Kris Straub will be calling into Desert Bus at 11am PST on Tuesday, November 18th.

Kris is a writer, web cartoonist, and a podcaster. He is the creator of chainsawsuit, Checkerboard Nightmare, Starslip, F Cords, and BroodHollow. Kris is the co-founder of the wecomics collectives Blank Label Checkerboard Nightmare Comics and Halfpixel.

In 2006, Kris became the co-writer and co-producer of PvP: The Series, alongside Scott Kurtz. From there, he and Scott went on to create Blamimation, Kris and Scott’s Scott and Kris Show, and Mappy: The Beat.

He also hosts chainsawsuit the podcast with Mikey Neumann. And is the creator of the awesome creepypasta Candle Cove, which if you’re into spooky stuff you should check out.

Have a question for Kris? Leave them in the comments below!

I have been doing my very best to make my posts have puns in the titles, I can’t do that for this one. WE ARE GIVING AWAY THREE PAIRS OF PAX PASSES AT ONCE! For the next hour until 9:20 AM PST you can donate $12.09 or multiples thereof for your chance to win! We will draw THREE WINNERS who will each receive a pair of PAX passes to the show of their choice in 2015.

Quick quick quick! Donate a multiple of $10.08 in the next 20 minutes for a chance to win some truly gorgeous old-fashioned Desert Bus logos drawn on authentic 100-year-old paper! These logos are signed by the staff and volunteers of Desert Bus and are a unique and memorable souvenir.

 

Oh, man, did we have fun on tonight’s shift. Yes we did.

 

While we didn’t do anything really specific, we gave away some outrageously good prizes and just generally had tons of fun!

 

We spun a chair around. We got the idea to put a wig on Anglerfish Kathleen and then this happened:

 

And a lot of dance parties. So many dance parties. This is Desert Bus, and we dance dance dance and we dance dance dance.

Cam wrote an MSDS for us, which you can find HERE. It’s hysterical!

PubNub began life in San Francisco, CA in 2009 as an attempt to develop a Data Stream Network for software developers. They succeeded in making real-time message systems that allow for near instant communication for web and mobile apps. Today, PubNub powers thousands of realtime apps around the world, from innovative start-ups to globally recognized brands. They manage 3 million realtime messages per second and 100 million devices per month.

 

They are the reason that we’re able to give you our constantly live donation total. Many thanks to the great people at PubNub.

 

Never say that Daddy Ashton doesn’t allow you to have any sweets! If you donate $6.54 or a multiple thereof in the next 45 minutes (until 6am) you’ll be entered for a chance to win this ABSOLUTELY cool and delicious White Chocolate Millennium Falcon! We’ve also sweetened the pig with two Desert Bus keychains and seven whole packets of silica gel!

Here’s the text of Cameron’s absolutely hysterical MSDS, which he wrote thanks to a challenge from one of our viewers. If you missed seeing it live, read it here!

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Product Name: Desert Bus

HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION

Target Organs: Central Nervous System, Kidneys, Liver, Heart.

Hazard / Precautionary: Acute toxicity, contact.
Contains gas under pressure.
Avoid release to the environment
Protect from sunlight. Store in a well-ventilated place.

Health Effects

Inhalation: Irritant
Skin: Causes severe burns
Eyes: Irritant, lachrymator
Ingestion: Toxic if ingested
FIRST AID MEASURES

General Advice
Consult a physician. Show this safety sheet to the physician. The physician will understand. The physician is just going to give you a little shot now. It’s okay. Shh. Shh. You did a good job. We all love you very much.

If inhaled
If breathed in, move person into fresh air. Huffing Desert Bus is not recommended. You probably have brain damage now which limits the utility of this printed safety document. See “General Advice”.

In case of skin contact
You have now touched Desert Bus. This is inappropriate. Desert Bus is supposed to have a strict no touching policy. Where’s Ash? ASH? ASH!? HELP

In case of eye contact
This is the optimal mechanism for ingesting Desert Bus. Irritiation is normal. Tears are normal. Why don’t you just sit down and cry? Everyone does it. I’m sure that will help. I’m sure crying will make it better.

If swallowed
OH GOD IT HURTS MY ARM HE BIT MY ARM THERE’S A PIECE MISSING OH GOD OH GOD DID HE SWALLOW IT GET IT BACK I WANT IT BACK I WANT IT BACK MAKE HIM GIVE IT BACK INDUCE VOMITING INDUCE VOMITING MY AAAAAARM

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Respiratory protection
You can’t smell it anymore. It’s already inside you.

Hand protection
It’s too late. It feels warm. You feel warm.

Eye protection
You can’t look away. The bus is all you see.

Skin and body protection
there is only bus

We are giving away this SO CUTE I CAN’T EVEN piggy bank shaped like an adorable kitty cat from BattleBlock! Donate $9.09 for a chance to win this cutie pie, and save up your donations for next year’s Desert Bus!

Every multiple of $9.09 is a chance to win, but do it before 4:55am!

Microsoft Studios is the video game production wing of Microsoft. Founded in 2002 as MicrosoftGame Studios with the launch of the original Xbox, they contain such well-known studios as 343 Industries (Halo series), Turn 10 Studios (Forza Motorsport Series) and Launchworks (The Gunstringer, Lococycle, ‘Splosion series).

They have graciously provided us with heaps of download codes for games such as Age of Empires II HD and Rise of Nations Extended for us to pass on to you. We appreciate their continued support of us!

Hear ye! We’re running a truly adorable donation drive until 3:30am. For every donation of $5.50, you’ll be entered for a chance to win this squee-worthy cross stitch of Isabelle, the mayor’s assistant from Animal Crossing! This piece was sewn by hand while watching last year’s Desert Bus, by the very talented Sarah Overall.

So donate away! Every multiple of $5.50 is a chance to win.