August 10, 2009
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I Saw My Book!
I was at a Borders in NYC over the weekend and discovered my newly released book on the shelves!
It’s that orange one almost right in the middle of that picture.
The release date has been misquoted in several places, so I had no idea when the book was actually going to be hitting the shelves, so it was extra surprising to see it sitting there! It even is facing cover forward and not sideways, which is even cooler.
It’s been such a long process getting that book published, so it’s definitely weird to see it sitting there just like all the other books. I stood there for about 20 minutes just kinda staring at it and taking pictures =P
The book is a bunch of the best cartoons from the first 2 years of lefthandedtoons.com, the webcomic my friend and I run. We also have a Xanga page for it, so go over and sub us if you like! lefthandedtoons on Xanga
UPDATE! We are now selling autographed copies on lefthandedtoons.com, so pick one up if you like!
Comments (177)
Dude! Congratulations!
Now, where’s my free, autographed copy?
Wow congratulations!!!
Excellent!! Congratulations. I will look for it the next time I’m out shopping!!
Cool! I’ll buy a copy and beg you to autograph it for me when I’m in NY next week.
That had to be a very strange but good feeling.
Congratulations
that’s awesome!
Congratulations!!!
That’s awesome Justin. Congratulations!
That’s so awesome, congratulations!
Congratulations!
That is way cool. I am an aspiring writer and tips would be greatly appreciated. Can I add you on IM?
@leadheavy - My “writing” is a bunch of cartoons, so it’s not a typical book. Also, we were approached for the book so overall, I’m really not sure how much I could help =P
too cool!!!!!
Congrats. You’re my new hero!
very cool!
@Justin - That is fascinating. I wonder if your book is being sold in Canada?
That’s really cool. Total gratz!
Congrats!
Congrats! That’s really cool
That’s fanfuckingtastic!
nice going man. hope you got some cash for it.
awesome for you!
that’s really fucking exciting. what’s it about?
THATS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
That’s so cool!
Rock on. About how long did it take, total?
Whoaaa. That’s so cool!
Sweeet
I like the title. I’m gonna have to check it out. Congrats!
Whoa that is awesome.
OH! I love Left-Handed Toons. Will it be released in the Philippines?
Hooray!
Congrats!!
that is awesome dude. Congrats.
@dancesafterhope - It’s a bunch of cartoons me and my friend did on our site lefthandedtoons
@moritheil - It’s been about a year and a half since we first started going back and forth with our publisher with chapters and comic scans.
@flashbulb100w - I’m not totally sure if it will be on the shelves in the Philippines, but you can get the book on Amazon or order it soon through our site and we can ship it out for you! We’ll sign it too!
Cool
I bought one! Hilarous book
I don’t think Denis Leary’s WHY WE SUCK would be as funny.
Nice! It must of looked funny for a guy to be standing around for 20 minutes taking pictures of the same bookshelf.
HOW COOL! Congratulations!
My Dad and my Sister will LOVE your book!
That is really cool, man. Congratulations.
Haha. That’s adorable! And really awesome. ♥
You did it!
VERY COOL
HIGH FIVE!
Heartfelt congrats!!
My next beer is in your honour!
great find! I’ll try to check it out next time I’m in the store.
That’s awesome. Your cartoons are really hilarious.
)
congrats(:!
Nice,Congratulations!
=) I remember when you guys first came out
That’s so awesome! I’m envious and also proud. =)
congrats :]
Cool!
I love comic-y stuff
Congratulations! That is awesome!
…Good for you! I must say I am terribly jealous, though. It has always been my dream to be an author…
CONGRATS!
congrats! i really hope it does well =)
Congratulations!
im left handed!
xD
they should make a right handed toons by left handed people!
Congrats!!
Congratulations! =)
That must be such an awesome feeling to see your own work, right there in a bookshop for people to buy & read!
Awesome! Congratulations!
<333
looking forward to hitting the site and checking it out. you must have been so excited.
congrats!!
Yay for you!
yay! congrats!
it great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent! I know the feeling. I haven’t been surprized in a store like that but I walked into a hotel and saw a perfect stranger reading one of my books and that was a great feeling as well. Relish the feeling! Was it your first book?
How AWESOME that must have felt, the book sitting there on a bookshelf. Too cool!
congratulations :]
why we suck (the book above yours) LOL sorry I had to notice that first.
Well anyway, congratulations!!!
Congrats on your book. Hope all goes well with your toons.
wow congratulations! and that is a really clever idea!
Wicked, congrats. I would be so siked if I walked into a store and saw one of my mangas on the shelf. Congrats on getting published. From one artist to another
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I know you are super proud! Shelby Stone……Cherry Picking Time by A1AdultEbooks.Com
This post proves two things: that anyone can write a book (Paris Hilton and Miley Cyrus have both proved this as well, though), and that the Xanga staff has only their best interests at heart when choosing featured weblogs.
Congratss! I’m writing a story on my blog. Check it out!
*happy dance* Great job, Justin!
congrats!!!
oh, congratulations!
i can see myself doing that same thing: just standing and staring. =)
@explosive - First of, let me start of my response as a Xanga employee. We have featured book posts like this from other Xangans in the past when they got published. It just so happens that I work for Xanga.
Now, onto the personal insult you made. Does that really make you feel better about things? Are you the better person now? Did you put me in my place? You have the only negative comment right now on this blog and I hope you feel good about that.
To quote you, explosive, for completeness sake:
“This post proves two things: that anyone can
write a book (Paris Hilton and Miley Cyrus have both proved this as
well, though), and that the Xanga staff has only their best interests
at heart when choosing featured weblogs.”
@garydale - Ah man, I would die if I saw someone in public reading the book. That must have been awesome for you!
Yea, this is my first book =)
congrats!
Congratulations! That is definitely a major accomplishment.
How awesome! I want to be a writer too, but I’m not sure quite where to start with the publishing.
Congrats!!
Congrats!
Awesome ( :
Cartoons? Maaaan……
This whole idea of “publishing stuff” still very much confuses me, and I’m 130,000 words into a novel.
Maybe I ought to research that a little…
congratulations!!! i’ll check it out
haha that would make me shit myself
congratulations! you have succeeded! someone should be proud of you.
Congratulations! Isn’t it the greatest feeling when you see it in print? That is so awesome. Have you done any routes to libraries or book stores to do book signings yet? Keep us updated on where and when.
Congratulations!
Congrats!
that’s cool
Thats really AWESOME!!!!!
Congrats!!!
congradulations! by far the coolest thing ive ever seen on xanga
mazel tov!
looks like a really funny and awesome book!
trippy! i really want to get one of my books out there on the shelves too. congrats to you finally getting it there!! now time to drink and wait for the paychecks to start rolling in!
Congratulations! That must have been a euphoric feeling. I’m curious to know the process of publishing a book, how did you go about doing that?
Congratulations! One day I too shall know that joy. I am pleased to read that someone knows it already ^-^
YAY we love you and your lefthandedness! Congrats!
How cool is that!!!!!???
Congratulations
Congrats (:
it sounds interesting. Might buy it if I see it in stores.
That’s great news! That had to be an amazing feeling.
Congrats!
Yay : D : )
Now I’m looking forward to mine being released.
Awesome!
Congrats. How long did it take to get it published? How did you go about getting it published?
that’s phenomenal. the feeling must’ve been wonderful
That’s inspiring.
Congrats!
Congrats!
Wow that’s amazing! Did you publish through a self publishing place or no? I have been writing a story and it’s actually pretty long, but I need to find a publishing company. Congratz, though!
That’s really cool!!
Awesome. Congrats.
That is really awesome. So many people dream of publishing a book, but you actually did. Good for you.
that is awesome. congrats!
Congratulations! That is so cool!
-Heidi
Congrats!
congrats!
i have my own secret left-hand diary.
that’s cool.
that’s so cool! i’m glad you got to see your book up like that…
i hope that’s me one day.
OMG!! i was at barnes and nobels yesterday! and i saw it!! omg! thats so awesome, congratulations!
Hey, good job man! I bet you feel like your on top of the world!
Keep at it.
How cool is that! Congrats!
Congratulations!
aww! congratulations
Omg congratualations! Thats sooo cool!
that is soooo coool! 8)
aww congratz!! :]
I’m late with a huge pat on the back to you! Congratulations. I’ll be looking for it in California.
Congrats!
Congrats man….
I can imagine the feeling
seeing that book there
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Congrats! (:
yay!
Which borders? Was it the one in Chelsea??
congrats that’s really cool!!!!
@x_steff - We were actually approached by our publisher with the idea of putting out a book, so we went for it.
@FogOfConfusion - It was about a year and half from the time we sent the publisher our pitch for the book and when we received the first physical copies. We didn’t have to search for a publisher because we got lucky and they found us!
@deltadelicate - It was the one over in Kips Bay, right next to the movie theater.
Congratulations!
Congrats!
I stayed up all night reading every comic you and your friend have ever posted on your site, since that’s what I do whenever I find a new webcomic. And I must say, they’re brilliant. Definitely will be adding to my list of comics I read regularly.
@just_the_average_jane - That’s awesome to hear! Glad you liked them! Did you go through all 500+ in one sitting? If so, then that’s pretty amazing.
@Justin - I did! Took me all day and night…now I’m exhausted and dead on my feet (and it’s all your fault! Why’d you have to go and make such a good comic, huh? jk. Well, jk about the blame part, that is. Not about the goodness of the comic).
Congratulations! That must be super exciting.
wow that’s really awesome! Hope there will be more coming.
Cooool! Congrats! :]
LOL. Really cool. xD
Wow, congratulations!
I’ll write the name down, so I can buy it.Good luck && best wishes. {;
i was just in borders a few days ago. wonder if it was the same one. haha. congratulations. i’m sure the feeling you had when you saw it was worth the wait.
Nice going! Congratulations!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Awesome. I’m also an author. Have a book out called Silent Stalker by Ayisha Blevins. Genre: Poetry, 88 pages long, released May 21st 2007. Published March 19th 2007 by Publish America. It’s a great thing when you work so hard on a book and then finally get to see it on shelves and people buying it.
congrats!
Hey, that’s so cool! Congrats, man!
How the hell do you publish a book? The process is all too confusing for me
Congratulations
but what’s it about ? tell me..
INCREDIBLE! That’s great, awesome! ^_^
Good work! wow…I’ll look for it next time I’m in Borders.
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats!
That’s really inspiring to hear oddly enough, as I want to get my book published
I bet that felt AMAZING to actually see it in a store!
Fantastic
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CONGRATULATIONS!!
“I stood there for about 20 minutes just kinda staring at it and taking pictures” I would’ve soo done the same! LOL.
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Yes, long process of hard-work. Congrats!
Have your book been published in Asia?
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This is great, Justin!
Congratulations Justin, time to start thinking about the next book!