Alex Heberling

Today is a very special day, my friends. Today, my Sleeping Herpes cake got on Cake Wrecks. This cake was my graduation gift from Susan last December, when she still worked at Kroger, and they sold a Sleeping Beauty cake.  (Sleeping Beauty is my favorite Disney movie.)  When she called me a few weeks beforehand [...]

Exactly what it says on the tin.  I drew upon Great Teacher Onizuka for Penny’s look: As for Ann, I drew from the Yankee girls’ gang subculture of Japan.  Apparently due to some sorts of assault laws, instead of punching people, Yankees (and other delinquent groups) will use yo-yo’s to strike their opponents, hence why [...]

It is Glorious.  It is Epic.  And it is in Space. This badge pays tribute to the many space epics out there, particularly the works of Leiji Matsumoto, whose legacy was chosen as the theme of AnimePunch 2009.  Ann and Penny in the foreground are dressed as soldiers from Space Battleship Yamato, known in America [...]

Every anime fan has their gateway drug.  It’s sort of the rule.  It’s that first series or movie that they ever saw, the one that sealed their fate as an otaku. My gateway drug was Sailor Moon.  One day in the spring of 1998, I was watching Pop-Up Video on VH1, and when it switched [...]

Today’s caricature is Sarah Haskins, host of Target Women on Current TV.  Target Women is one of the funniest things on the internet today, so go watch it all if you haven’t already. EDIT: I posted about this drawing to Twitter, and Sarah replied wondering where her sombrero and unicycle were, so I drew this [...]