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The cover of “cowboy firefighter christmas kiss: a smokin’ hot cowboys novel,” which features a fairly modestly dressed cowboy firefighter

It’s also telling how incredibly chaste the covers of these romance novels are. Even the cover for Cowboy Firefighter Christmas Kiss: A Smokin’ Hot Cowboys Novel, which sounds like an experience of pure housewife id to me, is unbelievably tame.

According to my mommy erotica survey, the 3 sexiest jobs are

1- Cowboy
2- Firefighter
3- Cowboy Firefighter (and it’s Christmas)

In a shocking upset, “Scottish Laird” no longer makes the top 3. I think this data tells you everything you need to know about suburban America right now

I want to hurry up and finish chapter 1 of Inoscularum because I’m absolutely *cookiiiiiiing* on the chapter 2 script/ thumbnails! Aaaaaa

Don’t know why they keep making pokémons. They already made Charmander, who is perfect in every way

An anole hiding between “a scare of a dare” and “the minecraft essential handbook”

They’re also where lizards go when they get cold!

I think little free libraries must be where Nora Roberts books go when they die.

It’s jogging season again, which means I get to look at all the little free libraries on my route and see what kind of erotica moms are into

The drawing of Val in panel 3 is *chef’s kiss*!

Panel in pencil with a sort of stiff drawing

The same panel in ink with a less stiff drawing

Something I’ve learned while making the first Inoscularum is: don’t feel like you have to make all of your edits before you start inking a chapter! Sometimes you’ll look at a panel while you’re inking, go, “this could be more expressive,” and draw a new one. Idk, just believe in your future self!

A Very February State of the Comics Practice Address! (IT’S LIKE A STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS FOR MY COMICS PRACTICE, IN CASE THAT WASN’T SELF-EXPLANATORY) Yep, I’m starting this month’s newsletter by spinning...

Here’s the February newsletter! Beats the junk playin’ on the tv right now!

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Ariadne, a nun, nervously thinks “I’ve just let a m…man into my home!” Nox, the man she let into her home, looks around while saying to himself, “interesting place…”

Ariadne is the sort of person who does things first and thinks about them later.

#inoscularum #wip #altcomics

Ariadne leaning on a counter, Ariadne’s face, Ariadne dreaming about finding a giant squash, Ariadne’s walking with a mortar and pestle, and Ariadne crushing up some herbs in a mortar and pestle

Monday morning Ariadnes!

#inoscularum #sketchbook

Ariadne leaning on a counter, Ariadne’s face, Ariadne dreaming about finding a giant squash, Ariadne’s walking with a mortar and pestle, and Ariadne crushing up some herbs in a mortar and pestle

Monday morning Ariadnes!

#inoscularum #sketchbook

“Exhausted Ariadne holding novelty mug full of coffee” is another thing I’ve learned I love to draw

Aw wow, thanks so much! :)

Various doodles of Ariadne (a nun) and Nox (a historian). This week Ariadne’s coffee mug says “nun ya bsns.”

This week’s before work Ariadnes (now with added Nox!)

#inoscularum #sketchbook

She thinks… a LOT about them later! Perhaps even too much!

#inoscularum #wip

Ariadne, a nun, nervously thinks “I’ve just let a m…man into my home!” Nox, the man she let into her home, looks around while saying to himself, “interesting place…”

Ariadne is the sort of person who does things first and thinks about them later.

#inoscularum #wip #altcomics

Ariadne glances over her shoulder nervously

glance…

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Wait, don’t you have a news station that tells you the weather at every time interval that ends with 1? It’s the second most fun way to know what the weather is!

Ariadne glances over her shoulder nervously

glance…

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But perhaps the most important ones of all is… Weather On The Ones!

Nox holding Ariadne up in the air. I don’t really know what’s going on here but they’re having fun. Those crazy kids

Here’s this morning’s Ariadne… and Nox! I’m finally not sick and am back to working on the comic, yipee!!

#inoscularum #sketchbook

Morning Ariadnes

#inoscularum #sketchbook

Ariadne standing in a field, looking like she’s thinking about something

Field thoughts

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If anyone’s wondering why I’ve just been posting little one off comics lately, it’s because I’m! somehow! still! sick!! So, I’m taking it a bit easy until I get better.

A drawing of a beet that has been carved to look like a heart-eyes skull. Beside it is a knife covered with beet juice

I propose we replace Valentine’s Day with a new holiday called Love-o-ween, where we give our loved ones carved beets and tell each other things like, “I’m beet-sotted with you”

1- I’m here for the audition and oh my goodness. There she is. Gillian Anderson. A vision, as always. 2-you’re up! Ah, so I am. That’s my number after all. (The number is unintelligible) 3- a-alright, so. I work in an embroidery shop. And like, we do a lot of like, we get a lot of orders for patches. So, who dyou think orders these patches? 4- GIRL SCOUTS! Girl scouts, yeah. That’s a good guess. But no. POLICE MAN. No… though I do have to do a lot of stuff for them.

1- heh, how a bout some fuckass shitty biker gang who come to the shop and act like total jackasses? 2- no! Nooo! Nuh-uh! N-no, it really is the bikers. That’s the story— Huh?? (Handcuff slapped on wrist) YOU’RE BEING REMOVED. 3- GILLIAN! (She didn’t even see me…) 4- huh. i’ve never told that story with crowd work before.

This is a dream I had last night.

#comic #altcomics #diarycomic

Panel 1- my mom holds something out to me and says, “I got this at the zine fest, for your brother.” Panel 2- the thing is revealed to be a picture of a cat with devil horns, a halo, and bat wings that says “Lucifer” on it. Panel 3- my mom says, “it reminds me of that band he likes…” and I have a question mark over my head Panel 4- my mom, making air quotes, says “puss-i-fer.”

“Puss-i-fer”

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