Have had this particular ‘worst case scenario’ on my mind for a while, since first encountering serious Winters. Went with an instructional-design style because it seemed appropriate for illustration a disaster.

This one took a while to do. It comes from a story Rilla and I told each other about a couple of wood pigeons we saw sitting in the front yard of an apartment near our place. We assumed they were locked out.

What do you get when you feel beaten to a pulp by the various blogs you’re supposed to update in a single evening while also drawing a larger comic? You get this minimalist Quick Draw for the night. Suck it.

I drew bananas and then worked out what they would be saying. That was the process. The caption was one of many I considered, and I also considered having a different caption come up with each viewing.

This comic comes from a short story I wrote last year in Canada. I’d always felt like it deserved to be made more visual, but in the end I’m not sure I did it justice.

This is a good example of why I don’t seem to get invited to do Hallmark card illustrations, I suppose. This is the level at which my mind often operates when it comes to simple ideas.

A story that Rilla and I told each other about the reaction that cats have to that amazing, screeching flood of birds that rockets across the sky and a specific time in the morning and evening.

Another of my quick sketches in the notebook that is about talking cigarettes. I don’t even smoke. On the other hand, cigarettes are very, very easy to draw.

Ran into one of our neighbours the other morning and we were discussing whether Winter would ever end. Her comforting prediction was also pretty comical and needed to be a comic.

Have had this idea in mind for a little while, about a swimming robot and what it might be like on its maiden voyage in the sea. Turned out a little sadder than I’d intended, but I’ve decided I like that.