Time Out
During the Baltimore Comic Con we tried out a do-it-yourself paper milk carton, customized with Blue Milk Special imagery. The idea and template came from T. Gatto, one of our biggest fans and a frequent commentator. The one demo version I made before the show (very fiddly by the way) proved that I should have printed onto heavy card stock instead of thin for better results.
Interest was greater than we expected and the 5 prints I had made disappeared quickly. Now we offer the BMS milk carton template free to download as a PDF so that anyone interested can have a go. If you have any suggestions for new artwork to replace existing sides of the box then shoot us an email or leave a comment. We rushed to throw it together and I’m sure it could look better! 🙂
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Also, to those that have emailed us concerning getting copies of the BMS promo cards mailed to them, don’t worry, I have your emails and I will respond. We’ve just been completely overwhelmed lately. We still have plenty left and we will need major help at NYCC in order to get rid of them all. Volunteers? Hmmm? 🙂 *yoda laugh*
New to Blue Milk Special? Start reading from the beginning!
You got to hand it to Boba, he knows how to get things done. Tho his choice in clothing on Tatooine is questionable.
WOW. Re-reading the comic and re-reading my comment makes me realize, yet again, that I should stop posting late at night.
I think he has A/C built in so, in addition to being awsome, he is always cool!
Looks like a draw so far. Young George has youth and fitness on his side – old George has weightier punches.
It’d be great of it could be produced in plastic – reusable. Either you could fill it with milk – or pop and actual carton into it (like a ‘holder’ if you like).
I thought about an over-sleeve but the carton would eventually smell like spoiled milk, and making it big enough to fit over a small carton brings up the printing cost. Why do you think I read so many Web Comics, I’m to cheep to buy the paper ones 😉
I keep my dice for my RPG’s in mine.
Washable plastic though?
I’d buy one, but then again I’m a bit biased. Try selling the other 10,000 needed to make a profit after the manufacturing costs ;=.
I’m just estatic something I helped designed something worthy of posting on my favorite web page 🙂
BTW my 5-year-old tried to order blue milk at Pizza Hut the other day, I was so proud. He has still not figured out that I just add food coloring to milk to get him to drink it. I’m sure the parents reading this will understand about doing just about anything that gets your kids to eat/drink more healthy.
That last part just made my day. 🙂
Glad to see Boba’s serape!
Boba: GEORGE! you can’t do that, you’ll create a timeparadox!
And so, the Han Solo tracker is needed again. Too bad for Boba there isn’t one.
See 7/7/10 comic.
You know, you could call them CARTOoNS.
Perfect really.
I’m on a milk carton!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait…does that mean I’m missing? lol
Way to go T. Gatto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Space poncho! (it’s a transformers animated joke)
and yes, I know it’s a serape. >.<
Actually, these last couple panels have all been references to Sergio Leone’s famous work on his Spaghetti Westerns, especially the “Man With No Name” trilogy. That’s also what Transformers was referencing.