Comic Storyline Strategist Gifts

"My name is Phil, and I, too, am..."

A Hole in the Dike

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"

'Charlotte's Website' ('The children's book classic rewritten for the electronic era!')

"Skip the funny voices tonight—O.K., Dad?"

Internet Cafe.

"Well, sir, it looks like things are getting pretty serious for Peter and Pauline."

"Take me to your thought leader."

Armstrong, the new Ybox game console comes out next week. I've got to get in line at Computer Villa. Nope. You are callous and inhumane. Fortunately, I have a backup plan. Computer Villa sale! If anyone cuts, chew their nose off.

'Spock's expertise in M&A deal making was key to the formation of the Federation.'

"At last they paid off their sub-prime fairy-tale and lived happily ever after."

"The boss says he has an open door policy."

"Have you figured out what the powers of that new super hero will be? How about the power to meet deadlines? That would be a good power?"

"My first novel is a prequel of a sequel, it's about time travel."

'We would like to visit with you about the possibility of expanding our franchise...'

'Why do I always pick the slow moving queue?'

Videographer. Zoom in. Zoom out.

"I know I'm huffing and puffing, but I don't have a temperature. You're safe. Now, let me in."

"He'd torch the castle and I'd rescue the damsel."

Outer Cuteness vs. Inner Cuteness

I wrote a poem about our failure to capture and secure the highway. It's called "The Road Not taken."

Woman in booksotre looking at books labeled 'Highly Graphic Novels.' Covers of books show various charts, graphs, spreadsheets.

'Mom's in the bedroom trying on scenarios.'

"My mistake. It was the mailman."

'I don't know why I let you talk me into such hare-brained schemes...darn it,missed again!'

'I told you not to let the children play with your Tony Blair effigy.'

"I marked the sections where your total contempt for humanity loses its pathos."

“The jury has requested you pitch your case in the style of a six-part TV mini-series.”

Oz in a Congestion Charge zone.

"I get the 'bat' concept - the car, the cave, the plane, the boomerang. . . but how's this Robin thing supposed to fit in?"

"We will take wal-mart, exxon mobil, chevron and then assimilate them. . . resistance is futile. . ."

Books the Prof Ordered. . . More Cost-Effective Books Ordered By The Bookstore Manager.

"You can tell you've been promoted over your level of competence when you stop wondering if you've been promoted over your level of competence."

"Because it'll put you to sleep. That's why I'm reading you the third quarter report."