We all know and love Dinosaur Comics, right? That wonderful little strip started in 2003 from that Canadian fellow Ryan North that takes the same images of dinosaurs and uses them over and over again as they engage in humorous conversation?

Ah, but did you know that in prehistoric times (okay, seventeen years earlier) another Canadian funny guy, Ty Templeton, created the exact same strip?

Ryan didn’t believe me either when I told him about it at the MoCCA festival this weekend, but it’s true– we have proof. From Critters #3:

See? Same dialogue, same xeroxing– Ryan’s been copying dinosaurs even longer than he thought he had.

(Note: we aren’t actually accusing Ryan of copying any more than he already copies; so please don’t delete our Project Wonderful account, Mr. North, sir.)

As found over at People @ Parks…

Alas the economy has hit even those hard working folks in
Metropolis. With most people turning to digital publications, the Daily
Planet was forced to lay off several less than stellar reporters. In an
unrelated story, it appears Superman is selling merchandise from his
“Super Cart” in the middle of downtown Metropolis Square. Truth be
told, there are plenty of deals to be had, folks. For just $13.95 plus
tax you can have any number of fabric swatches literally stolen off the
backs of unsuspecting super-folk.

Seems TBS has out-foxed Fox to woo Conan O’Brien and his late-night comedy show to their Time-Warner owned TBS. The deal, as announced today will allow CoCo to own the rights to his show (ala David Letterman) and grants him a 4 day work week, ala Cable’s Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert, and George Lopez. Lopez’s show will be bumped to midnight, but according to The Wrap’s Josef Adalian, it was George himself who called Conan to talk up the “8 Figure Deal”.

This is a big blow to Fox, but given that no deal had even been brought up to Conan and his people. And what talk there was of a deal, didn’t speak about owning production rights, as well as possible restrictions for affiliates happy with their Seinfeld, Simpsons, and Office reruns.

So, is CoCo happy? “In three months I’ve gone from network television to Twitter to performing
live in theaters, and now I’m headed to basic cable,” O’Brien said. “My plan is
working perfectly.” So said the Boston-born pale skinned late-night virtuoso. Look for the new Conan O’Brien show in November.

The MoCCA Festival was this weekend, and it was a great deal of fun, but that’s not to say there weren’t some moments that made one cringe.

Hands down, however, the biggest mistake were these flyers that were all over the bar tables in the back to promote ComiConn:

Try looking just above these words for the error. If you don’t know why it’s an error, read here.

Guys, I don’t care how much money you spent on these flyers. Stop handing them out. I know somebody showed up with a few corrected black & white flyers on Sunday turning it into a tribute, but you should have made some effort to pick up the flyers you already had out on the freebie tables.