Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for February 18, 2021

This comic is art. This comic has a Unicorn. Q.E.D.

1. And Unicorns are completely real. Just like my three Pikachus (Regular, Detective and Santa Cap wearing).

2. Kind of shows how smart Phoebe can be in that she likely wanted to claim she rode a Haverford, but didn’t want to risk finding out if a Unicorn could handle the legal retaliation from Universal Studios.

“Art is unicorns” Sure its not the other way around?

Last week, I was thinking “what if a comic strip character drew their own comic?” For example, what if Linus from Peanuts one day decided to draw his own comic, and it turns out he could draw like Jim Lee? I thought that would be interesting. So I offer my thanks to Dana Simpson for the previous 2 comics.

Sometimes Marigold’s conceit is really unattractive. Someone should tell her.

sure can’t argue about unicorns with a unicorn

Speaking of art, has Marigold ever seen the Unicorn Tapestries? On the other hoof, the actual subject matter would probably offend her.

Dare you to name things that are Not Unicorns

All things are Unicorns

Ok, What about trash?

Take off, Marigold.

What about riding a unicorn on a rocket skateboard!!! ;-)

Art is whatever someone has called art.

Beauty is in the eye of the bee holder.

Of course, Mari’s next move could be to fit rockets to her flanks…

I would like to share Tolstoy’s essay, “What Is Art”, copied below in its entirety.

“Unicorns.”

Marigold would say Unicorns invented Art, like she did with Music. (It’s in the 1st book, if anyone’s curious)

what book is this comic from

unicorn ennuye so soon? Naw she’s riding board to get to the real ride. Like Unsers driving the Lamborghini to get to their Indy cars.

Unicorns had a bloody history before the creation of the “Shield of Boringness”. That straight coiled horn was prized so much that hunters would do anything to obtain it from a unicorn. And many a hunter died from it. When the hunters found that a virginal woman has the power to attract and render the vicious unicorn into a gentle kitten they thought they had won. This would be the end of unicorns. As a last ditch attempt to save their race of unicorns their best magick users formulated a spell that would simply make unicorns of no interest. The mighty and glitteringly beautiful unicorn to be forgettable was a blow to their moon sized egos, but it worked. When next a virgin woman was used the unicorns came and left free and unharmed. The hunters wondered why in the name of Osteria they were wasting their time. That ended the human-unicorn wars for all time.