Day 1 Cartoon — [The Twelve Days of Christmas in June Giveaway]
June 4, 2009 » 56 Replies
Here’s the cartoon for Day 1 of the Christmas in June Giveaway. The person who comes up with the best caption for this cartoon wins a free copy of Snagit. Add your captions in the comments below. For full details about the giveaway, see this post.
Ben Minson, a technical communicator who blogs at Gryphon Mountain, drew this cartoon. Actually, Ben will be drawing all our cartoons, so get to know him.
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For cartoon 1: “It’s my latest how-to book, A Guide to Speaking Your Mind. I’ve already sold two copies to Carrie Prejean and Sonia Sotomayor.”
“Dude, this new style guide ROCKS!”
I am sorry but we do not tolerate hair in our office.
Bad hair day, eh?
I sure could use a few of those spikes!
My side hair and your top hair would look great together!
My Master’s Thesis
If you remove the goggles, you look just like that lady from New York.
I am auditioning for the part of the Statue of Liberty. Here is my portfolio.
“Hey Dude! Check out this new thing I found, you can take it with you and read anywhere, with not wires, waiting for it to boot up, or anything. Isn’t it cool?”
“That’s a book.”
“So when you look at it that way… you owe me twelve hundred bucks”
Our HR handbook clearly states: “Bring more individuality to work”.
“Like, a manual! On paper! How old-school! Where’d you dig this up, the pyramids?”
“I wrote it.”
“…looks good.”
I’m a programmer, but I can write manuals, too!
This won an STC Excellence award, like when, dude? Oh, 2008.
It’s all explained in the user manual!
Hmmm!
“And the best part is, you have to do almost nothing, because I’ve written a user manual for my cut’n'paste program!”
This manual explains how to achieve this look.
This manual explains how to achieve my look with a wig.
I got this for you sir : “Cool hair-dos for bald men”
Duuuuude… is this CRAP or what?!?
“Dude, of course I’m a technical writer. I’ve even applied a step-action table on creative hair design.”
CEO’s Guide to Web 2.0 hair.
“I’ve moved all the user and technical guides to Twitter and Google Wave – bleeding edge, dude!
I’m a power user of your Azzinine product. Here’s my portfolio. It’s a printout of all my Twitter posts describing how to configure it.
Hi Dad, check my snaggle toothed one eyed robot face!
It’s just a rough prototype…but I like to call it a “book”.
“Problem solved: I took that huge list of known issues and embedded it in the user manual that nobody reads anyway.”
I thought you read the company’s style guide!
“Don’t worry boss, I took out all the references to great mohawk wearers I admire, like Mr. T and the Birdman.”
“What do you mean, ‘Get a haircut’? The handbook says men can’t have hair longer than shoulder-length, and mine’s not anywhere near my shoulders.”
Get it? It’s a user’s guide for Windows and it has a WINDOW die-cut into the cover. Is that cool or what?!??
It is this totally AWESOME cookbook that the Atlanta STC chapter did for this year’s Summit. Those guys are so hip!
The Devil makes work for idle Hans.
“My first portfolio item is a manual called ‘How to Get a Thrill, Cheat Death, and Still Make It Home in Time for Dinner.’”
Our users say they hate scrolling through long Help pages, so I screencapped everything and bound it together in this handy desktop guide. Cool, huh?
Once I get the hyperlinks working, I think this new “Portable Help” will be a big hit.
That’s my new Facebook killer! You’re picture will go here, and your hobbies just down there. And it’s even portable! Brilliant, hu?
Dad, I found it!!! your original NOTEBOOK.. it’s from the time of like dinosaurs!!! I couldn’t find the mouse but I’m sure if you look hard enough in the attic you’ll find it.
This tax law documentation is so complete and easy to use, your firm will never need to hire another CPA!
Of course I brought my portfolio…have I told you that I’m also a master of kung fu.
Hey boss, here’s my prototype Kindle killer!
“….. The Aristocrats!”
Thanks a lot. Now I have to clean Pepsi Max off my keyboard. Hillarious!
“….so clearly no Jury in the World would convict me”
“…but Dad I AM the third biggest investment bank in the country”
“…So it wouldn’t be a Help File so much as a Help Smile!”
‘Surely if I can draw it you can code it…’
‘It’s got “whitepaper” written all over it!’
Retro, Man … a spiral notebook. Is there an iPod app for this?
“It’s Huge in Korea”
“…and then I was like ‘Of course he can built it! two weeks!’”
“So I told em ‘NP Complete my ass, he can build it in two weeks!’”
I liked John McMullen’s caption best:
“Like, a manual! On paper! How old-school! Where’d you dig this up, the pyramids?”
“I wrote it.”
“…looks good.”
He wins the copy of Snagit. Thanks to everyone who participated.
This IS my portfolio, dude. It’s a Style Guide I wrote called “Being a Professional: How to Dress the Part”.
Amazing! This blog looks just like my old one! Its on a totally different topic but it has pretty much the same layout and design. Great choice of colors!