It doesn’t have to be so deadly — Everybody wants to be seen. The drive is unavoidably hammered into our DNA. But capturing anyone’s attention, even for a moment, is quite the challenge these days. So, it’s no surprise to see the extremes people go to satisfy this hard-wired need. Pulsing with an evolutionary mandate to earn our…

To smoothly slip your crack into any social situation — I discovered, way back in my single digits, that quick one-liners were the most effective way for me to pop into any group setting, draw a semi-positive response affirming my existence, and quickly pop out before anyone has the chance to resent me. Over the years, I’ve made an art…

While I resurrect him in ink — Recently, I’ve come face to face with my inner child in a way that I never quite have before. Coincidentally (or not?), around the same time I started a new webcomic. Through recent work with Peter Levine’s Somatic Experience therapy, I’ve been slowly making contact with sensations inside me that…

Behind the first storyline — Note: You may have already seen the first of these strips in the intro posted here, but the discussion below is all new. There are also new strips at the bottom. My first sketches were of a wise man on the mountain. It’s a standard comic trope for a reason…

A new adventure in trying to feel okay —