Miscellany – Page 22 of 30

Making comics, creating zines, and daily life – Miscellany is odds and ends, curiosities, and the stuff between the couch cushions.

The world is a lie

The world is a lie

November 12, 2014 | Miscellany

Apparently Curious George isn’t a monkey at all, but a chimp. And Hello Kitty isn’t a cat. I need to lie down.

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Don Draper and George Carlin on language

Don Draper and George Carlin on language

October 28, 2014 | Miscellany

I’m not sure what George Carlin would have have thought of Don Draper, but in this instance I think they might be on the same page.

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Joseph Heller on paranoia

Joseph Heller on paranoia

October 22, 2014 | Miscellany

Watch out behind you it’s Joseph Heller! Haha, just kidding, he’s not behind you, but he did write this great line about paranoia in Catch-22.

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Spring flowers art print

October 7, 2014 | Miscellany

Digital art print showing an assortment of colourful spring flowers, labeled unscientifically, and illustratively titled.

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Facebook is annoying

Facebook is annoying

August 8, 2014 | Miscellany

Facebook is like that annoying kid you ask to stop with the annoying thing but they’re all hopped on sugar or bad parenting and they keep pressing buttons.

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The knack to flying

The knack to flying

June 25, 2014 | Miscellany

The Guide says there is an art to flying […] or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. – Douglas Adams

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Dress codes

Dress codes

June 4, 2014 | Miscellany

Did we have dress codes in high school? We must have. I don’t recall anyone being sent home because of their attire, and we all dressed like homeless people.

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Joss Whedon on equality

Joss Whedon on equality

June 4, 2014 | Miscellany

Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human […]

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Kurt Vonnegut on happiness

Kurt Vonnegut on happiness

June 3, 2014 | Miscellany

One of the things [Uncle Alex] found objectionable about human beings was that they so rarely noticed it when they were happy.[…]

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Neko Case on heaven

Neko Case on heaven

June 2, 2014 | Miscellany

A favourite Neko Case lyric has been looping through my brain all weekend, for no discernible reason. I’m not complaining.

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