:( my grandfather on a zoom call with his therapist joked that he might drug my grandmother while i was caring for them both-the police came and did a wellness check and went straight to questioning me
Also this reminds me of the time I had a black eye (rogue elbow on a bouncy castle) and my sister had a broken wrist (bike accident) at the same time. My mom couldn’t take us anywhere without getting angry looks and/or awkward questions.
This reminds me of a story I need to draw up some day where my son abruptly decided to announce, "That's not my Mom!" to a strange man in the middle of nowhere who was helping me out, as we'd run out of gas.
I've never been so thankful for my southern heritage, and the ability meet eyes with someone and mutually sweep unseemly things to talk about under the rug.
Also, passing for the most part. Jesus, that could have been bad.
Aww our 2yo loves IKEA but insists on trying every chair and bed in the store. It is a big store. Also he's started eating half his mommies' meatballs in addition to his own...
This comic makes me so happy even though its about kind of a scary brain moment. I love the weight of Goose leaning out away from your hand, and the stiff shove wiggle of a tantrummy hold. its so well captured.
I originally drew THE INSIDIOUS TRANSSEXUAL as more of an actual terfy caricature of myself and hoooo boy I needed to put this comic on a shelf for a day after that. I came back to it and replaced that with this Grink-looking one and that’s wayyy better. I ain’t doing my haters’ work for them
Part of me was like why am I putting this out into the world. Everything sucks so bad rn why am I making myself make this. But I ended up finishing it anyway because if I’m not making comics about the shit going on in my brain then what’s even the point
I think it's still a good comic. Gives insight into your own worries and anxieties. Even if people weren't thinking that, YOU were thinking it, and that can eat you up inside if there's nobody to say "hey, nobody is actually thinking that".
thank you for sharing it with the world, I don't even have a child (yet) but stuff like this still goes through my head anyway, and it's comforting to be seen. I'm sure many agree!
I think about that every time I'm out in public with my nieces. Anytime I'm asked to come with them and my sister to a kids event. I make up some excuses as I'm afraid of the attention I would get at those events.
Also, it’s a great comic about totally regular things people deal with. That’s important to put out there. Even if one person can relate and not feel alone, it’s worth the effort.
I'm glad you made this comic! I keep on trying to think of something else to say more than that, but...I've got nothin'. I just mainly wanted to tell you that I'm glad you made this comic.
I'm really grateful you made it. I need these slices of normal life. Plus, it's comforting to see ur brain is like mine in a way that we com3 up with these scenarios of how we are perceived, even if they are worse case scenarios. Thank you so much
We didn’t get what we went for (a specific bookshelf for Goose’s room — on back order) but we did get a break to chill and eat a little food at the end. And then we went home and all of us took naps 🤭
You gonna leave the job half done? You gonna walk out with that 5x5 without a DRÖNA? the BULLIG?!?! THE CAT BOX ATTACHMENT?!?!?! No one wants to work anymore.
so many good expressions in this but i really wanna highlight the lettering in the thought balloon, LOVE a distorted serif with a bouncing baseline and you make it look so good
1) Wake up babe new Emma mom comic dropped
2) I said this before but it is so clear you love Goose deeply just from how you draw her
3) the political cartoon thought balloon is incredible
As a fellow trans parent this hits close to home. I'm trans masc, married to another masc person, so it manifests a little differently, but the root of "Public Masc Person With a Baby Danger Uh Oh" remains the same.
Stay strong out there Pseu. I love your parenting comics, reading and sharing them
Recently my two year old was doing a slow grumpy walk on a cold day. So I snuck up behind them and snatched them up so we could run to the car. I started cackling so they would have fun and not get grumpier.
Lol absolutely been there. The best thing I've found is to make everything into a game, that always gets them running. That and bribery, I'm not above buying a cookie to get my way.
It’s a fuschia puffer jacket with little bear(???) ears??? There was some disagreement in our home over whether they were bear or bunny ears, they’re a little too long for bear and a little too short for bunny? She’s a creature of some sort that’s for certain
on the other hand, being a trans mom in public is doing so much more good than you could ever know. I know if i ever saw this in public it'd give me so much hope for my own future
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Also, passing for the most part. Jesus, that could have been bad.
I hate to say that I know that feeling.
But if I came to your store, stuffed a 5x5 Kallax under my shirt, looked you in the eye and said "I like guy butts", would you be chill?
2) I said this before but it is so clear you love Goose deeply just from how you draw her
3) the political cartoon thought balloon is incredible
Stay strong out there Pseu. I love your parenting comics, reading and sharing them
Recently my two year old was doing a slow grumpy walk on a cold day. So I snuck up behind them and snatched them up so we could run to the car. I started cackling so they would have fun and not get grumpier.
My spouse ended up telling onlookers "that's dad and this is normal."