The blog of Richard Thompson, caricaturist, creator of "Cul de Sac," and winner of the 2011 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

More Savings Galore

And now the first Cul de Sac book is only $5.07 on Amazon! Is 507 a prime number? Who picks these prices anyway?

10 comments:

Eric Franklin said...

507 isn't prime. It's 3x13x13.

But that only answers one of your questions. :)

Jon Freestone said...

No, 507 is not a prime number (but 509 is).

http://aprimenumber.com/

Jon Freestone said...

@gamethyme If a numbers parts add up to a number dividable by 3 you will know the whole number can be divided b 3.

Example: 507 5+0+7=12 12/3=4 so you know 507 is dividable by 3 (507/3=169).

Math trick from grade school. surprised I can remember it 30 years later.

David Hagen said...

I think we've answered the second question.

Anonymous said...

I love the watercolor strips in the beginning of this book!

Miguel said...

BTW when is the next book due out?

Washington Cube said...

It's also the area code for Zumbrota, Minnesota. WhatdoesitallmeanIdonotknow.

ShotGaming said...

I picked this up, great collection! Great strip, you are the best!

Timmy said...

One of my favorite cartoons was the one with Timmy Fretwork at Blisshaven with the free-preschool-association dog discussion culminating in Dill proclaiming "One time I stuck a snow globe in the microwave and pressed Hot Dog". I think this is in the first collection.

But... there was a predecessor comic strip, something having to do with the "snowglobe incident" from a Washington DC museum trip. In my head this ranks up there with the "noodle incident" from Calvin and Hobbes in terms of basic comic-ology. Is this in any of the collections?

richardcthompson said...

Timmy, you got me wondering, and I found it in a series I put up on this blog in June 08. it's here-
http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2008/06/first-field-trip-part-2-gathering-storm.html