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Furious Curious? Comic Transcript The Things are kind, big eyed entities without arms or legs. Thing 1: I just heard the best advice! Thing 2: Yeah? Thing 1: Get curious when you’re furious. Thing 2 looks a little aghast. Thing 2: YOU get furious? Thing 1 smiles. Thing 1: for sure! Thing 1: But also, curiosity makes me really really happy. Thanks to Kate Mueller for introducing me to this lovely saying.
 

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Furious Curious? (Comic #789)
Posted on June 27, 2025 by liz

This cartoon was inspired by a lovely conversation with Kate Mueller for the Not Boring Tech Writer podcast. I’m in her June 26 episode ^_^. The bit where she said “Get curious when you’re furious” didn’t make it into the final edit, but she said it.

And joy is a useful thing to hold on to right now. We can be joyful in our activism, people are more likely to join in with things if it looks fun or at least connected. I can be cranky at the world, but joyful about how I deepen my skills to help my neighbors (local and global neighbors).

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

Furious Curious? Comic Transcript

The Things are kind, big eyed entities without arms or legs.

Thing 1: I just heard the best advice!

Thing 2: Yeah?

 

Thing 1: Get curious when you’re furious.

 

Thing 2 looks a little aghast.

Thing 2: YOU get furious?

Thing 1 smiles.

Thing 1: for sure!

 

Thing 1: But also, curiosity makes me really really happy.

 

Thanks to Kate Mueller for introducing me to this lovely saying.

Chuffles Misses the Moon, and so it begins

Posted on October 7, 2015 by liz
And now in the month of Halloween, of transition and change I give to you Chuffles Misses the Moon. Every week day I’ll put up a fresh page from this children’s picture book I drew. THE FIRST EVER CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK I’VE DRAWN, unless you count the things I did when I was actually a kid. Drawing something in this format was a new learning experience for me. I’d love any notes or comments you have as the updates go up. I might try self publishing it when it’s done so folks can have something in hand to read to kids (OMG, the idea of something I’ve written being a bedtime story… kinda amazing). If I self publish I’d love you, my dear ones, I’d love your help to turn it up to eleven before we go to print. Please enjoy, Chuffles Misses the Moon.

Joyfully Uncanny Things Need Your Kickstarter Support

Posted on August 30, 2015 by liz
Originally posted over at lizargall.com In March I read a short story by Kat Howard over at Uncanny Magazine called Translatio Corpus. I liked the story so much that the Things responded to it.
Kat Howard's Uncanny Magazine story is responded to be things webcomic characters
This is also a call back to one of the earliest Things comic, Spoons!
  After a very successful first year Uncanny is running a Kickstarter to support year two (and asking for a lot less money as wonderful Patreons and Weightless Books e-subscribers come on board). They would like your money and will use it to bring more wonderful diverse stories, poems and non-fiction to the world. If Uncanny makes it through all the stretch goals there will be a Things Respond to Fiction comic for EVERY EPISODE. We are so excited about this on so many levels. We are so honored to be part of the Kickstarter. Less than 10K to go at 16 days, not an easy goal, but most definitely doable. Join the Space Unicorn Corps! Go check out the Kickstarter!
Things Webcomic #14, back when I was learning how to do everything… so some things don’t change in 13 years, still needing to learn everything!