Help support Bankruptcy Bill

Bankruptcy Bill could really use some STR.I.P. Financing.  We’ve been doing this all so far without any syndication or sponsorship, and at least one of the creators of the cartoon is a starving freelance illustrator who may soon be in need of some of our readers’ services, if you catch our drift.

You can help just by making a donation via PayPal.  With a little support we can do a whole lot more than we’ve been doing, including publishing several strips each week.  Just think of us as the NPR of the bankruptcy humor world.

Additionally, anyone interested in syndicating or sponsoring the site’s content, please contact us at bankruptcybill [at] zoho [dot] com.

Haiku #16 – Conflict Work

Gliding underneath

The great shark’s belly, I wait

For the conflict work

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Read more Bankruptcy Haiku here.

Bankruptcy Music Scene: The Indubitable Equivalents

The Deal’s Bankruptcy Insider has a feature this week (subscription required) in the Letter from Delaware section on the Indubitable Equivalents, a band comprised of bankruptcy professionals that has been rocking the bankruptcy conference circuit.

According to their web page on the ABI site, the “Indubies” (as they call themselves) are:

• Andy Caine (Alto Sax)
• Jack Esher (Bass/Acoustic Guitar/Vocals)
• Steven Golick (Organ, Wind Controller)
• John Good (Trombone/Bass/Percussion)
• Dillon Jackson (Pedal Steel/Autoharp)
• George Kelakos (Lead Guitar)
• Jordan Kroop (Organ/Piano/Lead Vocals/Harmonica)
• Steven Rhodes (Rhythm Guitar)
• Michael Richman (Piano/Vocals)
• Mitch Ryan (Lead Vocals)
• Tom Salerno (Drums/Vocals)

Click here for audio samples, here for t-shirts and here for photos.

No word yet on rumors that they plan to team up with Bankruptcy Bill & The Fresh Starts for a summer stadium tour.

Strip #15 – AboveTheLaw

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-Bill & Struck

p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #15 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you fail to respect our wishes, then we’ll get you laid off from your blog, leak news of it to Law Shucks and insist your anonymity be revealed by Thomas Lauria and the Chrysler Non-TARP Lenders.”

Chrysler Bankruptcy Haiku (continued)

A recent article on Corinne Ball, lead debtor’s counsel to Chrysler, inspired an additional haiku on the topic of Chrysler’s bankruptcy:

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Overripe cherries

Draw boughs of Chrysler low with

Ball bearing pressure

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Read more bankruptcy haiku here.

Chrysler Bankruptcy Haiku (special edition)

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Over one hundred

Lawyers in court for Chrysler

At billing rate of?

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The swirl of first-day

Motions cause faintness amidst

The humid spring air

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Read more bankruptcy haiku here.

Reuters lists Bankruptcy Bill as “Signs of the Times”

Reuters has listed Bankruptcy Bill as a sign of the times in its recurring feature “Signs of the Times”.

Haiku #15 – Bankruptcy-Restructuring

No “Bankruptcy” group

Listed on firm’s website. Ah,

yes, “Restructuring”

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Haiku #14 – No Vote Indicated

Voting procedures

Lack clear instructions for when

No vote indicated

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Professor Elizabeth Warren on The Daily Show

This past Wednesday, Harvard bankruptcy professor Elizabeth Warren, who is serving as chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP, appeared on The Daily Show.  Have a look if you haven’t already seen it.

• Part 1 of her appearance:  http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=224261&title=elizabeth-warren-pt.-1
• Part 2 of her appearance:  http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=224262&title=elizabeth-warren-pt.-2

Strip #14 – Online Dating

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Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #14 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you fail to respect our wishes, then we’ll force you to participate in a speed dating session consisting entirely of ERISA lawyers.”

“Bankruptcy Lover” – the new single by Bankruptcy Bill and The Fresh Starts

Ladies and gentlemen, debtors and creditors, we are pleased to share the debut single by Bankruptcy Bill & The Fresh Starts….

“Bankruptcy Lover“

http://bankruptcybill.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/bankruptcylovermp3.mp3

(Click either the link above or the image below to listen.)

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Click here for the lyrics and explanatory notes as well as a note on copyright and use restrictions.

Haiku #13 – ABI name cards

Met him on Lehman

Name is lost, wish ABI

Name cards were bigger

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Haiku #12 – Templates

Tonight I must draft

Eleven first day motions

Thank God for templates

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Strip #13 – Facebook 2 – brought to you by netDockets

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Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #13 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you fail to respect our wishes, then we’ll cause your mother/father/son/daughter to friend you on Facebook leading to an endless stream of status updates you’d rather not know about.”

NYTimes: Readers submit “economic downturn” poetry

First NPR’s Studio360 did it with haiku (featuring input from Bankruptcy Bill).  Now the NY Times has an article with reader-submitted poetry about the economic downturn.

Strip #12 – Facebook #1

*Note: For those unfamiliar with the bagel reference, you can find the explanation in this NY Post article along with some additional modern bankruptcy cultural history in this NY Observer article.

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Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #12 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll purchase all of your personal information from the Facebook Leviathan and publish our own list of 25 things about you.”

“Bankruptcy Lover” – The new song by Bankruptcy Bill and The Fresh Starts

Just wanted to let everyone know that soon we’ll be releasing a recording of “Bankruptcy Lover,” the debut single by Bankruptcy Bill & The Fresh Starts.  (If you’ve never heard of the group, then you’re clearly not hanging out in the right venues.)

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Interested in advertising/sponsoring?

We’ll be releasing the song regardless of whether there’s a sponsor, but if anyone is interested in a sponsorship/advertising arrangement, contact us at bankruptcybill /at/ zoho /dot/ com and, assuming it’s a legitimate inquiry, we’ll be happy to share the lyrics and a sampling of the recording with you in advance.

FYI, sponsorship could mean:

• Placing an ad on this site, or
• Releasing the song on your site, or
• Even working the sponsor into the recording (if you want us to get extra creative), or
• Anything else you might want to do.  We’re open-minded and flexible.

Strip #11 – Organic Bankruptcy

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Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #10 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll find you and feed you to a flock of free range chickens.”

Bankruptcy Haiku #11 – Courtroom Anxiety

Anxiously I rise

To represent my client

In Judge Beatty’s court

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Bankruptcy Bill Haiku on NPR’s Studio360

Listen to one of Bankruptcy Bill’s haiku read on the “Haiku-ing It To The Man” feature on NPR’s Studio360.  (Starts with about 1:31 left in the feature.)

Here’s the story lead from the Studio360 website:

Haiku-ing It to the Man

A few weeks ago we asked listeners to submit original haiku inspired by the state of the economy. Dozens poured in: our own unscientific proof that the financial crisis is a boon for creativity. Here are some of our favorites. (http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2009/02/13)

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Strip #10 – Secured Transactions 101

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Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #10 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll find you and feed you to a hungry pack of creditors whose case has just been converted to Chapter 7.”

“Bailout Bill”

NPR’s Planet Money blog has a piece today on “Bailout Bill,” a character created by BailoutBooth.com (a sort of internet pawn shop).  Bailoutbooth.com seems to be offering a way for people to sell things for cash by posting their own personal video classified ads on the BailoutBooth site.  As a promotion, the company have been offering cash to people to tell their stories of financial woe to the Bailout Bill character.  Many of those stories are posted here and  definitely worth a read to get a sense of people’s struggles if you’re not already struggling yourself.

Meanwhile, we’ve hired a genetics consultant to try and determine if there is in fact any direct or indirect relationship between Bankruptcy Bill and Bailout Bill.

Bankruptcy Haiku #10 – NCBJ

For your enjoyment

The NCBJ presents

The Doobie Brothers?

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Bankruptcy Wave Poster

Bankruptcy Wave posters now available at:

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Financial Poetry – Heaven-Sent Leaf – by Katy Lederer

It appears that Bankruptcy Bill’s haiku is not the only source of poetry drawing inspiration from the state of the economy.

NPR’s Studio 360 has a story this weekend about Katy Lederer, a poet who spent several years working for a hedge fund and now has a book of poetry titled Heaven-Sent Leaf on the topic of modern money-making.  You can learn more about her by following her blog at http://heavensentleaf.blogspot.com/.

Bankruptcy Haiku #9 – Claims and balloting

Patiently you sat

Absorbing the details of

Claims and balloting

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This haiku has been mindfully brought to you by The Altman Group, Inc., a leading claims, noticing and balloting agent that offers the only CLE course on the subject and is also the creator of the Bankruptcy Ballot Archive, a free resource for bankruptcy professionals.

Bankruptcy Haiku #8

Great work courts success.

Yet one  thing still irks Lynn.  “It’s

Mr. Lopucki.”

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Strip #9 – Bankruptcy on Steroids

A reminder that we still are seeking STR.I.P. Financing so that we can continue to publish future strips of Bankruptcy Bill (and preferably with more frequency).  Please contact us to discuss sponsorship.  And thanks to everyone who has bought some merchandise.

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Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #9 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll find you and make you submit to daily urinalysis to test for traces of caffeine, Perrier and/or Odawalla protein drinks.”

Other work by illustrator Gideon Kendall

We’re a little delayed getting out the next Bankruptcy Bill strip, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to let everyone know about other illustration work by Gideon Kendall, available on Amazon.com.  Promoting Dinopets and The Caveman’s Pregnancy Companion:  A Survival Guide for Expecting Fathers will also hopefully help Gid avoid becoming more intimate with BAPCPA than necessary.

Dinopets by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Gideon Kendall

Click here to view/purchase on Amazon.

The Caveman’s Pregnancy Companion: A Survival Guide for Expectant Fathers by David Port and John Ralston, illustrated by Gideon Kendall

Click here to view/purchase on Amazon.

Happy New Year

No new cartoon today, so instead we offer a recent New Year’s drawing from Gideon Kendall, illustrator of Bankruptcy Bill.  To see more of his work as well as books he’s illustrated, go to www.gideonkendall.com and/or http://www.gideonkendall.com/books.html.

“From the bloated remains of 2008 unfurls the new year, fragrant with possibilities.”

Strip #8 – General Motors Bankruptcy

A reminder that we still are seeking STR.I.P. Financing so that we can continue to publish future strips of Bankruptcy Bill (and preferably with more frequency).  Please contact us to discuss sponsorship.  And thanks to everyone who has contributed and/or bought some merchandise.

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Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #8 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll find you and make you drive a Chevrolet Cavalier from Detroit to Washington and testify before Congress at the next auto-industry bailout hearings.”

Bankruptcy Bill to the holiday shopping rescue!

Still looking for that special gift to complete your holiday shopping?

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Bankruptcy Haiku #7

Commencement of case

Served on all creditors but

Surely I missed one

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Read more bankruptcy haiku here. 

Another “bankruptcy” cartoon

This cartoon ran in today’s NYT Op-Ed section and, while not about the bankruptcy process, definitely ties into the bankruptcy theme.

Strip #7 – Debtor education

A reminder that we still are seeking STR.I.P. Financing so that we can continue to publish future strips of Bankruptcy Bill (and preferably with more frequency).  Please contact us to discuss sponsorship.  And thanks to everyone who has contributed and/or bought some merchandise.

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p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications:  You are more than welcome to post Strip #7 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll find you and make you sit through a mandatory debtor eduction session presented in Pig Latin or some other non-Western language.”

Original bankruptcy lawyer cartoon?

Turns out there was at least one bankruptcy lawyer cartoon before Bankruptcy Bill.  Can’t tell what year it was published, but given the woman’s outfit, perhaps the 1970s?  Just a guess, as fashion is not our field of expertise here.

http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/b/bankruptcy_stories.asp

If you know of any other bankruptcy lawyer cartoons, please feel free to share by e-mailing bankruptcybill /at/ zoho /dot/ com.

Still seeking sponsors/advertisers

Reminder that we’re still seeking sponsors/advertisers.  With a little STR.I.P. Financing, we could be putting cartoon strips out several times a week.

Who would make a good sponsor?  Anyone interested in reaching the community of bankruptcy professionals (one of the few populations that still has buying power).  Or anyone in the bankruptcy community who would like to support continued growth of this cartoon.

Contact:  bankruptcybill @zoho . com

Bankruptcy Haiku #6

From structured finance

Quietly I transfer to

The bankruptcy group

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(Mug with haiku available for purchase here.) 

New Bankruptcy Bill haiku mugs and neckties

Bill and Struck Tie

Apologies for not having a new Bankruptcy Bill strip this week (we hope to get an interim order approving a good strip for next week), but we do have a few new products for you to assume or reject for the holiday season:

Haiku Bill Tie

Bankruptcy Bill ties and also mugs with original Bankruptcy Bill haiku (includes image of Zen Bill on reverse side).

Haiku Mug – Indignation and litigation

Haiku Mug – BAPCPA

Haiku Mug – Bowling Green

Haiku Mug – Yes I’m in bankruptcy

Haiku Mug – Disclosure Statement

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Bankruptcy Bill shirts, mugs, ties and more at www.zazzle.com/bankruptcybill

Looking for a unique holiday gift for your favorite bankruptcy buddy? Go to http://www.zazzle.com/bankruptcybill for mugs, t-shirts, ties and other products with your favorite Bankruptcy Bill cartoons and characters. (We know, we know, there are really only two characters so far.)

Article in “Bankruptcy Court Decisions Weekly News and Comment”

For those of you fortunate enough to be subscribers to Bankruptcy Court Decisions Weekly News & Comment, take a look at the November 25, 2008 issue for a nice article on Bankruptcy Bill written by Kate Colangelo that’s running on page 6.  (No, not that page 6.)

And for those of you who are not subscribers, hang tight as we’re seeing if we can get permission to post the article on this site at some point in the near future.

Strip #6 – Bap-kuh-pah

A reminder that we need to earn some income so that we can continue to publish future strips of Bankruptcy Bill.  Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.

If you like the latest strip, please click HERE, on the Amazon icon below, to make a donation to us via Amazon’s Honor System (a sort of online tip jar).

Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

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p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications, you’re more than welcome to post Strip #6 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll find you, make you CEO of a large, failing US automaker (a tautology indeed), fly you to D.C. in a private jet and force you to testify before Congress.”

WSJ’s The Wallet and Commercial Law-Jurisdynamic Network

We’d like to thank the The Wallet (a WSJ blog on personal finance and investing) for mentioning us in their Loose Change post on 11/26/08 (“Fun bankruptcy cartoons, peppered with consumer haiku. We’re in love.”)

Also Commercial Law-Jurisdynamic Network for a nice pre-holiday post as well.

Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving.

-Bill

Special Thanks to CreditSlips.org

We’d like to thank Bob Lawless of CreditSlips.org for a very thoughtful and flattering write-up about Bankruptcy Bill in a post yesterday.  Who knew we were stepping into a literary tradition supported by case law?

Update:  We got over 1,300 hits in the last day.

Strip #5: Law Firm Publications

A reminder that we need to earn some income so that we can continue to publish future strips of Bankruptcy Bill.  Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.

If you like the latest strip, please click HERE, on the Amazon icon below, to make a donation to us via Amazon’s Honor System (a sort of online tip jar).

Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

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p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications, you’re more than welcome to post Strip #5 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll find you and force you to proofread every Excel file that’s been submitted in the Lehman case.”

Bankruptcy Haiku #5

To write all weekend

But convey nothing. ‘Tis my

Disclosure statement

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Strip #4: Headhunters (+ Bill needs your support)

A reminder that we need to earn some income so that we can continue to publish future strips of Bankruptcy Bill.  Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.

If you like the latest strip, please click HERE, on the Amazon icon below, to make a donation to us via Amazon’s Honor System (a sort of online tip jar).

Thanks!

-Bill & Struck

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p.s.  Regarding copyright issues, our legal counsel, IP Aileen, says:  “Other bloggers/websites/publications, you more than welcome to post Strip #4 on your sites as long as you also include all of the text, links and images in this post, including this paragraph.  If you don’t, then we’ll find you and force you to attend the upcoming Bankruptcapalooza Conference in Waco, TX with a 3-hour mandatory seminar on bankruptcy claims processing and featuring an evening concert by David Hasselhoff.”

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Bankruptcy Haiku #4

Consumers suffer

But my main worry: How to

pronounce BAPCPA?

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