Tag: nonfiction
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COMIC: Secret Childhood Games (Or, How to Be a Butterfly)
When you were a child, did you play make believe by yourself? Did you have secret games, with intricate rules, that you refused to share with or explain to anyone? I did. Mine was called Butterfly. Here is how I played it:
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Self Portrait
I’m really loving playing around with ink and washes, despite my previous adherence to technical pens only. My apologies to my friend Danielle, who has been trying to get me on the ink and brush bandwagon for years. The book I’m reading is Milk and Cookies: a Frank Asch Bear Story, by Frank Asch. It…
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My favorite comics (as a kid and a teen)
My friend Angela wrote about her childhood favorite graphic novels on her blog and it reminded me about the kind of stuff I liked to read when I was little. I’m titling this post “My favorite comics” instead of “my favorite graphic novels” because: a) I like the term “graphic novel” about as much as…
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Your Horoscope for this week
Virgo: Where did you put your car keys? They are in your hand. Every time you ask, they are in your hand.
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An Accomplished Woman
A week ago Fred and I went on a long walk. We were to meet up with a group of people I barely knew and go on a hike. We were 15 or so minutes late and I couldn’t find them. We were next to a grocery store that was hosting an outdoor concert. A…