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Monday, March 29, 2010

Minions #214 - Egged On

Be sure to read past the jump in today's post for an important announcement about Mrs. Minion Master's new mystery novel (say that three times fast!), hitting stores in just a few days!
 Click Image to Fluff into a Big, Evil, Omelet of a Cartoon!

Stand by, following the usual Egg McMuffin for a Sunny Side Up 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 face-huggers 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, Rotten Eggs!

We're all excited down here at the lair, as another link in our Master Plan for World Domination (MPWD) is completed.  Mrs. Minion Master's second mystery novel in her series about a crime-busting lady-plumber will be appearing in stores and on Amazon in just a few days (April 6th).  Here it is:
You can help support the forces of evil here either by buying a copy for yourself (it's Minion Master approved!) or by passing along a recommendation or link to your friends who like mystery, plumbing, adorable dogs (yet another link in the MPWD), or you otherwise think might enjoy this.  Links on your blogs or web sites are also appreciated.

You'll note that Mrs. Minion Master's real name is not on the book.  They're written under the name "Christy Evans."  This is what they, in the writing business, call a "pseudonym," but it is what we call in the Evil World Domination business an "alias."

As I said, this is the second book in the series.  If you'd like to start at the beginning, you can still get the first book in the series, "Sink Trap."  Here it is:


If you want to find out more, visit the Christy Evans web page HERE

Meanwhile, the great Minions sort and clean-up continues here.  I'm now into sorting things I didn't know I had, things I probably haven't seen for years (but many of which you'll be seeing used in upcoming cartoons.  I've still got several more weeks of inventory cartoons, though I could probably get cleaned up enough to start shooting again with a hour or so's work.  We'll see what goodies I discover in sorting, and how inspired I get to use them.

See you guys next week!

                                                - Mysterious Minion Master Steve




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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Minions #213 - Heath Care Debate

Stand by, following the usual voice-vote for a filibuster 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 radioactive zombie Congressional pages 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, Pre-existing Conditions!

Before we get started, I just want to say that "Radioactive Zombie Congressional Pages" would be a great name for a comic book/multimedia franchise!  Just imagine the toy line!

Anyway, it's kind of an accident, but we actually have something timely and topical to post this week, what with the passage of the health-care reform this week.  We're kind of jazzed about it!  Why not?  I mean, it's either a ground-breaking boon that will enhance the lives of all Americans, including us, or it's an evil scheme that will bring the world down around our ears (or possibly both)!  Anyhow, from our perspective, we're just not seeing a down-side here.  Win, win!

Yes, we're running late again, and I've got no excuse, since this cartoon was actually done a week ago.  Let's just say that there are a lot of distractions around the lair right now, and without the mandatory reminder of a "oh, no, I have to post something!" photo-shoot, it just slipped my mind.

The reorganization of Minions Studios is going well, though the job still looks never-ending at this point.  But already, things are more sorted and organized than they've been in years.  Maybe I'll post some pictures at some point.  Anyway, back to work.  See you guys next week!

                     - Minion Master Steve


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Monday, March 15, 2010

Minions #212 - Bone Tired



Click on image to activate ENLARGE-O-BEAM!


Stand by, following the usual T-Boning for a chew toy from 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 albino dance-monkeys 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, Numb-skulls!

It's not yet spring here at the old Lair, but it's close enough that I'm thinking about it.  One job that's on my list is cleaning up the chaos that is Minions Studios, and that's really difficult to do while keeping it accessible for shooting.  I really need some down-time to sort and repack the zillions of figures, props, costumes, set pieces, backdrops, vehicles I need to shoot my photo-cartoons.

I made some progress in dealing with that yesterday by spending several hours digging through file photos (the archives are now up to 6.53Gig of pictures!) and brainstorming new cartoons using old photos.  I was able to come up with 8 new cartoons for the inventory, thus giving me some slack to work here without being concerned that I'll get in the way of the next shooting.

What does it mean when I use old shots?  Is it just an old cartoon with a new caption?  Not exactly.  Whenever I do a shoot, I usually take six to a dozen shots, often changing framing, camera angle, and other details.  Sometimes I even do intentional "outtake" shots sticking in different combinations of characters and poses in hopes I'll come up with a use for them later.

When I go on one of these "inventory hunts" I'll go back to the raw, unedited images and brainstorm.  If I grab the exact same picture I've used before (it does happen) it's simply that it was the best shot for the punchline I've come up with.  Even then, I may crop or edit the photo so that it looks much different than the original use.

Okay, it may be recycling, but some of these were shot so long ago that even I've forgotten about them!  Hopefully they'll be fresh to many of you as well!

Rob Vagle, wife Ximena Clearley,
and Assorted Minions
Hey, speaking of days-gone-by, our old pal and long-time Minion-supporter, writer Rob Vagle was in town today for lunch, and what should be we wearing but his "Evil is Just My Day Job" tee shirt.  I've known Rob since my days living in Eugene, Oregon.  He's since moved to Arizona, so it's a treat to see him, even for a little while  (Actually, it was a big lunch with a lot of people, so Mrs. Minion Master got a lot more time to talk with him than I did.  Still waiting for the gossip.)

Here's a picture of he and his wife (also a big supporter over the years) taken a few years back before they moved to Arizona.  Hey, we miss you guys!

Well, that's about it for this week.  Off to do my spring-cleaning.  But we'll be right back here next week with a new (to you) cartoon!  Thanks to everybody for your support and comments!

                                                            - Minion Master, Steve

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Monday, March 08, 2010

Minions #211 - Head of his Class

Click Image for Bigness!
Stand by, following the usual foul flood for an info-dump 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:
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, Underachievers!

Some weeks I have a joke in search of a set, but other times, I have a set in search of a joke.  That's what happened this week, when I was inspired to try and put some kind of sewer together.  Trouble it, when you don't have anything to go with it, it's a heck of a lot easier to throw away a joke with no set than a set with no joke.  So, you're getting what I could come up with this week.  Funny?  How do I know?  I'm desperate over here...


See you guys next week!

                     =Minion Master Steve

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Monday, March 01, 2010

Minions #210 - Going Long

 Click on cartoon to mag-Mag-MAGNIFY!

Stand by, following the usual commercial break for a recall-notice 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 flying death-worms 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, Goof-offs!

Don't worry.  I'm out of Ancient Minion cartoons for a while.  Which means (oh, crap!) I've got to go come up with something new for next week.  Back to the old studio I guess...

Not feeling talkative, so I'll just post this baby and see what happens. 

If YOU'RE feeling talkative, though, your comments, suggestions, and questions are always appreciated (in an evil, scheming sort of way) here at the Lair.  Take a minute to drop us a note.

- Minion Master Steve


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