Collaboration and Abundance (Comic #784)
Posted on May 2, 2025 by liz

I have “Collaboration and Abundance, not Competition and Hierarchy” written on a post-it in my office. I wrote that when I was thinking about how the nonprofit principles I adore and were raised in align with open-source principles.

It got me thinking about how scarcity can produce challenges and tightness. And how folks cultivate abundance in other ways… like maybe money might be tight, but they are abundant in their ability to listen, make music, ask questions, have bold dreams or a kind word here and there.

It made me think of all the amazing people I’ve known who have created abundance wherever they go. How their abundance can be contagious. It can be hard sometimes, I’m such a role model of the good that can come when you don’t mask a lot…. And also why people mask as much as they do. And when I get frazzled, it’s nice to have things like this to return to. A constancy and a hug from a little pink bunny who likes dancing, friendship and cake.

Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Kate Webb, Erik Owomoyela, Stuart Barrow, Jesse the K, Brian Fies, Tracey Radford, and Jay Hedtke.

Liz

Collaboration and Abundance Comic Transcript

Little Liz looks down.

Little Liz: It can be hard when the world gets tight.

Little Liz looks up and smiles.

Little Liz: But collaboration and abundance,

Little Liz looks out at us and looks serious and sad.

Little Liz: Not competition and hierarchy.

Bunson Hoppydew leaps to Little Liz, Little Liz smiles and is ready to receive the hug.

Little Liz: And always, always bunnies.

Communities of dreaming – love letters to Star Trek

Posted on October 25, 2016 by liz
If you would like more Things in your diet please head over to Uncanny Magazine and check out Things React to Star Trek where we look at love as a tool we use to shape ourselves, and shape our communities.  Thanks to Mary Anne Mohanraj and Una McCormack for being the muses on this one (go read their essays), and thanks as always to Uncanny Magazine and all the Uncanny backers for creating this space for the Things to come, play and be inspired by the great fiction, non-fiction, poetry and interviews. http://uncannymagazine.com/liz-argalls-things-react-star-trek/

Uncanny Things

Posted on April 28, 2016 by liz
Did you know that if you look at the webcomics tag over at Uncanny Magazine, you can look at all the comics we’ve drawn for them thus far! Half way through! Thanks again to all the Uncanny backers that made these special extra Things possible. http://uncannymagazine.com/category/webcomic/ Bunson I’m working on the comic for Issue 10 right now! The cover is a gorgeous one by Galen Dara, click through to check it out in all its beauty (you can even buy a copy of the poster at Uncanny’s zazzle store!) uncanny

472b: Special Announcement, update new schedule plus hats

Posted on January 11, 2016 by liz
Dear Friends of the Things, Our three times a week schedule has suffered over the last few months (stupid real life!). We’re getting back into it, but the struggle to earn a living wage (through job search or freelance) is time and energy consuming. We’re going to a once a week update schedule. Fresh Things every Monday is a can hold ourselves to. Thank you for your support, knowing there are folks out there reading us, wanting the next comic, keeps us going. Much Love The Things

Things Comic over at Uncanny Magazine!

Posted on December 8, 2015 by liz
The fab editors at Uncanny put it best:

Space Unicorns! As you may remember, one of the stretch goals for the Uncanny Magazine Year Two Kickstarter was a new webcomic feature. Each issue, the multi-talented Liz Argall will have a special Uncanny edition of her webcomic Things Without Arms and Without Legs where they react to a story in the current issue of Uncanny Magazine.

This month, they’re reacting to Yoon Ha Lee’s Uncanny Magazine Issue 8 story, “Interlingua.”

http://uncannymagazine.com/liz-argalls-things-react-interlingua/