Da-da-da-d-d-d-d-pom-poh-k-h-h-h-h-h-dh-h-h-dh-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h Yeah, you, turn around. Jagged off. This is Comic Cake Speak, episode 1676, The Best of Storytime with Uncle Sal, Part One.

Welcome to the show. I'm Brian Christman.

I've been wanting to do one of these for quite a long time, a compilation of some of the best bits with our friend

Sal Abinante, aka Uncle Sal.

We've had him on the show many times over the last 12 years, and he's always made me laugh

and just a great, great guest.

Of course, he's perhaps better known as Alex Ross's art agent.

Sal's also an artist in his own right.

And I also consider him our own sort of 21st century Mark Twain with his storytelling.

So what you're going to hear?

Next is a compilation of Best Bitch from the first two years of Sal's appearance on our show from 2005 to

2007, more or less in chronological order. It was really a treat to go back and listen to these

and just here are our friendship progressed with Sal. So I hope you enjoy them as much as I

enjoyed listening to them, putting this together for you. A couple of quick things, of course.

This episode is not suitable for work, so earmuffs.

And you probably really shouldn't operate any heavy machinery.

Listen to the episode here.

So we'll start out with Sal's first appearance on our show back in episode 74 from November of 2005.

Oh, yeah, and just just one more thing.

And if I offend anybody, you know, too fucking bad.

We're going to actually get, attempt to get this time.

Sal Abanante on the phone, he's the creator and the artist on Atomica.

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