I made some calls to get out the vote for Rodham Clinton in 2016, and one of the respondents I spoke to said she wasn’t planning to vote because “I’m not very interested in politics.” What I wish I’d said[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So one of the best pieces of advice I’ve gotten about writing comes from an old version of the AP Stylebook, and I read it when I was a fresh young copyeditor getting my start at my college paper. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Probably subconsciously inspired by, and of course not as good as, Ben Edlund’s “How to Draw the Tick,” though I like to think I also captured some of the assurance of a Kliban panel.
Happy New Year, Small Peculiarteers! Election Day is November 8, and this year’s midterms are kind of really important. Small Peculiar urges you to vote blue to defeat fascism.
This is an actual picture of my actual cat, as well as a neighbor’s actual doormat. They fascinate Nineveh, who likes to claw them and writhe on them. She doesn’t do any damage, but I would feel awkward if a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This tradition is sometimes recorded in America too, and I’d want it to be done for me if I kept bees. The royal beekeeper said he told the royal bees like this: “You knock on each hive and say, ‘The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I freely admit that I have used almost identical art twice before, here and here. In real life I am not nearly so insouciant when my anxiety shows up and starts saying terrible things to me; these comics are aspirational.
This is one of those jokes that seem to fall into my head from the ceiling. It’s amazing to me that I can make dumb jokes without even knowing I’m doing it. There’s so much more going on in our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I mean, they’re doing really well…
Click to buy my illustrated version of the book of Jonah! I’m super proud of it.