Can Humphree be saved?

Hi everyone! I've got an all-new chapter in Galactic Hot Dogs: Book Two for you today!

When we left off, my best bud Humphree had been turned into Humphree the Horrible by Crostini's evil energy monster gizmo -- and he was pummeling the whats out of me!

But I wasn't going to give up on my best friend. Time for some quick thinking and major action! Can I get the evil gizmo thing off Humphree and un-mutate him? And even if I do, then what? We're surrounded by a gazillion clown bots! Find out what happens in Chapter 16: Hey! Need a Ride?!

Have a great weekend you guys! Princess Dagger, Humphree, and me are cruising along in space, trying to decide where to go next. So many planets, so little time...

Stay awesome,

Cosmoe

Dark-hearted Humphree?! Nooooooo!

Hey everyone! I hope your long weekend was awesomesauce! Monday was just a normal day for us hot-dog slinging types here in outer space, but we did make a buttload of spaceos on Ooglan 2. It's this ridonkulously cool planet that looks a little like the Grand Canyon, except all over the whole planet! Great rock climbing, that's for sure. And the aliens dig our hot dogs!

But what's a little creepy is that Ooglan 2 reminds me of the rocky arena from Galactic Hot Dogs: Book Two. That's the place where I had to battle the horrible, dark-hearted, mutated version of Humphree!

Our next chapter in the book is high-level bonkers. Like I can't even describe the bonkers-level. Can I get through to my buddy and make him remember me, his best friend? Or is the real Humphree--gulp--gone forever? Find out what goes down in Chapter 15: Dark-Hearted Humphree.

I'll see you back here tomorrow!

Later gators,
Cosmoe

Way cool Galactic Hot Dogs fan art and Lego awesomeness!

Hey everyone! The other day I was surfing the Intergalactic Internet and I found some more awesome Galactic Hot Dogs fan art -- some even in Lego form! You Earth kids are super creative, man.

These drawings are by Kaylee at the Eliot School in Boston, Massachusetts. I think she did an amazing job!

Check out my awesome funky hair! And Goober looks like
some amazing shark weapon. Rad.

Princess Dagger is pretty impressed with this drawing. She
says she'd totally hang it up in her room!

And check out these Galactic Hot Dogs Lego creations by @JBENedict. So cool!

Look at my totally rad funky hair!

Humphree, me, and GHD author Max Brallier!

Fan art is the best. You can check out past fan art on the blog here and here. And keep creating, you guys. If you post it, I'll probably find it!

See you Friday. I'll have an all-new Galactic Hot Dogs: Book Two chapter for you!

Later gators,

Cosmoe

PS: Only 19 days until my first print book hits bookstores! How AWESOME is that?!?!

More rad Galactic Hot Dogs fan art!

Hey everyone! I found some more awesome Galactic Hot Dogs fan art on the Intergalactic Internet (check out the first stuff I found here). I think it's way cool that Earth kids are drawing pictures of the GHD crew -- and even our evil nemesises. Wait. Nemeses? Nemes -- oh, you know what I mean. The bad guys.

These two amazing pictures were created by CruellaDeVil84:

These next two cool drawings of Humphree were created by kids at the Eliot School in Boston, Mass.:

And this last fun one of DJ Zee Zee Jak was created by Kelsey, age 6:

Fan art totally rocks! Keep creating, you guys!

See you later,

Cosmoe

Fun facts about my best bud, Humphree!

Hi you guys! How’s it going? My brain’s a little fried from our first official Neon Wiener Videogame Tournament. I think Humps, Dagger, and I played videogames for eight hours straight yesterday. I totally thought I’d crush my buddies, but the score is pretty even so far. Humphree is beating me and Dags, but only by a little. I gotta catch up today!

Speaking of Humphree, it dawned on me that you guys don’t know a lot about my best bud. Which is kind of weird, because he’s pretty much the coolest alien dude ever. So, here’s the dealio on Humphree…

Fast facts on my best bud and co-captain, Humphree

• Humphree is a Bronkle, which a race of large, warrior creatures. His home planet is Bronkellia.
• He was a space pirate on the ship “The Looting Star.” Humps doesn’t like to talk about why he quit being a space pirate. It has to do with me. I promised I wouldn’t talk about it. It’s kind of his story to tell, you know?
• The big guy often has trouble pronouncing Earth words. You should hear him try to say “California,” “apple pie,” or “discombobulated.”
• He played professional Agony Ball for a short time. Ouch.
• Humphree considers himself to be a bit of a ladies’ man, and he’s eager to give me advice about girls. Not that we see a lot of girls out here in space. Dagger doesn’t count.
• Need something moved? Humphree is super crazy strong. He can crush huge, heavy stuff with his bare hands, and could easily lift a piano. Or a car.
• And last but not least, Humphree is your guy for hot sauce concoctions. Helio jalapeños are his favorite for heavy-duty heat, but he’ll try anything in a new hot sauce recipe!

Humphree is pretty much the most awesome best friend ever. I can talk to him about anything, even mushy or sad stuff that makes me feel all awkward and weird. But mostly we just have lots of fun together, because he’s rad like that.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go kick my best friend’s butt at Super Moon Ninja Death Jab!

See ya tomorrow,

Cosmoe

PS - Did you catch that someone spelled Humphree's name wrong on that artwork above? Oops! Wasn't me!

Map-o-sphere slices, video games, and…evil?

Hey you guys! How’s it going? This weekend we’re joining in a spaceship food truck bonanza on Oftar 12’s third moon. It should be pretty cool. When we’re not selling dogs, Princess Dagger is psyched to try different foods from around the galaxy, and Humphree’s going to hunt down some new hot sauce ingredients. Me? I’m hoping to find some adventure, as usual!

Let’s dig into our reading marathon — today we’ve got an action-packed chapter to read! When we left off, Dags froze Krax and we escaped the MWWF arena. Phew!

In Chapter 15: Evil Ways, I try to piece the map-o-sphere together, we find out where the final slice is (it’s completely rad), and the Princess has an unwelcome encounter. Yikes! Find out what happens, and then check out…

Today I’ve got some original artwork that’s never been seen before! These are early sketches an illustrator did of Humphree, Dags, and me. You can see she was trying to figure out exactly how we should look in the book.

I think it’s so cool to see how artwork for a book gets created!

Okay, I gotta run. We’re almost to Oftar 12’s moon and we have a lot of setup to do. I want get it done so we have some time to explore the moon — you never know what you’ll find…

Have a rockin’ weekend,

Cosmoe

What would I do without my best buds?

Hey all. As I’ve been flying around intergalactic space this week with Humphree and Princess Dagger, I’ve been thinking about my cruddy buddies and how awesome they are.

Like that one time I had to fight the Boss Worm, Humps and Dags really were clutch in a tight spot. And then, when Dags pulled a fast one on Krax… well, read about it for yourself in Chapter 14: Cosmoe is Crowned! That’s the next installment in our reading marathon, and it’s pretty excellent.

And now it’s time for…

Today I’m going to school you on illustrations and color. Well, really, Rachel is. She’s the illustrator of my book! Check out the next image. Rachel did it when she was figuring out what we should wear.

Rachel did those less-detailed drawings to play with the colors more easily when she was getting Goober's coloring and Dags' dress right. Get this: The clothes we wear in the book show off our unique personalities. How cool is that?

I wear a red shirt in the book because I’m all into adventure and excitement. And jeans because I’m an Earth kid from the USA — what’s more American than jeans, right?

Humphree’s like the voice of reason of our crew. So he’s wearing mellow colors that show he’s usually a calm sort of dude. Usually.

And Princess Dagger? Well, she’s smart, digs adventure, is kind of girly, and can be a teeny bit bossy. (Don’t tell her I said that.) So turquoise is a perfect color for her. 

Pretty cool, huh? I didn’t know how important color is in illustrations! I’m going to be interviewing Rachel soon, so if you’re into drawing and art, you’re going to love what she has to say.

See you here tomorrow for part two of my Max interview!

Stay awesome,

Cosmoe

Totally rad Galactic Hot Dogs fan art!

Hi you guys! Today I’m going to show you some amazing art done by Galactic Hot Dogs fans! I found this stuff while surfing the Intergalactic Internet, and I was so psyched that I had to share it with you.

This way-cool art was done by a Poptropican. If you don’t know what Poptropica is, read this blog post. Basically it’s a super awesome online game that has cool “Islands” to play, and there’s even a Galactic Hot Dogs Island! A Poptropican named Serious Bird created this in Realms, where you can build your own worlds:

This one is pretty amazing. It’s by a fan named SailorStar64, and she created this drawing of Dags and me:

And finally, I don't know who did these cool drawings, but it seems like the artist created a Galactic Hot Dogs logo in Spanish. Sweet!

Fan art is the coolest. Seriously. Whenever I find some more, I’ll post it here!

See ya later,

Cosmoe

My (not mushy) valentines for my two best buds

Hey you guys! I hear Valentine’s Day is this weekend over there on Earth. Some of you might be like, “Ugh, gross. Romance and stuff.” Well, I know it kind of a lovey-dovey holiday, but I don’t think it totally has to be about that stuff. I think it’s about friendship, too. And since I’ve got two of the best cruddy buddies in the whole galaxy, I thought I’d make a valentine for each of them.

Now before you get all, “What the smudge? Cosmoe’s getting all mushy on us?” just hold on a space second. These are Cosmoe valentines. Not your typical sentimental gooey gunk, you know what I mean? So here we go…

First up, my main man — er, alien — Humphree. I think I captured some of his finest qualities in this valentine. Ha ha.

And of course, one for the Princess…

When I showed Humps and Dags their valentines, they were like, “Huh? What’s Valentine’s Day?” They thought the whole idea was kind of goofy, and pretty much think humans are even weirder than they did before. But they laughed because they’re awesome like that.

See you tomorrow when we read the next chapter in our reading marathon and find out if I escape total zombification! Ahhhhh! (If you missed the last chapter, you can check out my last blog post to get caught up.)

See ya later,

Cosmoe

What's waiting for me on the creepy old pirate ship?

Hi everyone. How's it going? I have to be honest, for me it's been a pretty crummy, smudge-a-riffic day. You know when one thing after another goes wrong, and you're like — seriously, could this day get any worse? And then it does?

First the air conditioner fuzzed out right when we were near the Second Sun of Solune. We still had to go by five more suns! It was hot as butts in the ship for hours. Then I overcooked a batch of hot dogs and we had to choke them down plain because we were out of mustard. Humps finally got the a/c fixed — and then proceeded to kick my butt at Super Moon Ninja Death Jab. If that wasn’t bad enough, the Princess then beat me at Hyperspace Heroes. Argh!

So yeah, not the best day. But at least it went better than that day in Mayday of Decay. That’s the next chapter in our reading marathon, and it’s awesome. It’s full of creepy, icky… well, I’m not going to tell you! Find out for yourself…

Today for your never-seen-before thingie, I’ve got this wicked cool piece of art: an amazing poster of Humphree, Princess Dagger, and yours truly!

I think it could make a pretty awesome wallpaper for your computer’s desktop. Save it to your computer and give it a try!

Well, I’ll see you guys tomorrow. Time for me to chill out with a buzzberry shake and read some old Star Wars comics. That should turn this day around!

See ya later,

Cosmoe

The inside scoop on the Galactic Hot Dogs crew!

Hey everyone!

I heard a whole lot of you in the good old USA are buried under a mega-ton of snow. Man, I love snow. Princess Dagger and Humphree have never seen the kind of snow Earth gets. I mean, they’ve seen frozen stuff, for sure. The Princess can freeze stuff instantly with her ice flash pistol, and that’s freakin’ rad! But I gotta get them to Earth sometime to check out real-deal snow.

Speaking of my buddies, I said I’d tell you a little bit more about the crew of Galactic Hot Dogs today. So let’s get to it! I’ll start with my co-captain, Humphree.

Some of Humphree’s favorite stuff includes helio jalapeños, giving bad guys the Humphree Hurt Hug, and trying to beat me in Super Moon Ninja Death Jab. He’s always there when I need him. Humphree’s awesome like that.

And then there’s the (usually) not-evil Princess Dagger.

What does Princess Dagger dig? Eating space paste, zapping bad dudes with her fire and ice flash pistols, and organizing our messy ship (totally can’t get on board with that last one, but whatever).

Plus we’ve got Goober and F.R.E.D.

Goober is super cool because he’s all elastic and stretchy and stuff. He can turn into a lasso. Or a human shield. Or a really warm but kind of slimy coat. You know, whatever I need.

And F.R.E.D is my incredibly helpful, incredibly awesome flying robot. He’s like my own C-3PO and R2D2 mash-up. He fixes stuff, has endless gadgets, and is super useful!

We’re all pretty different creatures, but we've got something super-important in common: We all love getting into intergalactic space adventures!

Well, you guys, Humphree’s giving me the stink-eye. I gotta go sling some hot dogs or he’s going to slip some lime moon cheese in my hot dog when I’m not looking. Blech. I hate that stuff.

Come back tomorrow and I’ll give you a look at a cool Princess Dagger drawing that’s never been seen before — because tomorrow’s chapter in the reading marathon is… Princess Problems!

Until then, stay awesome (and safe if you’re in that snowstorm),

Cosmoe

PS: If you missed the beginning of the reading marathon, don’t worry. You can start here with Chapter 1.