NO SOAP RADIO

you don't need me anymore.

diy or die

diy or die

diy or die

this one i drew for the library, and put each image as the first panel with two blank ones so kids could finish the strip.

i seldom get asked anything, but when i do it's always something unanswerable in a short form.i guess the main purpose is subversion of norms, but it's also an exploration of those norms. we're so used to things happening in a certain way that it's not obvious what the rules are until we break them. then one is left with the question of 'why rules?' and 'why those rules?'. often the answer is 'i don't know', or 'for the continuance of those rules'. in which case, they are unnecessary.it is probably worth noting that anti-humour and the un-joke are still forms of humour and joke, just that their effectiveness relies on non-standard representations of those things. that is, the punchline to an un-joke is that it is not a humourous punchline (which becomes paradoxical if it is working).there is also the question of just what humour is, and why certain things are meant to be funny but others aren't. anti-humour separates the humour from the form. eg we know a knock knock joke is 'funny' because of its structure, regardless of whether it is a good joke. if it is an unfunny knock knock joke, then we know that the humour is separate to the form. so by either removing the humour, or by removing aspects of the form, we are left with a purer representation of humour as a concept.

meredith and i pretended to be each other. she did a better job. but we both had a good day.