Recent Comments

1. 27 minutes ago on Frog Applause

   I love it when readers send me messages like this, almost always anonymously:

   “I read somewhere that a great comic strip makes a reader laugh, scream or cry. It sparks intrigue, excitement, and perhaps teaches the reader a lesson. That is to say, words like “miserere” or “salmagundi” don’t hover over a crude drawing of platypus’s pancreas. Croutons aren’t bemoaned because they’re lost in a snowstorm. Above all else, stop pretending that you’re cartoonist, Teresa, or that what you create every day is called a comic strip. It’s communal sludge.”

   My gut reaction is: “My sludge is my own! It is not communal.”

2. about 9 hours ago on Frog Applause

   My subscriber numbers are dropping again. I must be doing something right!

3. about 11 hours ago on Frog Applause

   Which is probably why I will keep this an occasional thing. I honestly don’t have the stamina to dissect my own work.

4. about 17 hours ago on Frog Applause

   Hey, Chris. Great to see you here!

5. about 21 hours ago on Frog Applause

   OMG. I almost forgot about our Mr. Doty. We’re still waiting for his replacement, but most applicants have fallen short when it comes being a truly entertaining troll.

6. about 21 hours ago on Frog Applause

   I can’t stop smiling. Your comment made me quite happy, which is sort of embarrassing for me to admit.

7. 1 day ago on Frog Applause

   Wow, John. I appreciate hearing this.

8. 1 day ago on Frog Applause

   You have all convinced me. I will venture out more often from “behind the curtain” (thank you for that “curtain” reference, UltraLameFest2.) I guess I wasn’t sure if my comments added or subtracted from my cartoons. Thank you, my dear lame ones, for your support.

9. 1 day ago on Frog Applause

   Honestly, I rarely think things through when creating FA. I decide to do things without really knowing why. I often surprise (or confuse) myself in the process. It might not be apparent, but I often spend hours on what looks like a random and nonsensical one-off creation. It feels really weird to make these comments. I’m not sure if I intend to do so again.

10. 1 day ago on Frog Applause

    That makes sense to me now, too. I think it boiled down to the awkward placement of the word balloon. Sometimes, a cartoon goes South for the dumbest of reasons.