From my notebook, dated 01/11/09 – drawn while participating in decorating a cake. Part of my newly envisaged series of quick-drawn cartoons.

This started off as a comic about a criminal who literally did what the arresting officer said: “Drop the gun! Slowly!”, but then it turned into something about a snowman dropping a banana. Slowly.

Chad told me this brilliant story about father-child relationships and the status of interlopers. I drew it with coffee cups for the main characters because I can’t draw anything very well.

Gulag is a running character in my and Rilla’s stories. He’s a book with a difficult personality who just wants to be read/loved. He’s based on my experience with actively not reading the book “Gulag”.

I drew all the remote controls I could find at Rilla’s house one day while sitting on the couch. Then I drew panels around them and called it a comic. Hey, presto!

Drew this one while doodling in the library in Wellington trying to come up with something lightly amusing. I think I accomplished that goal.

From a sketch in my notebook done at the Media in Transition 6 conference held at MIT in Boston. I added the final three couplets after the fact, which is why they’re not quite so nice.

Drew this while sitting around in a women’s clothing store in Montréal (while others were shopping). Redrew it in photoshop and added little bits of shading or whatever.

The idea of ‘interactive euphemisms’ has become immensely appealing lately, largely in thanks to a conversation with Tyler about the subject. He wants to build them for real, but I just went for Flash animation this time.

There this ad in New Zealand where a girl recounts advise given to her by her mother which is kind of hilarious. This is that advice reinterpreted by three objects.