A Cartoon Experiment
Feb 1st 2008
Sabrina JeffriesGoddess Grins
So, I’ve been playing around with my Mac, and I couldn’t help myself. This came out.
I kind of like the title, myself, but it could probably be snappier, so if you’d like to propose titles, we’ll do a contest, and I’ll give away an ARC to the person with the winning title.
What do you think? New blog feature or no?
78 Comments »
Kim on 01 Feb 2008 at 12:57 am #
ROFL!!! Sabrina-that is totally awesome. Definitely that needs to become a regular feature. I LOVE it!
ct009ct on 01 Feb 2008 at 2:07 am #
Very Funny!
Definitely a keeper!
The Desktop Adventures of Jane Austen
Shakespeare’s Life as a Bubblehead
OR
Sabrina Jeffries Neighborhood
seton on 01 Feb 2008 at 2:59 am #
Fabulous, SJ! Loves it!
Stacy ~ on 01 Feb 2008 at 6:17 am #
Yeah this is fun. I definitely think it could be a regular feature.
Jim B on 01 Feb 2008 at 7:11 am #
A keeper for sure….
Megan on 01 Feb 2008 at 7:28 am #
Love that!
FreshEChelle on 01 Feb 2008 at 7:54 am #
I love your new strip even more than I love the idea of a Jane Austen action figure!
Keri Ford on 01 Feb 2008 at 8:00 am #
How funny and what better way to procrastinate??
jessie on 01 Feb 2008 at 8:13 am #
Hahahahahaha!
SuzyQ on 01 Feb 2008 at 8:16 am #
Oh Sabrina! That is just too funny! Yeah, I could see that being a new feature.
cail on 01 Feb 2008 at 8:28 am #
this is why i love macs!! brilliant strip Sabrina!
Karen Hawkins on 01 Feb 2008 at 8:29 am #
ABSOLUTELY! I love the characters, too — Austen v. Shakespeare!
As they say on the Guinness commercials, “BRILLIANT!”
ladydawgfan on 01 Feb 2008 at 8:34 am #
I love this!! LOL!!! I would love to see more of this down the road!!
Ummmm, Sabrina? Might I suggest a title contest for your cartoon?
Sabrina Jeffries on 01 Feb 2008 at 8:35 am #
Glad y’all like it! The idea has been percolating in my head ever since my wicked brother (yes, the cute one from conference, for those of you who met him) showed me how easy Mac’s Comic Life was to use. Years ago, I had Regency cartoons on my website (they’re still there, on the older book pages), and they took me HOURS to create using clunky image software (I couldn’t afford the superduper Photoshop or anything back then). It doesn’t help that I’m not an artist, so I didn’t really know what I was doing.
So when my evol brother showed me this, my FIRST thought was, “Boy, I wish I’d had THAT five years ago!” My second thought was, “hmmm. Photos, right?” Because I now have a digital camera.
Yes, it is QUITE important to keep the technological fun stuff AWAY from the writer. *G* But really, it only took me a couple of hours, and that was only because I had to figure out how to get it small enough, yet readable enough, to put on the site. Creating it was a snap.
Sabrina Jeffries on 01 Feb 2008 at 8:39 am #
What, ladydawgfan, you don’t like “From the desk of Sabrina Jeffries”? *G*
I’ve been calling it “Jane and Will,” but that’s a little boring. So sure, why not a title contest? I have a few ARCs left, so y’all submit your titles, and I’ll pick the winner and send out an ARC. Sound good?
PJ on 01 Feb 2008 at 8:50 am #
LOLOL! Oh Sabrina, I love it! Brava! Brava! More! More!
Beth on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:02 am #
How about: To Love or Not to Love
(Ok, titles are not my thing)
I love the comic idea though.
Beth
Sonja Foust on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:05 am #
Haha, fantastic. Love it. Title? Um… Auspeare? Sounds like it could be an adjective I just made up. Heh.
doglady on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:17 am #
This is an absolute HOOT, Sabrina!! I love it!
How about - As the Ton Turns
Days of our Country House Party
All My Writers
Or Maybe - The Merry Writers of Jeffries
A Writer’s Tale
The Odd’s Bodkin Couple
A Midshakespeare’s Persuasive Tale
doglady on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:19 am #
Desperate Desk Jockies ?
ladydawgfan on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:30 am #
Bill and Jane’s Excellent Adventures
Karen Hawkins on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:40 am #
Titles! Oh, I love to think those up . . .
A Mid-Deadline’s Dream
Pride and Pride
Ham and Hamlet
To Be or Not To Be and Why The Heck Not
Jane Can
See Jane and Will Run On
Ohhh . . . gotta think of some more. And you guys may not know this, but Deb’s a bit of a techno-guru. That’s VERY handy for the rest of us Luddites!
Kelly Ann on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:11 am #
I love this! Too funny Karen H!
Doglady, I love Desperate Desk Jokies!
Ok, I have to try my hand at this too:
A Lady and Her Bobblehead!
A Middays Procrastination Dream?
Bill & Jane’s Tabletop Troubles.
Not great, but that’s all I have, for now anyway!
I really want a Mac, my computer doesn’t have anything fun like this on it. I would play on it all day though and never get anything done!
Kelly Ann on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:12 am #
I don’t know why I said Bill, I meant Will…Sorry about that!
Gannon on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:25 am #
ROFL, Sabrina! That’s great, and it should definitely be a regular feature!
Claudia Dain on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:30 am #
I love this! Can my Mac do this too?? Is it special software? I want to play with my Mac instead of writing!!! This looks like a ton more fun.
Of course, I have no dolls to play with. Do you think it would work with a spatula and a slotted spoon?
Lisa H on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:31 am #
Yes, I love the feature
Titles:
Pleasuring Jane
Size doesn’t matter
Regency’s Celebrities
When William met Jane
Just Jane
Austin City Midgits
Romancing the Virgin
Lisa H on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:32 am #
More Titles:
Taming of the Quill
ct009ct on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:35 am #
Along with the 3 from early this morning (or was that late last night?)
How about:
Life - the tall and short of it
As we see it
Much Ado about Will and Jane
The Secret Life of Will and Jane
The Last of the Bubbleheads
The Gripes of Will
A Tale of Two Wits/Witties
SuzyQ on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:41 am #
I love reading everyone’s titles but I’ll give it a go.
It’s a Desk Life
When Will Met Jane
LOL Claudia! You could call yours Spoon Wars!
ct009ct on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:43 am #
Wait they get better/worse(a matter of opinion):
Never Seduce a Writer
Only a Poet Will Do
Beware a Talking Bubblehead
Let Sleeping Toys Speak
SuzyQ on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:47 am #
Very good ct!
Karen Rose on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:06 am #
Sabrina, I’d like to see the WWF version. I bet Jane could kick Bill’s bobble-butt.
Sabrina Jeffries on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:18 am #
Claudia, it’s on ALL new macs, I think. It’s called “Comic Life.” Just look in Finder under Applications. It pulls your iPhoto library right up with it, so you can just upload photos and go. You could always just use you and hubby as your characters. *G*
Y’all’s titles are GREAT!! This is going to be a hard choice.
Sabrina Jeffries on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:19 am #
By the way, Willie is NOT a bobble-head. I wish he were–then I could turn his head. He’s all one piece, poor thing. But he sure does have a big head!
DebMarlowe on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:20 am #
LOL! You guys are killing me! I have to go away…I have pneumonia and when I laugh I start hacking up a lung!
Sabrina Jeffries on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:20 am #
Haha, ct! Where were YOU when they were titling my books?
Claudia Dain on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:23 am #
I have it! I have Comic Life!!!! This is the beginning of the end, people. I will never write another word again unless it’s in Comic Life.
Thanks, Sabrina!
Maybe I’ll do one with my cat and dog! They’re almost like dolls. Almost. Sort of. Not that I have outfits for them, but maybe Rachel could hook me up.
zambonigirl on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:26 am #
OMG YESSSSSS! I had a wonderful laugh over this, thank you Lady Jeffries.
Back to continue reading Mansfield Park. (I’m at chapter four and twenty! Four and twenty! LOL! I totally didn’t plan it that way, but it just struck me as I turned the page. I love Mr. Rushworth. )
Sabrina Jeffries on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:27 am #
Have fun, Claudia! It’s just an evol little application, isn’t it?
Alice Audrey on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:34 am #
LOL. It beats what I had her doing with Gumby.
Ellen on 01 Feb 2008 at 12:38 pm #
Love it!
Lisa H on 01 Feb 2008 at 12:39 pm #
I love “A tale of two witties” LOL!
Just don’t typo a t instead of the w!
cail on 01 Feb 2008 at 1:16 pm #
I was totally going to say Bill and Jane’s Excellent Adventure too!!!
hm. now to think of other good titles…
colinfirthfan on 01 Feb 2008 at 1:24 pm #
I love it Sabrina. Please make it a regular feature.
For the title how about - The Merry Tales of Will and Jane
or Two dolls of Sabrina
Faceoff: Colin Firth vs Kenneth Branagh
Suzanne Enoch on 01 Feb 2008 at 1:27 pm #
Lol!! I just have my Jane action figure standing next to my Fox Mulder action figure.
AnnaSwede on 01 Feb 2008 at 1:34 pm #
Love it!
Love Macs!
Love Comic Life!
I made a cartoon about our annual golf competition at work last year - it was a blast! Everybode loved it! And so easy to use.
(I have a new Mac at work. *giggles*)
Meg on 01 Feb 2008 at 1:42 pm #
I LOVE IT!!
What about: Jane Said/Will Said
SnikWhite on 01 Feb 2008 at 1:47 pm #
Since my favorite Jane Austen book is Persuasion and to me old Willie will always be the Bard I’m liking:
Persuading the Bard
Not exactly Taming the Shrew, but we do what we can do
Great job with the comic!! I look forward to the next installment.
KariE on 01 Feb 2008 at 1:59 pm #
I love it!!
For the title, I’m diggin’ “From the Desk of Sabrina Jeffries”.
That way, you can have different characters each week/month/installment.
IMO anyway.
Oh and Ellen, Happy (early) Groundhog Day!!!!
KariE on 01 Feb 2008 at 2:02 pm #
Did that scene from Spaceballs pop into anyone else’s head?
Julia London on 01 Feb 2008 at 2:44 pm #
Oh, Sabrina, that is hilarious! Bravo, bravo!
ladydawgfan on 01 Feb 2008 at 2:54 pm #
Grins and Proses
ct009ct on 01 Feb 2008 at 2:58 pm #
Back from running errands, had too much time to think, standing in line - at the bank, at the post office, at the bakery, etc.
A few more titles:
Procrastinating Minds
Much Ado on Sabrina’s Desk
Beware a Procrastinating Writer
Procrastinator Unleashed
I can’t remember the rest, should have jotted them down!
Maybe they will come back to me, or if you guys are lucky, they won’t. LOL
cail on 01 Feb 2008 at 3:02 pm #
Ok. How about:
Life on the Goddess Strip
catslady on 01 Feb 2008 at 3:09 pm #
I think it’s a great idea!
Sabrina’s Soliloquy
Samplings by Sabrina
Jeffries Jabber
Jeffries Jazz
Jeffries Jive
ct009ct on 01 Feb 2008 at 3:29 pm #
Life on Sabrina’s Desk
Sabrina Unplugged
Inside Sabrina’s Office
Simply Sabrina
and can’t forget
Sabrina Does MAC
Lucky for you all - I must run to Walmart.
Sabrina Jeffries on 01 Feb 2008 at 3:30 pm #
Great titles, y’all! Keep them coming!
tal on 01 Feb 2008 at 3:53 pm #
How about MISUNDERSTOOD maybe?
I took serious cold medication, side affects: -could affect sense of humor
- will give any old answer for
possible ARC..
-will not afftect kissing up to
all Goddesess
Keri Ford on 01 Feb 2008 at 3:55 pm #
gosh I leave for a few hours and come back to a competition!
The Muses of Sabrina (or simply, Sabrina’s Muses)
But since some of the other goddess look to be playing with their MAC’s with whatever characters strike their fancy:
Goddess Strip
Writer’s Block
Fun While Fiddling
Pesky on 01 Feb 2008 at 4:08 pm #
Love it!
How about Writers Camp?
Nicole Jordan on 01 Feb 2008 at 4:17 pm #
This is hilarious, Sabrina!!! Definitely a must-have new feature.
And I love all these titles! Goddesses ROCK!
doglady on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:14 pm #
Someone PLEASE buy Claudia some dolls to play with!! I mean, when all she has to play with is two spoons - that’s like something out of a really bad novel!! Poor thing. Can we take up a collection and buy her some dolls??
These titles are hilarious!!
Suzanne Enoch on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:32 pm #
doglady, they’re not dolls. They’re action figures. *g*
Sabrina Jeffries on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:46 pm #
Yes, Suzanne, but I confess that I also own dolls. I know, I know, I am still a little girl at heart.
What great titles! I’ll get back to you in a couple of days with the one I chose. Thanks for playing, everyone! And I’ll take as many more as you want to submit between now and 8 a.m. tomorrow.
doglady on 01 Feb 2008 at 9:57 pm #
A thousand mea culpas, Suzanne!! Of course they’re action figures!! Writing is an action, right??
Jane Squires on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:47 pm #
Two Great Writers at Writers Conference would be a good title.
Different. Enjoyed.
Pam P on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:50 pm #
Hi Sabrina. This was fun, and I like the idea of keeping it open to various characters, too. How about: From The Comic Lips of Sabrina Jeffries.
Pam P on 01 Feb 2008 at 11:51 pm #
Or, Strips from the Comic Lips of Sabrina (Jeffries)
BeatriceYoung on 02 Feb 2008 at 1:53 pm #
That strip is extremely comical! Kudos to you Sabrina! It is indeed very brilliant. Remarkable what a Mac is capable of. Now as for the title, how about these:
Writers’ Holiday
Writers’ Corner—With Jane and Will
Brilliant Minds Think Alike
In the Writers’ Head(like In The Prince’s Bed)
Getting Along Famously
Sins of a writer
‘Tis a tragedy
I have many more. Hope this helps narrow down your search!
Earlene Gillespie on 02 Feb 2008 at 3:11 pm #
Very, very cool Sabrina, I think it needs to be a regular
feature also. How about Sabrina’s Funnies. Nice and
simple like that.
Amy on 03 Feb 2008 at 11:14 am #
I know this is late, but I thought that thinking of titles was fun, so here was a few…
What happens in Sabrina’s head should stay in Sabrina’s head, as told by Will and Jane…LOL
And then there’s Sabrina, by Will and Jane
A Day In The Life Of A Writer…Today, ___________ then you could fill in the blank for whatever.
Just my rambleing mind. I have had the flu this week and what a nasty virus it is. Watch out ladies!!!!!!!! It shows NO MERCY?!?!?!?!? Good Luck Sabrina on the Sabrina Strip, LOL and I hope it turns into a weekly thing.
Amy
Rita on 04 Feb 2008 at 6:10 pm #
HEE HEE good strip Sabrina … totally love it ;o)
Titles … ohh my but here goes :
- Downunder with Jane & Will
- Battle of the Writers
- Who’s taming who?
- dear aunt Jane tames Shake-scene
LOL
Helen K on 05 Feb 2008 at 1:43 am #
Coming in way too late, but ROFL, that was great. I hope to see more.
peggy on 05 Feb 2008 at 2:11 pm #
loved it.keep running it so cute
tittle
the historical belle
Malady on 07 Feb 2008 at 6:11 pm #
Brava, Brava, Bellisimo.
(i liked it) as for a title…
Forsooth!
the Small talk of Writing
the Greatest Small Authors
Not the two backed beast but,
A Twice Quilled page
catslady on 08 Feb 2008 at 4:43 pm #
Did anyone say Sabrina’s Strip or Stripping with Sabrina or Sabrinda does a Strip. lol
Linda Shepard on 19 Feb 2008 at 4:05 am #
That was outstanding and funny as for a title how about these
“Edit This”
“The pen and the Prose”
“My Story’s better than Yours”
“Whacked out Writers”
“TheMighty Pen”
I Really Love your books Sabrina, I have alot of them
I collect romance novels and right now i have almost 18 shelves full of them and some in bags that i haven’t put up yet . I have been scanning covers and making a list of all the books i have, I might just print out the covers laminate them and use them as wall paper in my room
ever think of doing time travel stories ?