laughing squid.…

I just drew this wee car­toon for one of my favo­rite brands, Laughing Squid.

Laughing Squid aka my good friend, Scott Beale, GETS it. Really, really gets it. Very few brands seem to be able to truly unders­tand both the Art and the Inter­net so well. The only other guys I know who come close are Boing Boing.

I think it’s so cool that when Scott talks to peo­ple at par­ties, he’ll often talk to some­body who LOVES Laughing Squid, KNOWS Laughing Squid well, but still has no idea that web hos­ting is what Laughing Squid actually does for a living.

To be so great, you don’t evern need to tell peo­ple about it in order for it to work.

That is rare. That is a gift. That is THE gift. To be able to do that. That is what ins­pi­red the car­toon. Yes, exactly.

But that’s not the only rea­son I’m wri­ting this. Full Disc­lo­sure: My client, Racks­pace, recently com­mis­sio­ned me to draw a “Cube Gre­nade” car­toon for one of their favo­rite cus­to­mers. A “social ges­ture” from them to say thanks, as it were. They gave me a short­list, Scott’s name was on top. I was deligh­ted to find him there.

Secondly, Laughing Squid is also one of Rackspace’s oldest cus­to­mers. We’re tal­king REALLY early days. That isn’t com­mon know­ledge, I only just found out. But I was deligh­ted to learn that; I really was.

So thanks to Scott, Laughing Squid, Racks­pace and every­body else who “gets it”, who truly knows and truly feels the love.

Yes, you know exactly what I’m tal­king about. Godbless.

[Check out the other Racks­pace car­toons here etc. Check out the Cube Gre­nade home­page here etc etc.]