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Column and Illustration by Ché Rippinger
BooFest
Daughters of the Night
Grenade Shopping!
 
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DH&G Strategic Tip
of the Day
Thursday,
July 2, 2009:
E-mail is a nice way to
surprise someone with kind thoughts and words. Not exactly a
Hallmark moment, or a substitute for phone or in-person
conversations. But a pleasant reminder that you care.
- Ché
Rippinger, Dating And Hand Grenades Author/Humorist
Past Dailies!
Now Tweeting!
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Want to
send out a real greeting card? Contact me
for how I can get yours sent free! (Actually
on me.) Or visit
www.SendOutCards.com/touche to set up
your free guest account. Personalize however
you like: your own message, graphics, color
& style, or chose something already done to
hit the spot. Try it! You might like it!
Send an actual card, with a real stamp, by
mail...and make someone's day. You don't
have to lift a finger, except for the ones
on your keyboard. It's the ORIGINAL "Social
Networking!" |
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The
NEW
"Dating And Hand Grenades" monthly feature articles
are here! - Humor, heart, and an entertaining
way to laugh at the reality of our relationships.
New Weekly TOUCHÉ!
Cartoon!
New TOUCHÉ! Cartoon In
PLAYGIRL Magazine
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Come visit a Colorado icon...
El Rancho Restaurant
Celebrating 60 years!
...and El Rancho
Trading Post
Che' & Cam's family run gift store for 22 years!
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New 4 page article on El
Rancho-Check out the
online article
(less photos) or come in to see the full layout!
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PLAYGIRL Cartoonist
"BEEN THERE. DATED THAT."
And now on:
MySpace.com
Oh, my! (oh so tragically hip)
Need a Gift-FAST?
Get a
Goodie or a Shopping Gift Certificate online/by e-mail, here...Instantly!
Got
Thong?
Get your New ' Toon Gear!
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 *If you missed our Buffalo
Rose performance (and Ché's big belly dancing debut?!), here's the show video of our
"Evening in Transylvania" piece, posted on YouTube.com-it's in
two parts, so watch them both (about 11 minutes total)
Part one
Part deux
...And if you missed Ché's big
belly dance debut...Vampires and all, or the YouTube.com video (then admit
it, you're lazy.); there was an encore performance in Boulder, at BooFest. More Pics on
Photo Gallery page. Perhaps even a video pending!
(pictured: Countess
Rafi'ah) |
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DHG & TOUCHÉ Toon
News:
1) Wahoo!
Getting about 70,000 hits a month between 3 web sites I do:
www.ToucheToon.com,
www.DatingAndHandGrenades.com,
and
www.elranchotrading.com
2)
New Touché!
Cartoon In PLAYGIRL Magazine
September/October 2008 Issue of PLAYGIRL Magazine, page 75, on newsstands
now.
8/08 Newsflash: The editor said she
stipulated that she was
publishing contributor's work for "no fee." I have a previous
contract agreement which does stipulate my work/contributor payment
and usage rights. I did not agree for my work to appear in PLAYGIRL,
or agree to publish for "no fee." I found my cartoon in print, on
the newsstand. Mixed blessing surprise.
After several e-mails back and forth, I received news that they will "make an exception" and pay the
invoice. A big thank you and huge recommendation to join both
Colorado Alliance of Illustrators (Thanks CAI's-Cherish & Ben)
and Colorado Lawyers for the Arts (thanks René). Appreciate
your assistance!
Also, the magazine editor Nicole Caldwell announced that the last
print edition of PLAYGIRL magazine would be the Jan/Feb 09 issue.
Future service will continue online.
Still no payment many weeks
later--Stay tuned for a positive
outcome!
www.ToucheToon.com/PlaygirlCartoons.htm
3)
Check out the 2 page artist article feature with photos in
Denver Woman Magazine's
February/March 2008 issue on Cartoon
Artist/Illustrator/Writer Ché
Cartoonist
Ché Rippinger
She finds humor in
relationships and everyday life
Written by SHARON
ALMIRALL
Photography by KIT WILLIAMS
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4) Cam & Ché were interviewed and photographed as
one of four mother/daughter duo-run businesses featured in
Gift Shop Magazine for
their spring quarterly issue celebrating Mother's Day
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5) A new Touché cartoon appears in the current Winter 2008 issue of
Colorado Singles Resource Guide.
Check it out Beth Anderson's great publication (and my toon on page
43)!
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6)
October 2007 issue of Advertising and Marketing Review
Magazine Cover
Illustration by Ché Rippinger
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7) You Asked...You Got it! The Belly Dancing
Cartoonist appeared in public!
La Danse
Macabre:: Carnival of Souls
at
The Buffalo Rose in Golden
See the video (in two
parts, about 11 minutes):
Part I
Part II
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Recent Cool Pictures:
(click
for more pics)
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Sports Broadcaster Bob
Costas with Ché at Denver Press Club Runyon Awards |
"Family Guy" Creator Seth
McFarlane with Ché at Aspen Comedy Festival |
New Yorker Magazine
Cartoonist and Cartoon Editor Robert Mankoff with Ché at
Denver Press Club |
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El Rancho Trading Post
Cam & Ché's
Southwestern gift shop
22 years in the family
Off of I-70 at the Evergreen exit in Colorado
Open
7 Days a week -
Come Visit!
303-526-0050
Enjoy a mountain drive,
eat at the El
Rancho Restaurant, and say hi.
Online at:
www.elranchotrading.com
 
photo by Ché Rippinger |
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photo by Ché Rippinger |
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New 4 page article on El Rancho-Check out the
online article
(less photos) or come in to see the full layout!
El Rancho Trading
Post is listed with Denver's "A-List" for great
Gift Shops
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