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Another vote for a book, I'd buy in a flash.
I'd forgotten how many great strips there were. One of my favourites was all the thoughts in Mint's head when his girlfriend was feeling romantic and asked what he was thinking...
seee .jo. we all still love you X
awww, shucks, thanks Pegglet, xxx 😉
once more, thanks everyone, it's been quite revealing to me to see which strips are peoples favourites, and reassuring too as when i send the strips out i have no idea what may hit and what may miss, and also it's frightening to see what long memories everyone has.
the book - MBUK weren't interested in producing a book, they crunched numbers and decided that it wasn't financially viable for them, which is fair enough.
a very good friend stepped into the breach and said they'd be more than happy to self-publish and deal with the marketing and distribution for me so the book WILL go ahead, eventually.
i can only work on the book when i have no other jobs or bike riding to do so it's going to take some time. there will be an all-new multi-page story at the start (some pages of which i worked on today) while the rest of the book will be a collection of past Mint cartoons with commentary on some of the strips that mean something to me, and a whole host of extra stuff.
we don't want to rush out a piece of tat, we want to make it a special thing, we want to make it glorious, we think his fans deserve it, we think Mint deserves it, but we don't know when it will be out, but it will exist, someday.
Jo, thats excellent news!
Hope when you do publish it you do an idiots guide to where all the lyrics come from for the cartoons.
One of the things that often does baffle me with Mint Sauce is the random lyrics, I often spend ages trying to find the poetry, or relevance to the cartoon cell that the text is in, only to give up and assume its some random lyrics that you inserted for no other reason than you like the song.
A guide for us thickos would be nice!
That's it then, I'm off to dig all the loose change out from the back of the sofa so I can start saving to buy the Mint Sauce book.
The Book!... Fantastic news!
Anyone attend the STW 'event' at Townley Hall? Spent hours in that room poring over all the original Mint strips, wondering if I could get back to the car with a couple under me jacket! 😀
The Book of Mint? Is it a sequel to the Book of Job?
A book would be nice, but I can see why MBUK wouldn't want to publish one. Shame, as it would be nice.
Something in the format that the Krazy & Ignatz compendiums are produced would be ace - thick softcover with ace smelling ink.
Hmm. Must compile a list of Krazy Kat books to buy....
@JoB Please make the book 'special', or even do a production one and a special edition, maybe book bound by an artisan binder.
Judging by the average age (see [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-year-did-you-start-mountain-biking/ ]this thread[/url] for proof) and passion of the STW massiv I'm sure there are a few of us who could splash some cash for a special version.
A bit like the Maclaren F1's 'Driving Ambition' book, they did 3 versions.
Good news about the book!
The one that BigYin mentioned ('Learning to Ride') tugs at my heart strings every time I see it. Also any which feature standing stones, stone circles, tumuli and walking hills (So 'The Mendip Brothers' is well loved) 🙂
Heh, does anyone have a small cartoon of two pairs of forks, one rigid the other some early pace RC35-a-likes. Underneath it says;
Pace - Guess what?
Rigid - What?
Pace - I'll tell you next week.
Rigid *groan*
The title was of course "Suspension forks". I had it pinned to my desk for years then moved office and misplaced it :(.
JoB - can that be in the book? Pleeeeeeeeeease? Can we pre-order?
Can we pre-order?
I'd be happy to pre-order and/or pre-pay if it helps get the book in motion. (Though I'm still waiting for my 700see from Matt Chester, so I might be a kiss of death.)
Yayyyyyy, fantastic news on the book, I'd be more than happy to pay up front for it. I did that for Kris Delmhorst's last album, and there's someone you should check out, Jo, if you haven't heard of her. She's wonderful, and could easily supply a lyric line. The only one I've ever got was the one on the strip used for the poster, where Mint's chasing the bearing out to the fridge in the desert. I was idly looking at the poster on my wall at work, listening to my iPod, which has 8000+ tracks, when the exact line from the Wailin' Jennies played as I read the lyric line. How's that for a spooky coinsidence!
"[i]Kris Delmhorst's...... She's wonderful, and could easily supply a lyric line.[/i]"
she is, she has
😉
that's a Spooky Jennies there!
[i](Though I'm still waiting for my 700see from Matt Chester, so I might be a kiss of death.) [/i]
Blimey! Not just me then! I think in the end I decided that Matt Chester had picked me out at random to take a dislike to and not send me my mag/s.
Blimey! Not just me then! I think in the end I decided that Matt Chester had picked me out at random to take a dislike to and not send me my mag/s.
He mentioned on his blog changing the cover to have his new Canadian address, so I assume it's still in the process of being done. I've written off the cash as a contribution for reading his blog over the years; if I get a zine I'll count it as a bonus.
Jo what the hell are you doing wasting time on STW? Get working on that book.
Like most on here Mint is that track to my mountain bike world, great to hear about the book. Fave cartoon the one where mints lung jumps out whilst he is on a climb and has a cig, March 2003. That image has stayed with me on oh so many climbs. Second one, so reminds me of me
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thanks
Jo
Just found this:
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ahhhh
Mint Sauce...all of it...
This one - Perfect
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never seen that one somarich that is class.
ah man, Mint Sauce is so nostalgic. Mr Burt really does such a good job of capturing the spirit of biking.
sputnik - MemberHere is a link to most of the mint sauce cartoons, enjoy.
Phew, thanks, sputnik. All this got me quite misty-eyed and almost on the point of buying MDreckUK again just for Mint...
I swear to god, (and I thought this waaaaaay before STW existed) I seriously have never seen an artist who can draw an English Summer as well as JoB. For me, he just gets it absolutely spot on. I can almost smell the grass and hear the skylarks singing whan I look at a pic like that.
😀
Thanks Jo.
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Just remembered this pic I took in 2008, self explanatory really.....
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But he also get winter spot on too. The image Jo paints of the mud cold and grime is absolutly what its like.
True enough Rich
But I like Summer.
🙂
joolsburger - Member
This one - Perfect
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that's my mouse mat! 🙂
what is this, resurrect a rocketdog thread day or something?
Any news on the book Jo?
Just a sticker for me. Came with MBUK way back when.....small, bright green letters;
This is why
No offence to Jo as he can certainly draw but Mint sauce just doesn't do it for me. I just skip staight past that page of MBUK.
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^ That one is my favourite, actually makes me well up a little...
I'd forgotten that one, it is brilliant.
Is it possible to get posters of Mint artwork I'd love to get the downs picture on a wall at home somewhere.
^ That one is my favourite, actually makes me well up a little...
bloody hell. a cartoon just emotionalised me. id never seen that one before thanks toast.
Mint Sauce is something that always makes me smile. I still miss my mint sauce socks 🙁
meikle_partans - Member^ That one is my favourite, actually makes me well up a little...
bloody hell. a cartoon just emotionalised me. id never seen that one before thanks toast.
me too. A sudden rush of emotion as I thought about the early days of riding with my dad (not like that) back in the early 90s. Looking forward to the book Jo keep up the great work.
I swear to god, (and I thought this waaaaaay before STW existed) I seriously have never seen an artist who can draw an English Summer as well as JoB. For me, he just gets it absolutely spot on. I can almost smell the grass and hear the skylarks singing whan I look at a pic like that.
But he also get winter spot on too. The image Jo paints of the mud cold and grime is absolutly what its like.
Couldn't agree more guys, there's something about the textures he uses - the skies, the grass and the mud - brilliant!
Ahh so glad this thread has been revied otherwise I would never have seen it.
My fav is one the calender one's with the workshop scene. Loads going on. Love it. I've still got the sticker of mint riding into the sun on my bedroom door at my parents house.
Never seen the father/son one's. Think they're ace.
Sod working!
This trip down memory lane is taking a wonderfully long while - need to MTFU before the others get back ...... they just wouldn't understand.
sniff
So what news on The Book?
I loved the recent one where the UST milk coats everyone as Mint waits for the tyre to seal. Reminds me of an incident on the Bucks 100 a couple of years ago.....and why I still use tubes
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I'd love to think thats how my lads reacted when I got them their bikes.
hullo,
if this thread could be resurrected at least once a year to remind me that after 20+ years it's well worth keeping going with Mint then that would be great 🙂
i am apt to go all humble an stare at my shoes when people say they like the cartoon, but for people to get emotionally affected by it, well, that's the highest accolade you can give to any piece of work, thank you, and it means in many ways that my work here is done
some new artwork for The Book is down there (points) in an A3 envelope, i work on it when there's a gap in the jobs that pays the bills, one day it will appear, one day
actually i'll do some work on it later today, just because of this thread
oh, and Summer makes a fleeting appearance in next months episode
Cut to the chase.
WHAT DO WE HAVE TO PAY TO GET MINT IN SINGLETRACK?
Apart from buying MBUK that is.
Is it wrong to say that Summer give's me the horn? Too late now.
i have three non-mtb related orignials, painted by Mr Burts svelt hand, ready to be used in a kids book i [s]was[/s] [s]am possibly[/s] will finish writing - started 5 years ago. they're unsigned otherwise i could have just scanned them and sold the originals on ebay.
I second the plea for the defection of Mint to the magazine that holds true to the sentiment of The Sauce!
Who do we have to convince? Should we set up a petition?
To me the summer landscapes Jo creates just scream of the South Downs, which i guess is what they're based on given Jo is in [b]B Right On[/b] IIRC.
I thought he was in West Hove Actually....
IGMC 😆
But yes Mint in ST would be fab
Another vote for a book, do a nicely bound coffee table type book, and I'll quite happily pay £30-40 ish for it? Would be great in the depths of winter to haul it out, and get excited for the onset of summer.
And that one where Mint's Dad give him his first bike makes me well up, and think of me own dad, now gone. Thanks for that, Mr. JoB. 😉
The dad ones get me too.
Would love a book too
I love this one:
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Another buyer for the book here... Please don't **** it up 
Being able to buy high quality prints of the archive would be good too.
i'll buy the book....just give me details etc and i'll pre-order..
i've never seen the father and son one, glad i started this thread just because of the cartoon on my locker at work all those months ago
Jo, go u!
A book?
A Mint book???
I'll only buy the book if its got titanium bolts (purple anodised, naturally)in the spine...
Still enjoy the "spot the Mint Sauce South Downs location" moments every time I go out riding round Devils Dyke/ Lewes etc. 🙂
my fave mint cartoon was the one where the flies where driving him mental and ended up wearing a deep sea divers helmet. From many, many, moons ago.
Still love it now.
and the fantastic fuscia friesian (from memory) was also brilliant.
many thanks Mr Burt you warped my fragile little mind!
I love the one where Lucy pulls the football away just as he is convinced that this time he is going to kick it.
that's great.
Oh and one more vote for a book. I'd pay money for it and everything.
Thanks for the bike dad makes me emotional too!
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This one just makes me smile.
So JoB...
any news re: book?
JoB - Member
i am apt to go all humble an stare at my shoes when people say they like the cartoon, but for people to get emotionally affected by it, well, that's the highest accolade you can give to any piece of work, thank you, and it means in many ways that my work here is done
No need to the cartoons, your various trolls re natural trails, disc brakes on road bikes and singlespeeds all get right on my wick!
I was reading through this whole thread (Again) and really, [i]really[/i] hoping, with crossed fingers that the last post would be Jo with news on The Book.
But it's not.
So I'll wait longer.
Jo, please don't leave it until it's too late. 🙂
I think of Jo as a mountain biking version of bonnie prince billy, which is pretty good in my book:
Book?
It was great to meet him a few years ago.
I've got 'Just one more hill' up in my [s]bike store[/s] bog. Always makes me happy when i see it.
I still remember 'Handel bars' in Bicycle Action, iirc, circa 1990 p'raps.
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I sometimes suffer through rides with people like that. I can get on with the talking bollocks when you're in the car park, or stopped at the pub, but when you're out in the hills, just shut up. Look around you. Listen to the breeze. Pay attention to the trail. If you spend the whole time nattering, you won't remember the ride when you get back home.
blimey i wondered why i'd got loads of hits on that pic the other day
"that one where Mint's Dad give him his first bike makes me well up"
Spot on. Reminds me of my dad too.
I quite like the one where lots of the sheep ask Jo to make them some jewelry and then Jo goes off and sorts it and the sun is shining and everything! 🙂
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I just found this again, a custom Mint cartoon with my bike on top of my mates car. Thanks Jo, hope you enjoyed the peaches.
Damn you for posting those "dad" ones up. Now I've gone and got something in my eye...
The Book. Get a move on, Jo. I'm not getting any bloody younger...
Where can I buy ready made prints from? my fave of all time is the walking the gangplank (but in reality its the north shore). I cant find it anywhere. Would love that framed.
Someone once said to me they'd met him and hes arrogant. For a bloke to make me tingle when I see some of those strips, well he can be arrogant ALL HE WANTS 😀
Mr Woppit - Member
The Book. Get a move on, Jo. I'm not getting any bloody younger...
+1 c'mon Jo what do we have to do?
only just replaced desktop, 'death with mint on scalextric track' with an autumn mint...no point denying it, soon be winter...
Beautiful work.
Jo - given that getting a book published is no easy task, why not start with selling it electronically say as an app for a smart phone or something? They're doing it with the STW mag so why not with your cartoons.
Oh and being father to a son of just one year, that 'thanks for the bike dad' strip really did bring a tear to my eye.
Or a limited run of prints? I'm in if you do. Does he post on here?
Jo - given that getting a book published is no easy task, why not start with selling it electronically say as an app for a smart phone or something? They're doing it with the STW mag so why not with your cartoons.
You might as well just look at the thisiswhy.co.uk wesbite if you want an e-book though.
Hora, you are obviously NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
JoB - Member
hullo,
if this thread could be resurrected at least once a year to remind me that after 20+ years it's well worth keeping going with Mint then that would be greati am apt to go all humble an stare at my shoes when people say they like the cartoon, but for people to get emotionally affected by it, well, that's the highest accolade you can give to any piece of work, thank you, and it means in many ways that my work here is done
some new artwork for The Book is down there (points) in an A3 envelope, i work on it when there's a gap in the jobs that pays the bills, one day it will appear, one day
actually i'll do some work on it later today, just because of this threadoh, and Summer makes a fleeting appearance in next months episode
Hora, you are obviously NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
Whats new?
Job - I love you man. I truly do. If I ever meet you I will dry-hump your leg like a young Yorkshire Terrier on a plump cushion.
If I ever meet you I will dry-hump your leg like a young Yorkshire Terrier on a plump cushion.
Hora you really are quite special aren't you. Is this gift for colourful similie something you've always had or did it develop during puberty?
I saw this with all respect and while I am ROTFL.