I actually completely forgot that I can share this comic soon…
The anthology it’s featured in will be available too! This Free Comic Book Day at Atomic Empire in Durham. I probably won’t be there, but the comics will!
Comic taking place in an imaginary stand-up club: “So my in-laws told me about this wild new procedure where you get a bunch of salmon jizz injected i to your face… And I thought to myself, ‘ah yes… the Ariel Does Alaska special…’ Y-y’see, ‘cuz there’s this movie called Debbie Does Dallas… it’s porn… from the ‘70s. “I first heard of it from this guy I used to watch on the ‘net when I was in college called ‘the cinema snob,’ who would review exploitation films while adopting an ironic Roger Ebert-like persona…” (Gets yoinked offstage by a vaudeville cane) “YIPES!””
A lot of the time I think of jokes that require too much explanation and preemptively place myself in comedy jail
#comic
The author, 2022: I’m ready to confront my painful memories! I’ll make a comic all about them… and in doing so, I’ll process everything! The author, 2024: Whew! It’s done. My darkest work yet… let’s see how it turned out… (bnuy… but it has a knife! :0 ) (Dismayed) How does it always… come out like this?
Everything’s comin’ out cute
#comic
Wild how defensive people get when I tell them I don’t use ai. Like, I’m just talking about *me* and what *I* do, and I’m not wagging my finger or being smug in my tone, but they immediately get defensive and/or start trying to convince me to use it.
Comic taking place in an imaginary stand-up club: “So my in-laws told me about this wild new procedure where you get a bunch of salmon jizz injected i to your face… And I thought to myself, ‘ah yes… the Ariel Does Alaska special…’ Y-y’see, ‘cuz there’s this movie called Debbie Does Dallas… it’s porn… from the ‘70s. “I first heard of it from this guy I used to watch on the ‘net when I was in college called ‘the cinema snob,’ who would review exploitation films while adopting an ironic Roger Ebert-like persona…” (Gets yoinked offstage by a vaudeville cane) “YIPES!””
A lot of the time I think of jokes that require too much explanation and preemptively place myself in comedy jail
#comic
The author, 2022: I’m ready to confront my painful memories! I’ll make a comic all about them… and in doing so, I’ll process everything! The author, 2024: Whew! It’s done. My darkest work yet… let’s see how it turned out… (bnuy… but it has a knife! :0 ) (Dismayed) How does it always… come out like this?
Everything’s comin’ out cute
#comic
Hi friends... sorry for long hiatus (;-_-) thank you for staying with me so long ... I have made a new comic!! I've been thinking about the subject matter for quite some time now, so please enjoy!
Thank you for sticking with me
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Nox hesitantly hovering his hands around a tiny Ariadne who is inside of a cloche
Ariadne stopping Nox by putting her hand on his chest, like they’re walking somewhere and she’s going, “wait, wait.” He looks sort of flustered
Some morning doodles about Nox’s feelings
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Me as that “cute little guy staring up at you” meme but I redrew it on my phone with my finger
It has… “song of the month” and “critter of the month”…
I’m gonna be real, it takes me ~5 hours to write my newsletter each month, but I like doing it. I’m not that great at posting with character limits… maybe I’m kind of a windbag?? So I hope my newsletter is a fun place to “hang out,” outside of the quippy language of sosh meed posting
Ariadne (she fell in a pond) A lot of times when I doodle her it’s with really long hair, but at this point in the story, since she’s only been out of her cloister for a few months, her hair is still very short! Her hair won’t actually make an appearance until chapter 2 though. And thaaaaaat’s an alt text fun fact (tm)
Ariadne (she’s dreaming about finding a giant squash, and she’s doing some kind of magic at her hearth)
Some recent Ariadne doodles
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johnny marinara on the horns
SQUEEDLYDEE HONK
Centipede crawling around in my in-laws’ tub
With this critter comic I will also include the actual guy… probably a bark centipede, so its bite wouldn’t really be that bad.
Comic about catching a centipede who says “let me out of here! So I can bite you fair and square. The pain, I assure you… will be exquisite”
Critter time again
And you can make so many things with those two together! Like pot pie :)
I don’t think I’ve ever tried them with butter! :0 That sounds amazing
Don’t even TRY to change my mind!!
Of course, the best vegetable of all is the leek
I think we should all be using the internet to discuss our favorite vegetables
Yeah, last time I was at Bolin Creek (at least the stretch that runs along the greenway over there) it seemed like it had seen better days. I saw an actual den somewhere a couple of months ago, I think at Sandy Creek park?
Wow, cool! Our very own local marmot! Most of my outdoor encounters are with birds and lizards, so when I see a creature like this, it’s pretty astounding. There’s a creek with some chewed up trees nearby too, so if I’m lucky I might get to be 2 for 2 on large rodent sightings!
??? Probably a groundhog
Here is the actual guy. I think “groundhog” is the correct answer, but it’s not like I’m some kinda hog expert or anything
Comic about jogging and seeing a creature and thinking “beaver? groundhog? wombat?? I feel stupid for not knowing what you are but you’re very cute and special”
Jogging encounter
Like, do you even have to ask? The answer is yes DUH I’m having fun, I’m getting BLASTED with endorphins actually
I want to know where the tradition came from of seeing someone working on a laborious task and asking them, “having fun yet?”
Ooohhhhh. That’s what it is
Whuh, huh? What could it be?
Me holding the painting and saying “after all… why not? Why shouldn’t I keep it?”
Me every time I make a painting to give away for a fundraiser
