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DatingandHandGrenades

Humor from the Heart

 

Told like a friend at a cocktail party:   Lively enough to be entertaining, but gentle enough to be useful.
Interesting. Thought-provoking. Worthy of a good water-cooler discussion.


Column and Illustration by Ché Rippinger


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DH&G Strategic Tip of the Day

Weekend Edition, 
October 3-5,  2008:

The weekend is an ideal time to keep up with the most important to-do-list item: your relationships.

- Ché Rippinger, Dating And Hand Grenades Author/Humorist

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In The Works...
A new DHG monthly article - humor, heart, and an entertaining way to laugh at the reality of our relationships.


Here's how comedy can make a difference. I laughed and applauded as I listened to one of USA's newest citizens smacked us upside the head with how important it is to vote. Thanks to YouTube, you can check it out for yourself. Funny and true!

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: Cool Chic's Club-first social outing to see new movie, "The Women" Lakewood, CO 9/27/08



 

PLAYGIRL Cartoonist
"BEEN THERE. DATED THAT."


And now on: MySpace.com
Oh, my! (oh so tragically hip)





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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


Nyla Witmore
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:
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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

 


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

photo photo by Ché Rippinger


 


Humor writing and cartoons have appeared in: PLAYGIRL Magazine, The Sunday Denver Post, Colorado Singles Resource, Castle Rock Daily Star, Form And Style Magazine, WB2News, Sentinel and Transcript Newspapers, The Press Box, The Mighty Sun and many others.


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