<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850</id><updated>2009-10-27T00:09:18.846-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comedian John Keating</title><subtitle type='html'>Comedian John Keating writes of his journeys through Hollywood and other useless junk.</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/atom.xml'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>88</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-3638146810621658494</id><published>2008-09-15T11:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-15T12:01:48.136-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='man on wire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bangkok dangerous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='movies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='podcast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mafia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='popcorn'/><title type='text'>Popcorn Mafia Podcast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/pcm-775815.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/pcm-775619.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a guest on the &lt;a href="http://www.popcornmafia.com/"&gt;Popcorn Mafia podcast&lt;/a&gt; last week and it's now available online.  It's a movie review show hosted by &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Grae Drake&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gariana Abeyta&lt;/span&gt;.  Very funny and certainly not for listening to at work without headphones.  Also not for the easily offended...although the headphones won't really help much for the latter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check it out and feel free to drop a comment with your thoughts!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-3638146810621658494?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.popcornmafia.com' title='Popcorn Mafia Podcast'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/3638146810621658494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=3638146810621658494&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/3638146810621658494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/3638146810621658494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/09/popcorn-mafia-podcast.html' title='Popcorn Mafia Podcast'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-2431624590151223823</id><published>2008-07-30T16:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T15:48:57.288-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the office'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3way'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ladycop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nbc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lifetime'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='webisodes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chiropractor'/><title type='text'>Couple of Webisodes</title><content type='html'>I recently booked two (very different) parts on two web series.  The first is from an episode of &lt;a href="http://www.3waytv.tv"&gt;3Way&lt;/a&gt; and I play the producer of a Lifetime Movie called &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Ladycop&lt;/span&gt;.  It's directed by one of the creators and stars of RENO 911, &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304830/"&gt;Robert Ben Garant&lt;/a&gt;.  I come in at about the 2:50 mark:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r0GvRDz2AzE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r0GvRDz2AzE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second, is the pilot episode of &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;The Chiropractor&lt;/span&gt; where I play Brad who is...well, you'll see.  This is done by some people affiliated with NBC's &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;The Office&lt;/span&gt; so it has that same feel to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V4IObKHTbMg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V4IObKHTbMg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-2431624590151223823?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/2431624590151223823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=2431624590151223823&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/2431624590151223823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/2431624590151223823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/07/couple-of-webisodes.html' title='Couple of Webisodes'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-9026880312590970012</id><published>2008-07-15T12:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T13:06:21.693-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='monkey porn'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new site'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comedy'/><title type='text'>Site Changes!</title><content type='html'>You may have noticed a few changes to johnkeating.biz.  I've removed &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Breaking the Ice&lt;/span&gt; from the site to give it a home of it's own at &lt;a href="http://breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz"&gt;breakingtheice.johnkeating.biz&lt;/a&gt;.   I wanted to keep the strip separate from my acting and comedy site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like the new site as I don't have to do any off site hosting of the comics...the database is all hosted on my site so you can click around the archives or even better...add the RSS feed to your newsreader to be updated on all the new strips and announcements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, if someone wants to know what's going on with me acting-wise and isn't interested in the web comic, there's this site.  If someone else could care less about my acting and comedy career and just wants to read the "funnies" then they have the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Breaking the Ice&lt;/span&gt; site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm sure there are some people who don't care about either of those (shocking I know!) and to those people, I say...the monkey porn post is located &lt;a href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/2005/06/phrase-most-commonly-searched-to-bring.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-9026880312590970012?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/9026880312590970012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=9026880312590970012&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/9026880312590970012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/9026880312590970012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/07/site-changes.html' title='Site Changes!'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-6500134082055171692</id><published>2008-07-09T14:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-09T14:41:54.933-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kidney stone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conversation killer'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #54 - To the Rescue</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_070908_thumb-735157.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_070908_thumb-735139.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people may call it running a joke into the ground.  As a standup comic, I prefer to call it &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;establishing a premise and then  mining the material&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-6500134082055171692?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=read&amp;file_id=240939' title='Breaking the Ice #54 - To the Rescue'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/6500134082055171692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=6500134082055171692&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/6500134082055171692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/6500134082055171692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/07/breaking-ice-54-to-rescue.html' title='Breaking the Ice #54 - To the Rescue'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-2451239767214459472</id><published>2008-07-02T17:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T19:05:23.392-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='audition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comic books'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #53 - Conversation Killaaaah</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_070308_thumb-719922.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_070308_thumb-719898.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  I had an audition today and it threw me off track with the strip and made me a little late.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a make-good, I've also included a little extra...the preview of the cover for the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Breaking the Ice&lt;/span&gt; comic book published by Hopper Comics!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's drawn by Joel Cotejar and I really love it.  Click on the image to see it in it's full glory!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/breaking-the-ice_cover-743091.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/breaking-the-ice_cover-741914.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-2451239767214459472?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=read&amp;file_id=239311' title='Breaking the Ice #53 - Conversation Killaaaah'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/2451239767214459472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=2451239767214459472&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/2451239767214459472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/2451239767214459472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/07/breaking-ice-53-conversation-killaaaah.html' title='Breaking the Ice #53 - Conversation Killaaaah'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-8470638960776168169</id><published>2008-06-25T13:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T13:40:21.199-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #52 - We All Know One</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_062508_thumb-778119.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_062508_thumb-778101.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Really, this one pretty much explains itself.  Feel free to "rate" it or leave a comment!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-8470638960776168169?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=gallery&amp;comic_id=3421' title='Breaking the Ice #52 - We All Know One'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/8470638960776168169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=8470638960776168169&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/8470638960776168169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/8470638960776168169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/06/breaking-ice-52-we-all-know-one.html' title='Breaking the Ice #52 - We All Know One'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-5255485871113136257</id><published>2008-06-18T12:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T12:13:17.335-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='imdb'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #51 - I Think Therefore IMDB</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_061808_thumb-733187.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_061808_thumb-733165.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; As a standup comic, I always get the question "did that really happen to you?"  A lot of times, it's all total BS and no, it didn't...or at least not as funny as I try to make it sound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one, though...sad but true.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-5255485871113136257?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=gallery&amp;comic_id=3421' title='Breaking the Ice #51 - I Think Therefore IMDB'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/5255485871113136257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=5255485871113136257&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/5255485871113136257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/5255485871113136257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/06/breaking-ice-51-i-think-therefore-imdb.html' title='Breaking the Ice #51 - I Think Therefore IMDB'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-7210097788376043143</id><published>2008-06-11T13:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-21T10:25:00.519-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kidney stone'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #50 - And That Ends That...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_061108_thumb-780917.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_061108_thumb-780900.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Breaking the Ice has hit the big 5-0 and this is pretty much where the collected comic book will end.  This ties up the whole kidney stone thing and I'll move on from there.  Thanks for reading and feel free to leave a comment here on the site!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT:  Oh and I almost forgot...you can actually rate each comic if you like by clicking on the star rating.  So go ahead, as my friend Mystic Tan likes to say, sit there and quietly judge.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-7210097788376043143?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=gallery&amp;comic_id=3421' title='Breaking the Ice #50 - And That Ends That...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/7210097788376043143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=7210097788376043143&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/7210097788376043143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/7210097788376043143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/06/breaking-ice-50-and-that-ends-that.html' title='Breaking the Ice #50 - And That Ends That...'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-6022884140966782350</id><published>2008-05-28T19:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T19:53:20.839-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #49 - Ain't No Stoppin' It (and some big news!!)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_052808_thumb-792517.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_052808_thumb-792502.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm only a week away from hittin' 50 and I was going to wait until then to announce this...but I'm kind of excited and want to do it now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Breaking the Ice is going to be published by Hopper Comics as a 24 page, full color "one shot" collecting all 50 strips.  It will be sold at comic retailers as well as on Amazon.com.  This is pretty cool news as I will have an actual comic book that I created in stores.  I'm hoping it will be completed by San Diego Comic Con this summer as I can't imagine how excited I would be to attend as "Industry".  The publisher is as excited as I am and he's been interested in the strip since the very beginning. I wanted to wait until I had enough strips to do something cool with and here it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will be more new upcoming but I figured this was exciting enough to reveal now.  I'm working on cover designs for the book so if you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see, let me know.  I'm always open to suggestions!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In that same regard, I was thinking of doing some t-shirts but I wanted something interesting from the strip...if there's something from the strip that jumps out to you and says "that would be a cool t-shirt" lemme know that too.  If I use your design, I'll give ya a free one :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-6022884140966782350?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=gallery&amp;comic_id=3421' title='Breaking the Ice #49 - Ain&apos;t No Stoppin&apos; It (and some big news!!)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/6022884140966782350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=6022884140966782350&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/6022884140966782350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/6022884140966782350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/05/breaking-ice-49-aint-no-stoppin-it-and.html' title='Breaking the Ice #49 - Ain&apos;t No Stoppin&apos; It (and some big news!!)'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-1730693703100012809</id><published>2008-05-21T18:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-21T22:10:55.419-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='indiana jones'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #48 - Kingdom of an Empty Skull</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_052108_thumb.png" /&gt;I took a break from the regular storyline for this one.  I'm really excited about Indy 4 this weekend so here is my little tribute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I should also have some pretty cool news about the strip in the coming weeks.  More on that later!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for reading and please feel free to leave a comment on the site!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-1730693703100012809?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=gallery&amp;comic_id=3421' title='Breaking the Ice #48 - Kingdom of an Empty Skull'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/1730693703100012809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=1730693703100012809&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/1730693703100012809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/1730693703100012809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/05/breaking-ice-48-kingdom-of-empty-skull.html' title='Breaking the Ice #48 - Kingdom of an Empty Skull'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-8881814730962252169</id><published>2008-05-14T13:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-14T13:31:36.524-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #47 - A Happy Face</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_051408_thumb-751848.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_051408_thumb-751802.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  I've been getting a lot of requests for a certain "return" so I gave in.  Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-8881814730962252169?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=gallery&amp;comic_id=3421' title='Breaking the Ice #47 - A Happy Face'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/8881814730962252169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=8881814730962252169&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/8881814730962252169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/8881814730962252169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/05/breaking-ice-47-happy-face.html' title='Breaking the Ice #47 - A Happy Face'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-7804839088878299487</id><published>2008-05-08T11:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T11:04:19.555-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #46 - Something to Think About</title><content type='html'>New strip is up.  I wasn't feeling so hot yesterday so I had to wait until today to put the dialogue in.  Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-7804839088878299487?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=gallery&amp;comic_id=3421' title='Breaking the Ice #46 - Something to Think About'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/7804839088878299487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=7804839088878299487&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/7804839088878299487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/7804839088878299487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/05/breaking-ice-46-something-to-think.html' title='Breaking the Ice #46 - Something to Think About'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-8501832142445997950</id><published>2008-04-30T12:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T12:33:08.498-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #45 - Meet the New Boss</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_043008_thumb-776725.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_043008_thumb-776714.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm back!  My father passed away about two weeks ago and I had to go back to Boston for the services and to help take care of things.  Needless to say, it didn't leave me in a great mood to create funny web comics :)  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Breaking the Ice is back now.  This strip isn't super funny, admittedly, but it does re-introduce one of my favorite characters and makes him a regular player in the strip.  It's funny how you create a character as a one off and then totally fall in love with it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-8501832142445997950?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=gallery&amp;comic_id=3421' title='Breaking the Ice #45 - Meet the New Boss'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/8501832142445997950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=8501832142445997950&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/8501832142445997950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/8501832142445997950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/04/breaking-ice-45-meet-new-boss.html' title='Breaking the Ice #45 - Meet the New Boss'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-3822518887175612789</id><published>2008-04-20T16:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-20T16:51:36.696-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dad'/><title type='text'>Family Emergency</title><content type='html'>My dad passed away this Thursday and I'm currently back in Boston, which is why I didn't create a new strip this weekend.  I'm ok, if you're wondering.  It's a tough time but my family is very strong and close.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm most likely going to draw a strip or two this week to keep myself busy while home. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to everyone who has sent me such kind notes.  They're really appreciated.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-3822518887175612789?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/3822518887175612789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=3822518887175612789&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/3822518887175612789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/3822518887175612789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/04/family-emergency.html' title='Family Emergency'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-3708411240247933452</id><published>2008-04-09T13:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-09T13:56:08.496-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #44 - Say Goodnight Gracie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_040908_thumb-737672.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_040908_thumb-737644.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  This wraps up the date storyline.  I think the strip is pretty self explanatory :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-3708411240247933452?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comicspace.com/johnkeating/comics.php?action=gallery&amp;comic_id=3421' title='Breaking the Ice #44 - Say Goodnight Gracie'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/3708411240247933452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=3708411240247933452&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/3708411240247933452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/3708411240247933452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/04/breaking-ice-44-say-goodnight-gracie.html' title='Breaking the Ice #44 - Say Goodnight Gracie'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-4217020743078123308</id><published>2008-04-03T18:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-03T18:04:56.653-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #43 - A Startling Discovery</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_040308_thumb-757634.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_040308_thumb-757631.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  New strip is up!  The date from hell continues with a trip to the emergency room and an unpleasant discovery.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-4217020743078123308?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.drunkduck.com/Breaking_the_Ice/' title='Breaking the Ice #43 - A Startling Discovery'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/4217020743078123308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=4217020743078123308&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/4217020743078123308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/4217020743078123308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/04/breaking-ice-43-startling-discovery.html' title='Breaking the Ice #43 - A Startling Discovery'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-4617234180864938764</id><published>2008-03-27T21:23:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T12:25:09.092-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #42 - A Night to Remember</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_032708_thumb-747226.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_032708_thumb-747189.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Mick and Ari finally go on their long awaited date.  What could possibly go wrong?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-4617234180864938764?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.drunkduck.com/Breaking_the_Ice/' title='Breaking the Ice #42 - A Night to Remember'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/4617234180864938764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=4617234180864938764&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/4617234180864938764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/4617234180864938764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/03/breaking-ice-42-night-to-remember.html' title='Breaking the Ice #42 - A Night to Remember'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-6664605932449754244</id><published>2008-03-19T15:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-19T15:38:56.777-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='60 minute broadway'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #41 - Who Was That Masked Man?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_031908_thumb-797360.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_031908_thumb-797265.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; New strip is up and with it, a new character is introduced.  I've been wanting to create a character that was a pro wrestler because I though the visual of someone walking around with that mask on all the time was a good one.  Not to mention, I had written a screenplay about a pro wrestler called 60 Minute Broadway that was being adapted into a comic at one time.  I may end up trying to do that myself at some point or just use some story points and gags from there with this new character.   Either way, I'm moving the story along, introducing a new character and getting a chance to use one of my favorite jokes.  All in one strip!  What the hell more do you want from me, people?!?!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-6664605932449754244?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.drunkduck.com/Breaking_the_Ice/' title='Breaking the Ice #41 - Who Was That Masked Man?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/6664605932449754244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=6664605932449754244&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/6664605932449754244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/6664605932449754244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/03/breaking-ice-41-who-was-that-masked-man.html' title='Breaking the Ice #41 - Who Was That Masked Man?'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-5071351671706431487</id><published>2008-03-12T15:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T12:26:09.306-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #40 - Steppin' Out</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_031208_1024_thumb-717624.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_031208_1024_thumb-717590.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mick is getting ready and looking sharp!  The Fonz, he ain't.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-5071351671706431487?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.drunkduck.com/Breaking_the_Ice/' title='Breaking the Ice #40 - Steppin&apos; Out'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/5071351671706431487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=5071351671706431487&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/5071351671706431487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/5071351671706431487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/03/breaking-ice-40-steppin-out.html' title='Breaking the Ice #40 - Steppin&apos; Out'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-3542688854821849639</id><published>2008-03-02T17:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T12:26:40.586-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #39 - Smooth Like Butter</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_030208_1024_thumb-760870.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_030208_1024_thumb-760832.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sorry for not having a strip up last week.  I got really sick around Wednesday with the flu and it knocked me on my butt.  Here's the one that should have been last Wednesday's and I hope to have a new one up THIS Wednesday as well. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-3542688854821849639?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.drunkduck.com/Breaking_the_Ice/' title='Breaking the Ice #39 - Smooth Like Butter'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/3542688854821849639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=3542688854821849639&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/3542688854821849639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/3542688854821849639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/03/breaking-ice-39-smooth-like-butter.html' title='Breaking the Ice #39 - Smooth Like Butter'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-307055569859068365</id><published>2008-02-20T13:59:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T12:27:18.098-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #38 - Climb Every Mountain...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_022008_thumb-789647.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_022008_thumb-789641.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mick has a new lease on life and he's going to live, dammit.  He's going to live!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one is pretty much a great example of how weird my sense of humor can be.  Sometimes, I just write stuff to make myself laugh :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-307055569859068365?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.drunkduck.com/Breaking_the_Ice/' title='Breaking the Ice #38 - Climb Every Mountain...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/307055569859068365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=307055569859068365&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/307055569859068365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/307055569859068365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/02/breaking-ice-38-climb-every-mountain.html' title='Breaking the Ice #38 - Climb Every Mountain...'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-4294202716916885672</id><published>2008-02-12T18:34:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T12:27:56.812-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #37 - The Exam</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_021308_thumb-791241.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_021308_thumb-791236.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here it is...the early edition. I actually got booked in a movie I have to shoot all day tomorrow (yay me!) so I wasn't going to be able to get the strip done on my normal day, so here it is...a day early. Can you stand the excitement?!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one pretty much explains itself. This was an actual conversation I had with my doc. The puncline comes from when a buddy of mine told me the story about Matthew mcconaughey got busted by the cops. He was naked, high and playing the bongos for a male friend of his sitting on the couch. My response:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's the bongos that make it dirty"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-4294202716916885672?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.drunkduck.com/Breaking_the_Ice/' title='Breaking the Ice #37 - The Exam'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/4294202716916885672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=4294202716916885672&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/4294202716916885672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/4294202716916885672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/02/breaking-ice-37-exam.html' title='Breaking the Ice #37 - The Exam'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-5870431222617395605</id><published>2008-02-07T12:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-07T12:31:45.766-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website'/><title type='text'>Johnkeating.biz - 1024 style!!</title><content type='html'>I resized the site so it will fit better for people using 1024 x 768 resolution.  Some people complained that they had to scroll to the side to see the entire thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also started uploading the comic strips at a touch tighter resolution to look better.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-5870431222617395605?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/5870431222617395605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=5870431222617395605&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/5870431222617395605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/5870431222617395605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/02/johnkeatingbiz-1024-style.html' title='Johnkeating.biz - 1024 style!!'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-3179476827643340694</id><published>2008-02-06T14:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T12:28:56.209-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice #36 - Sins of the Past</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_020708_thumb-757568.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_020708_thumb-757566.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Mick back in the warm and loving arms of Mego-Conglomocorp, it's time to go get a physical.  Sadly, this is really my family medical history.  Apparently, I don't have much time left so get to know me while it lasts! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, this is the one year anniversary of Breaking the Ice!  Have some cake or something! :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-3179476827643340694?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.drunkduck.com/Breaking_the_Ice/' title='Breaking the Ice #36 - Sins of the Past'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/3179476827643340694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=3179476827643340694&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/3179476827643340694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/3179476827643340694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/02/breaking-ice-36-sins-of-past.html' title='Breaking the Ice #36 - Sins of the Past'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377421434307191850.post-5736210736423946945</id><published>2008-01-30T13:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-30T13:35:28.851-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web comic'/><title type='text'>Breaking the Ice: Strip #35 - We Are Not So Different</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_012908_thumb-735010.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.johnkeating.biz/uploaded_images/BTI_012908_thumb-735005.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; New strip up! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A little backstory...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was an idea I had for a spec commercial around the time the Lord of the Rings movies were out.  It originally would have been for a TV with the bully dude watching people line up for a fantasy movie in costume.  Then the same people in line are watching a game on TV and see said bully dude.  Hilarity ensues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, here's the comic strip version of that idea.  Just in time for the "Big Game". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know that you can't use the words "Super Bowl" in any kind of advertising.  You can't say "buy a big screen TV just in time for the Super Bowl!"  You have to say "big game".  See you learned something today!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6377421434307191850-5736210736423946945?l=www.johnkeating.biz'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.drunkduck.com/Breaking_the_Ice/' title='Breaking the Ice: Strip #35 - We Are Not So Different'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/5736210736423946945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6377421434307191850&amp;postID=5736210736423946945&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/5736210736423946945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6377421434307191850/posts/default/5736210736423946945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.johnkeating.biz/2008/01/breaking-ice-strip-35-we-are-not-so.html' title='Breaking the Ice: Strip #35 - We Are Not So Different'/><author><name>John K</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00994305553635594843</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08345634649715713866'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>