least, the first volume thereof), "Sink Trap." It's about a female apprentice plumber with a talent for solving crime, and it's great fun.

If it's not your cup-of-tea, I'll bet you know somebody who would enjoy it. This isn't hardboiled PI stuff, so even your sweet granny might like it. (Who are you kidding anyway? She was at Woodstock, fer cripes sake! She isn't that sweet! What? She didn't tell you about Woodstock? See! I told you she wasn't that sweet!) Anyway, score some points by suggesting the book, and dropping Mrs. Minion Master's name. ("Yeah, I virtually hang out with her evil husband all the time. Totally.")

Anyway, if you're just too cheap to buy a copy, Mrs. Minion Master is giving away a signed advance reader copy of the book. This is a highly limited collector's item, so trust me, your inner Gollum wants the Precious. Trust me on this. And there are more give-aways to come. Check out the book, and the give-away, on her mystery site HERE.

Anyway, see you back here next week.

- Plugmaster JS, Steve

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Minions #186 - Bad Will Hunting




Do not click cartoons, as they will GROW to proportions against the laws of man and nature!

Stand by, following the usual elusive banter for a steel-jawed trap from your Minion Master!


Your interminable wait is important to us. To serve you better, a supervisor may feed the representative assigned to serve you to the crab parasites just before they can answer your call. It's just one more way of saying, "we care, just not about you."

SUPPORT THE FORCES OF EVIL, WITHOUT WHOM YOU'D HAVE TO LIVE IN SOME BORING UTOPIA OR SOMETHING! HELP FINANCE "MINIONS AT WORK" BY BUYING STUFF YOU WERE GOING TO BUY ANYWAY! IT'S LIKE STEALING, ONLY LEGAL!
We're now Amazon.com affiliates, which means that if you click on the Amazon link in our sidebar and make purchases from Amazon, a tiny little sliver of what you spend goes to support these fine (maybe even near-mint!) cartoons!

Or visit our Amazon Lair Gift Shop for Minions-recommended merchandise featuring villainy from across pop-culture!

Minions at work is inadequately supported during this financial crisis by your purchases from our web stores and our advertisers. Feed the economy and help us bleed green just a little more slowly by purchasing tee-shirts, buttons, calendars, hats, undies (we kid not!), and other fine Minions at Work items at one of the following stores.

While waiting for your impending doom, pick up a Minions at Work tee-shirt or other great souvenir of your visit to the Lair:
THE MINION'S LAIR OF MERCHANDISE
"Satisfaction guaranteed or we'll make make you buy something else!"

and

NUMBER TWO'S HOUSE OF NAUGHTY
(For very small values of naughty.)

Or just click on our "Donate" button and send us cash add to our "Buy the Minions a Camera Fund!" 100% of your contribution goes to allow starving orphans to buy blankets for kittens.

Nah, not really, it all goes to ME, in order to further the cause of EVIL, and the photography thereof.

Join the Minions Reminder Email List. It's free, it's easy, and you'll never miss a Minions at Work cartoon (or if you do, it won't be our fault!) Or become one of our followers. See the follower box in our Mighty Sidebar!

Or join our "Minions at Work" group on Facebook.

And yes, I'm finally on Twitter. Follow me. I'm JSteveYork there (clicking on the previous link will take you straight to my profile page.) Eventually I'm getting No. 1 his own account for Minions-related-business, but one thing at a time.

Still: We're everywhere! We're everywhere!


Greetings, Helpless Prey!

Yes, we're safely back from California. Sorry I didn't get the notices out last week, but don't say I didn't warn you. There WAS a new cartoon though, so it you missed it, scroll on back there and check it out!


Speaking of traps, Mrs. Minion Master, Chris' first mystery novel, "Sink Trap" is coming out on October 6th in mass-market paperback and on the Kindle! If you happen to be close enough to make the drive, there will be a signing and meet-the-author event in Lincoln City, Oregon, on October 10th, 12 noon. It will be held at North by Northwest Books, 6334 Hwy 101 (far south end of Lincoln City in the Streetcar Village antique center). Drop buy, get a book, and you might even find me lurking in the corner somewhere. PLANNING EVIL!

That's it for this week. See you next time back here at the Lair!

- Steve


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Sunday, September 06, 2009

Minions #185 - Bat Minion


Use the power of your mouse button to make cartoons BIGGER! Fear the power of your mouse button! FEAR IT!

Stand by, following the usual inverted logic for a big headache from your Minion Master!


Your interminable wait is important to us. To serve you better, a supervisor may feed the representative assigned to serve you to the crab parasites just before they can answer your call. It's just one more way of saying, "we care, just not about you."

SUPPORT THE FORCES OF EVIL, WITHOUT WHOM YOU'D HAVE TO LIVE IN SOME BORING UTOPIA OR SOMETHING! HELP FINANCE "MINIONS AT WORK" BY BUYING STUFF YOU WERE GOING TO BUY ANYWAY! IT'S LIKE STEALING, ONLY LEGAL!
We're now Amazon.com affiliates, which means that if you click on the Amazon link in our sidebar and make purchases from Amazon, a tiny little sliver of what you spend goes to support these fine (maybe even near-mint!) cartoons!

Or visit our Amazon Lair Gift Shop for Minions-recommended merchandise featuring villainy from across pop-culture!

Minions at work is inadequately supported during this financial crisis by your purchases from our web stores and our advertisers. Feed the economy and help us bleed green just a little more slowly by purchasing tee-shirts, buttons, calendars, hats, undies (we kid not!), and other fine Minions at Work items at one of the following stores.

While waiting for your impending doom, pick up a Minions at Work tee-shirt or other great souvenir of your visit to the Lair:
THE MINION'S LAIR OF MERCHANDISE
"Satisfaction guaranteed or we'll make make you buy something else!"

and

NUMBER TWO'S HOUSE OF NAUGHTY
(For very small values of naughty.)

Or just click on our "Donate" button and send us cash add to our "Buy the Minions a Camera Fund!" 100% of your contribution goes to allow starving orphans to buy blankets for kittens.

Nah, not really, it all goes to ME, in order to further the cause of EVIL, and the photography thereof.

Join the Minions Reminder Email List. It's free, it's easy, and you'll never miss a Minions at Work cartoon (or if you do, it won't be our fault!) Or become one of our followers. See the follower box in our Mighty Sidebar!

Or join our "Minions at Work" group on Facebook.

And yes, I'm finally on Twitter. Follow me. I'm JSteveYork there (clicking on the previous link will take you straight to my profile page.) Eventually I'm getting No. 1 his own account for Minions-related-business, but one thing at a time.

Still: We're everywhere! We're everywhere!


Greetings, Hangers-on!

We're off at Los Angeles to breath the fresh air and entertain the Beautiful Granddaughter while the kids do a game convention.

Yes, even Minion Masters can be grandparents. Deal.

But before leaving the lair, I prepared this little amusement for you. Poor Minion Number Two. That cape-guy makes it look so easy.

See you when we get back (probably tonight).

-Steve


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