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Four interesting things about Scott Meyer, the comic author of Basic Instructions: 1) he starts by writing the sort of dry instructional prose found in “business etiquette” guides, employee handbooks, and dating magazines and embellishes them with often-self-deprecating cartoon dialogue; 2) he employs a deceptively simple-looking drawing style, based on an old photo-tracing technique once popular in low-budget print shops, that’s almost necessarily unflattering to its subjects.

Here’s an example…

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3) since updating his website software lately he now gets comments from readers. And, like any accommodating instructional designer, responds.

Here’s an example…

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4) It can take up to 24 hours to realize he’s not just consistently hilarious, he’s capable of astonishingly dry sarcasm about stereotyping.

You can order his new, ought-to-outsell-Garfield-if-there’s-justice-in-the-world book, order t-shirts and other paraphernalia including the awesome custom drawn “infini-t” portrait shirts, and see actual photos of Meyer and his partner here.

Anyway, if you haven’t spotted his comics in your local alt-weekly you can get them fresh from the source.