Ryan Reid Illustration + Design

I draw stories. – Page 36 of 39

I make comics, draw illustrations, and write about a miscellany of things.

Quentin Crisp on failure

Quentin Crisp on failure

January 3, 2010 | Miscellany

If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style. Quentin Crisp 

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Saint Nicholas vs Psycho Butcher. Fight!

Saint Nicholas vs Psycho Butcher. Fight!

December 25, 2009 | Miscellany

Okay, the story goes like this: it’s the 4th century, there’s a bit of a famine happening, and there’s this psycho butcher chopping up kids.

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Thank Frigg it’s Friday

Thank Frigg it’s Friday

November 13, 2009 | Miscellany

If you’re keeping some kind of score, you can thank the Norse and Christianity for that lousy week you just had.

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Alexander Frehse

Alexander Frehse

October 18, 2009 | Miscellany

A tip of the hat to Alexander Frehse, inventor of the lemon meringue pie, and the subsequent lifetime of desert related over indulgence. 

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Early morning view from a train station

Early morning view from a train station

October 9, 2009 | Miscellany

My thoughts wander briefly while waiting on the platform of the Fallowfield VIA Rail station at 6am in the morning.

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Everyone can relax, I found the Ark of the Covenant

Everyone can relax, I found the Ark of the Covenant

August 20, 2009 | Miscellany

As it turns out, the Ark of the Covenant wasn’t so much lost as it was misplaced behind my furnace under a pile of vintage Playboy, and Molson stubbies.[…]

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Pecan butter tart

Pecan butter tart

June 24, 2009 | Miscellany

This is a true story about a pecan tart, morality probably, and sharing etiquette. It’s also very important if you like pecan tarts.

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Last week

October 13, 2006 | Comics

In these final The Good Little Robot comic strips, Robot and Francis are critical of Christmas, Valentines day, bills, pre-movie advertising, and telemarketing.

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Locked in a beer cooler

Locked in a beer cooler

June 8, 2006 | Miscellany

Have a seat, grab a snack, and let me tell you the story of that time I was locked in a commercial beer cooler.

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Locked in a room

Locked in a room

May 22, 2006 | Miscellany

I got to thinking about the times I have been trapped in locked rooms without air ducts. It’s happened more times than you think.

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