Operation Babyhave

~HOURLY COMICS DAY~ that's right it's 2023 and I'm back to drawing comics about this crazy bonkers experience of having and raising a small human. HE'S TEN NOW

Hourly Comics Day 2017! The most wonderful day of the year. Featuring: work.

Localization problems inherent in bicultural child-rearing. Next thing you know he'll come home saying the last letter is "zed." >:C

Aspirational Parenting is a Horrible Trap :(

Sure, sounds legit. (There's this bizarre lateral transmission of Superhero Facts that happens among the small boys at his preschool. They've never read the comics or seen the movies, but they know with absolute conviction that there's BATMAN, and he wears black. SPIDERMAN shoots fire at bad guys. HULK SMASH has torn purple pants, and so forth)

And finally, a little note re: things that are a great idea to put on your human torso. Today's the last day to grab a helminth-tastic Parasitism t-shirt, supporting the nature nerd cartoonery of both me and the wonderful Rosemary Mosco of Bird & Moon comics. (personally, I'm proud of how this design looks pretty innocuous from a distance, then absolutely horrifying on closer inspection. The perfect solution for uninvited boob-gazing.)

Li'l cartoon suggested by entomology twitter. It's super hilarious if you're up to date on your dictyopteran phylogenetics!

It wasn't coffee :(

100% guaranteed. If you don't have a baby or toddler of your own, I bet someone would be real happy to loan you one.

A golden oldie from 2012 (about 5 months pre-baby). Recently unearthed for a Twitter referendum on whether ants are bigger assholes than spiders.

Or, the Curious Incident of the Poop in the Night-Time.

Mommy's not bitter, honey! NOT AT ALL