VAN JOHNSON

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Amazon’s new Pilot Season program released my favorite 30-minute anything of the summer: Jean Claude Van Johnson. It stars Jean Claude Van Damme (from Bloodsport and Timecop and my dreams), it’s directed by the guy who directed Keanu (and hundreds of sketches on Key & Peele), it’s a comedy/action story that’s funny AND actually understands action movie tropes and it is… Just. So. Perfect. It’s one of those things that makes you happy, angry, and thrilled all at once: happy that it even exists, angry that it does something that you’ve thought of doing and just nails it completely from the get-go, and thrilled that there could be even more of it! It’s 30 minutes, it’s free, it’s on Amazon. Go watch it!

Today’s Time Cheetah touches on something that will come up again and again: Carl is an idiot.
Well, also: pay attention to stupid little details (after you read today's page, head back to Page 10 to see what I mean), they start paying off as the story goes on!

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Don't Think About It Too Much

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Don't Think Twice is a movie written and directed by comedian Mike Birbiglia about an improv group and what happens when one of the members advances his career to the next level. I like Mr. Birbiglia's comedy (check his specials on Netflix!), I'm taking improv classes while my brother is in an improv team, and reviews have been good; sounds like a slam dunk solo viewing experience, right? 

What I expected: Wacky hijinks, beginner's improv cringe moments, "Funny Guest Star?!", and comedy(love?) conquers all in the end.

What  I got: The fragility of friendships, tangling with defining failure, "Funny Guest Star?!", and how life marches on. 

It's an excellent film with a lot of great jokes, but make sure you're in a good place when you watch it. You know what won't put you through an emotional roller coaster? The new Time Cheetah Page! Ah sweet comfort.

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Welcome To Stalin Island

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Getting Time Cheetah out two pages at a time is very exciting and slightly vexing.

Exciting = you all get to see something that me, my brother, Matt, and Mike have been working on for quite some time, and you’ll get new Time Cheetah week in and week out for a while yet.

Slightly Vexing = We wrote this story more than a year ago and it’s all drawn, too! Knowing everything that happens in it, we just want you to be able to read the whole thing, like, RIGHT NOW!

This week marks a true turning point, when the scales come down firmly on the exciting side: Time Cheetah arrives on Stalin Island! From here on out, things keep getting (hopefully) funnier and (definitely) weirder; if you’ve just been dipping your toe and checking out a page here and there, this is the week where I would suggest diving in. It’s about time you find out why Time Cheetah is known as the hottest new webcomic on the internet! (it’s true [probably, if we keep saying it])

And a reminder: like us on Facebook, follow Time Cheetah on Twitter and Tumblr, and share the website with your co-workers and loved ones! Hope you enjoy the gorgeous art on today’s page, and get ready for a fun twist to the story on Thursday!

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License to Drive

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You can tell a lot about a country by how easy it is to get a Driver's License. 

Thanks to my time in Japan and now work with Turista Libre (Rad Tijuana Tours, woo!) I've met people from all over. Bitching about traffic is a great cultural unifier, but in those same conversations I learned what they had to go through to be able to sit in driver's seat and bitch about said traffic. A few highlights:

- Japan: I once saw a friend studying what can only be described as a map of the hardest Mario Kart level I had ever seen. When I asked what it was for, he said it was the practice track for the driver's exam. It was his third try.

- Germany: You legally have to take several classes, each costing a tidy sum, before being allowed to take the test, which costs an insulting sum. Driving in Germany requires a monetary investment akin to starting a small business.

- Mexico: I drove around the block. 

Really makes you think about how special each country in this world is. You know what else is special? The new Time Cheetah page. Check it out!

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