Happy Thanksgiving! …And good luck to all the cooks out there!
A re-post from last year.
Turkey Stuffing
Tag: humor
Happy 18th Birthday! Please read, sign, and date…
Lab Mice turned 18 this fall!
(Oh, did you think it was my 18th birthday? Nope–been there, done that, have the filing cabinet to prove it).
Perhaps it’s just because I’m annoyed about sorting through the piles of paperwork that I have neglected since 2018, but adulthood seems to be one endless ream of paperwork–virtual or otherwise. If you’re stuck on what to get for that newly-minted 18-year-old in you life, may I suggest a filing cabinet and some hanging file folders? Unless they happen to be an office supplies aficionado, they won’t actually appreciate it until they’re 35, but then they will be truly grateful when they unwrap a box of manila folders to complete the set.
A shredder and dedicated recycling bin would also be thoughtful gifts.
Now, I’m off to have a good cry over some pre-pandemic grocery receipts. I might have my favorites custom-framed.
Heartily Sick of Apples
The sequel to last week’s apple-peeling comic. They just need some vanilla ice cream, and they’ll be over it soon enough.
Comic from 2017.
October
October starts tomorrow, which means that it is also the beginning of:
1) Inktober
2) Dysautonomia Awareness Month
I’ve wanted to participate in Inktober with Lab Mice for years, and finally decided to go for it. I have a goal to complete all 31 prompts, one each day. Doing this on the heels of finishing Q is for Quarantine probably means that I will be very tired by November 1 (so, probably not doing NaNoWriMo this year).
I will be posting photos of each day’s drawings on Lab Mice’s Facebook and Instagram pages, and will do a weekly post here on the blog.
It’s also Dysautonomia Awareness Month, which will be inspiring a few of my cartoons for the Inktober prompts (like #17, “salty”). I was diagnosed with POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome–a form of dysautonomia) a year-and-a-half ago, and cartooning has helped me keep my spirits up and see the funny side of things while I learn to manage it.
It’s going to be a very busy month!
Z is for Zoom
Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
The last letter! It’s done!
Y is for Years
Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
One more letter to go!
I had no ideas for “Y” until a week ago, when it occurred to me that I’ve drawn two comics on the subject already. This was obviously not a part of the original list, because in April 2020, everyone was talking hopefully in terms of weeks or months. We didn’t know that covid had signed up for a full marathon, and not just a 5k….
W is for WHO
Not the band, sorry.
Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
The Last Letter
And “just like that,” it’s done.
Of course, I still have to edit and post the last four letters, and then turn all of them into a book, but…the art is pretty much done.
Although I do need a cover.
Oh, well.
V is for Vaccine
Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
This was an easy letter to think of a word (and an illustration) for in April 2020, because it seemed like the general refrain at the time was, “if only we had a vaccine!” The times, they do change….
U is for Unemployment
Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
While the U.S. might be having a labor shortage now, this was far from the case in the spring of 2020.
