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Xeni Jardin at 8:57 pm Tue, Dec 25, 2007

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Ape Lad haz dun it agin. Link to printable set with instructions. The hobos shall inherit the earth, you know. (thanks Foundling45 and others)

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Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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  • groovehouse

    The LOLCats and Ape Lad bring me joy and laughter to no end!

  • monospace

    Feh. “Ape” Lad is just riding the coattails of the LOLcat phenomenon.

  • License Farm

    Apelad was there at the beginning of the LOLcats phenomenon, and is largely to thank for its having legs as long as it has. If anyone remembers LOLcats in 20 years it will be in small part due to his efforts. Betta reckanize.

  • License Farm

    That should be “in no small part.” I’m going back to bed.

  • KingOfCats

    I find the whole Ape Lad thing pretty manufactured and tiresome. Using an internet meme as inspiration had potential as a one-time thing. Glomming onto an internet meme and shamelessly connecting one’s name to it, then beating it to death, seems desperate.

  • BaconWrapped

    What I don’t understand is why people come out of the woodwork to poo-poo Apelad (and I’m not just saying that because I own several of his drawings). I think if you’ve read all 600+ comics and still think he’s desperate and sad, you have no sense of humor or wonder. He’s taken something that’s essentially nothing and made it sincere and brimming with joy. If that’s tiresome to you, you should probably seek help. Or just continue to complain about something you haven’t invested enough time in to form a valid opinion about.

  • KingOfCats

    @ baconwrapped:

    Speaking of valid opinions…