First of all, I would like to congratulate Keyra for winning the virtual cookies! This batch is vegan upon request, comes with a nice tall glass of cold soy milk, and I'll even throw in some fresh berries. Khloe Kardashian was the right answer to last week's impromptu trivia question!

Watch out for this week's trivia question, buried in amongst the comics.

Unfortunately, I didn't receive any new comic tips, but I don't think you'll be disappointed!

On a side note, I feel very lucky that photographing one's collection of My Little Ponies is a relatively popular occurrence, for how else would I have found such a lovely epic pony? I had more to choose from than I would have imagined, but I finally narrowed it down to the lucky pony on the right.

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Filed under: Humor, Comics, Sunday Morning Funnies

Ladies and gentlemen, and all those with paws/hooves, etc, I think we might just be entering a new phase of the Sunday Morning Funnies. Why? Because this week's list is pretty long too.

So long, in fact, that I had to throw it all behind the break again. Have I missed any? Do you know of a comic that isn't listed here? If so, throw it into the comments section! Let's see just how long we can make this thing. Hunt them down, and leave me a tip.

Last week, I seem to recall promising you a Long Cat. Just to be safe, I've delivered two. Yes, you can all has long cats.

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, Comics, Sunday Morning Funnies

This week's list is huge. Massive. You have to click through the break to even see it! But I warn you: before you do, you might want to make some preparations.

Cancel whatever you have scheduled today.

Make a pot of coffee.

Do some stretches; long bouts of sitting are unhealthy.

Feed the cats. Let the dog out.

Seriously, this list is big. It's unruly!

P.S. I tried to get you guys a good Long Cat picture but I failed you all. Maybe next time? Yes. Next time.

In a related note, I have a distaste for the new way to search through the icanhascheezburger site.

Ready? Set. Go!

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, Comics, Sunday Morning Funnies

This week, we have a new addition to the list, The Daily Blink. You'll also find zombie chickens, snacking kitties, a comic relief talbuk, a 'chef,' and shoulder armor, all out looking for some noms.

• From Pocketkitten: Cooking Fail.
• NPC: Teaching 101. NPC: Chickens Gone Wild. NPC: Fear of Projection.
• Torment of the Week.
• Check out the latest from Guilded Age and Teh Gladiators.
• Daily Quests: Lasherweave Bites.
• LFG #321 and #322.
• Beyond the Tree: Walking the Diggers.
• Dark Legacy Comics: Surgery.
• Complex Actions: Fairy Tales and Wet Dreams.
• Equinox vs Chillwinter.
• WoW eh: Mr. Know-it-All. Love that last frame! I also love how you did a better job at rendering the Taunka than Blizzard did.
• Sparkly Doom: If WoW Was Life.
• The Daily Blink: Save Illidan!

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Features, Humor, Comics, Sunday Morning Funnies

Kebina Trudough here, offering you the best gold making secrets they don't want you to know about! I was like you once, poor and homely, before I discovered my patented system. Now you too can fill your pockets with the good stuff without ever breaking a sweat! Why spend all your time toiling when you could be vacationing in the Hot Springs? I'm not offering these tips for 100 gold, or 90 gold, or even 50 gold! No, not even 20 gold! My system is yours for FREE! Satisfaction guaranteed or I'll give you a full refund (handling charges may apply). After all, Time Is Money.

If you're like me, you have a lot of excess emblems sitting around. Maybe you never got around to spending them before the next tier came out, or maybe the badge gear just never quite compared to your raid drops. Whatever the case, there is no sense letting them go to waste when you could put them to work and earn some gold!

First, here is a quick breakdown of the current badge system, from most recent and difficult to acquire on down:

1. Emblem of Frost: These can be acquired primarily by raiding Icecrown, completing the Raid Boss Per Week "weekly," or by completing one WotLK heroic dungeon per day using the Random tool.
2. Emblem of Triumph: Most raids now drop these badges, as well as heroics. You will also be awarded these for doing any number of WotLK heroic dungeons past your first one per day using the Random tool. You will also get some by completing your first normal WotLK dungeon per day using the Random tool, as well as completing the Raid Boss Per Week "weekly." Also of note: If you get Heroic Oculus using the random tool, don't drop group! Not only has it been nerfed like crazy, but when you defeat the end boss, every player will receive a loot bag that will contain these badges and more, plus a chance at getting the super rare Reigns of the Blue Drake, which used to be available only by killing Malygos, who now drops his 25-man version (Azure) in both 10 and 25-man.
3. Emblem of Conquest: Originally, these were acquired by running 10-man Coliseum, or 25-man Ulduar.
4. Emblem of Valor: Originally these dropped from Ulduar 10-man and Naxxramas 25-man.
5. Emblem of Heroism: These were among the first WotLK badges, and dropped from Naxxramas 10-man and heroic dungeons.

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Tips, How-tos, Economy, Features, Guides, Making money, Time Is Money

As I promised you last week, today's list is quite robust. The list even features a new comic for us all to enjoy, and the return to weekly updates from a couple of your favorite artists. Get reading!

• Battlemasters: Let's Get It On!
• NPC: Boot Camp. NPC: Ommm. NPC: Sleeeepy.
• Torment of the Week: Perfectionists.
• Guilded Age: Page 3 of Chapter 3.
• Cru the Dwarf: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. I love Cru's dialogue with himself.
• Teh Gladiators: Fight... to the Death!
• Daily Quests: Ok, Now Play Dead. If you're a fan of Emergency Kindergarten, then be sure to read the text beneath the comic.
• LFG: #319 and #320.
• Beyond the Tree: Settling dust.
• Dark Legacy Comics: Keydar Can't Ski. I know that a lot of you were wondering why there was no DLC posted last week, and I am posting it here in case you didn't catch the link in the comment section. We do wish you well!
• Check out the new wallpaper from Complex Actions.
• NoObz: Season Break.
• Equinox is back with a new Northrend series! Here are the first two: Equinox and a Mess O' Mounts and Equinox and His Moral Dilemma. Each one is a little mini-series, so click through them.
• Fail Druid fails some more.
• The Adventures of Disgraph T. Dwarf: Disgraph's Rockin' New Year's Eve. Congrats on graduating, and looking forward to watching the story arc play out!
• Give a warm welcome back to WoW eh! with The Cold Shoulder. Glad to hear you're feeling somewhat better Kelly!
• GU Comics: Built In Maturity.

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Features, Humor, Comics, Sunday Morning Funnies

This week's list is compact, but don't let that fool you; many of the usual suspects have delivered despite the holidays. You can bet that next week's list will be massive!

• Torment of the Week: Frozen Investments.
• Check out Guilded Age's 2010 Preview.
• Teh Gladiators: Enter the Eerily Familiar King.
• Daily Quests: In the Spirit of Giving. Daily Quests: Resolution: Impossible.
• NPC: Of Avatar and Avatars. NPC: A New Service. NPC: 2010 Predictions. That last line got me laughing! For the history behind it, see an earlier Sunday Morning Funnies published in May of 2009.
• Beyond the Tree: What We Need Is More Noise.
• LFG #317 and #318.
• Cru the Dwarf: All Choked Up.

Filed under: Features, Humor, Comics, Sunday Morning Funnies

It's the Sunday in between Christmas or Hanukkah and New Years festivities, which is the perfect time to settle down and read through the weekly comics:

• Guilded Age: Chapter 2, Page 23.
• Teh Gladiators: Crazy Vallant Magical Offspring.
• Da!ly Quests: Hurry Up and Wait.
• Dark Legacy Comics: This Time of Year.
• NPC: Kitty Tip Number One.
• NPC: Kitty Tip Number Two.
• NPC: Kitty Tip Number Three.
• Beyond the Tree: A Small Scheme.
• LFG #315 and #316.
• Holiday filler from Complex Actions.
• Dungeons and Draenei: Frostsaber and Bad Behavior.
• NoObz: Tenth Commandment.
• Cru the Dwarf: Thanks for the Memories.

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Features, Humor, Comics, Sunday Morning Funnies

Last week's post included a whole slew of commenter tips about WoW-related comic strips, so in addition to reading through your favorites, check out some of these newcomers:

• The latest from Torment of the Week. My main comment here would be: WTB perma-links.
• Here is one from Real Life Comics that is about Diablo 2, but I'll include it because it is also about Blizzard's patching habits.
• GRATS! The De-Evolution of the Quest. I love how game issues are discussed beneath the comic. I also love how the old guy is a dead ringer for Disney's Jafar from the first Aladdin movie when he pretends to be a prisoner in order to convince Aladdin to go into the cave and retrieve the lamp.
• The Battlemasters: Guilded Butterflies.
• Here's a new one: Guilded Age. Start reading from the title page, and next week I'll start posting the updates.
• Working Daze also recently posted two WoW-related comics, including one about patch day.
• Teh Gladiators: They're A Hungry Bunch.
• Da!ly Quests: Goblin Ingenuity. This is exactly what I thought when I first read Allison's The single greatest thing that has ever happened in this game.
• Dark Legacy Comics: Ammunition.
• NPC: Cuddle Cats. That one isn't entirely WoW-related but it rocks, and it does tie into their alt leveling, as well as the next storyline. Declaration.
• NPC: Intervention Cats.
• Beyond the Tree: Chekov's Gunmen.
• LFG #313 and #314.
• NoObz: Ninth Commantment.
• Slash AFK: Fish Pwned.
• Check out Complex Actions #44: Swimsuit Edition by going to their main page.

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Features, Humor, Comics, Sunday Morning Funnies

Kebina Trudough here, offering you the best gold making secrets they don't want you to know about! I was like you once, poor and homely, before I discovered my patented system. Now you too can fill your pockets with the good stuff without ever breaking a sweat! Why spend all your time toiling when you could be vacationing in the Hot Springs? I'm not offering these tips for 100 gold, or 90 gold, or even 50 gold! No, not even 20 gold! My system is yours for FREE! Satisfaction guaranteed or I'll give you a full refund (handling charges may apply). After all, Time Is Money.

The new Dungeon Finder that was added in Patch 3.3 has been garnering a lot of attention lately - and for good reason! But did you know that you could use it to make money?

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Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Tips, How-tos, Instances, Features, Guides, Making money, Time Is Money