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Character: The Things

The Things don’t have arms, legs or a gender. Physically, they are nigh invulnerable and emotionally vulnerable, sensitive and kind. Sometimes they eat spoons!

  • Tenzin Palmo (comic #805) TRANSCRIPT: “Without someone to annoy us, how can we learn to be patient?” Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo Thing 1: Sometimes the person annoying me is me. Thing 2: What do you mean sometimes? Thing 1: tee hee! Oh brains!

    Tenzin Palmo (comic #805)

    Dec 05, 2025

  • A tribute to Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work(comic #804)

    Nov 27, 2025

  • Communities of Practice, cartoon transcript If you want to do a thing. Thing 1 looks sadly at a battered yellow hat. Find the generous teachers, and more importantly the people also drawn to learning. Thing 1 and 2 (wearing hats) look up a t a tall entity wearing a somewhat crown-ish hat) Paper hat expert: In my travles I’ve explored many paper hat making cultures. Communities of practice can become more than the craft. Thing 1: I struggle with crisp folds. Thing 2: Me too! I’ve been using a ruler, but I’m going to buy a bone folder. Thing 1: Ooooh! What brand? They can be a way to find people just as weird as you are. Multiple folks wearing different hats, some more silly than others, smiling at each other.

    Communities of Practice (Comic #803)

    Nov 13, 2025

  • Thing 1 wearing a Fez and zooming along on a bicycle. They don't have any legs, so their chest rests on the handlebars, their belly rests on the seat and they are zooming!

    Bicycle (801b)

    Oct 24, 2025

  • Ask, cartoon transcript Thing 1 and 2 are armless legless creatures of enormous kindness and integrity. Thing 1: Talks an enormous wall of words represented as lots of squiggly lines. Thing 1: Do you understand? Thing 2: That’s a lot of information to process Thing 2: How about you tell me what you want instead? Thing 1 looks aghast. Thing 2: You got this Thing 1: Can I borrow your bicycle? Thing 2: Sure!

    Ask (Comic 801)

    Oct 24, 2025

  • I can do this, cartoon transcript Thing 1 and 2 are armless legless creatures of enormous kindness and integrity. Thing 1: I can do this Thing 1 pauses to be in that moment. Then they shake. Thing 1: Or at least try. Thing 2: And I’ll be cheering for you regardless Thing 1 and 2: Adventures!

    I can do this (comic #800)

    Oct 16, 2025

  • I am enough cartoon transcript The Things are armless, legless, kind entities. They are drawn in blue, which is the color I use for sketching comics. I use black to finish a comic, so this comic is “incomplete” by the normal standards of finishing a comic. Thing 1 looks up into the air, Thing 2 looks at Thing 1. Thing 1 looks earnestly at Thing 2. Thing 2 smiles back. Thing 1 smiles a little tremulously. Thing 1: I am enough. Thing 1 and 2 smoosh their heads together with affection. Thing 2: Always.

    I am enough (comic #798)

    Oct 02, 2025

  • 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.

    Furious Curious? (Comic #789)

    Jun 27, 2025

  • What Are Emotions? Comic Transcript The Things are kind, big eyed entities without arms or legs. Thing 1 has a small rectangle shape visible in their torso. Thing 2 has a pentagon shape in their belly (oh my, I didn’t quite realize it was a pentagon until I was writing this transcript, it’s just a nice shape, no particular meaning attached!). Thing 1: What are emotions? Thing 2: They’re like feelings, only more so. Thing 1’s blue rectangle shape has migrated up to the back of their neck. Thing 2’s yellow pentagon shape has emerged from its body and now the end of it is in its mouth, like it’s a balloon it’s going to inflate. Thing 1: What are feelings? Thing 1’s blue rectangle shape has migrated on to the top of their head. Thing 2’s yellow shape is inflating like a balloon. Thing 2: They are messages your body sends you. Thing 1’s blue shape has migrated down to the front of their torso. Thing 2’s shape has now turned into a yellow balloon animal (probably a dog). Both the Things are smiling. Thing 2: If the words were written in balloon animal. Thing 1: It’s startling when they pop?

    What Are Emotions? – Feelings (Comic #788)

    Jun 16, 2025

  • Everything Anything Comic Transcript Thing 1: I’m too much of EVERYTHING! Thing 1: And not enough of ANYTHING! Thing 2: I think we all are. Thing 2: But to do lists help. Thing 1: To do lists do help!

    Everything Anything (Comic #785)

    May 12, 2025

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Thing 2: I have a sad Thing 1: Are you looking for solutions or comfort? Thing 2: I would like to be angry, then sad, then comforted, then adventure for solutions, then giggles Thing 1: Let’s start! Thing 2: Raar
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  • 1 Saint Patrick’s Day Webcomic Transcript Thing 1 is green. Thing 1: I thought I’d go green for St Patrick’s Day Thing 2: Cute Thing 1 has a few flowers spouting out of their head. Thing 1: Oooh! Photosynthesis! Thing 1: has more flowers sprouting out of their body Thing 2: What fun! Thing 1 and Thing 2 smile at each other, many flowers sprouting from their bodies. Thing 1: I love having fun with you.

    Saint Patricks Day (Comic #763)

    Mar 17, 2024

  • 2 The Return of the Worst! Thing 1: I'm the worst! Thing 2: I think you should ask lots of people to tell you nice things about you and write them down! Thing 1: Oh no! Thing 2: And that's not the worst part! Thing 2: You should listen and not immediately inject "no" or "but" Thing 1: You are very mean. Thing 2: I might be the worst!

    The Return of the Worst! (Comic #765)

    Aug 02, 2024

  • 3 In Synch Webcomic. See text below for full details.

    In Synch (Comic #756)

    Dec 22, 2023

  • 4 Equinox Comic Transcript Thing 1 has a flower pop out of their head. Thing 1 looks happy; Thing 2 looks surprised. Thing 1 has two flowers pop out of their head. Thing 2: I thought equinox meant flowers were gone! Thing 1: No, just migrated to warmer places. Bunson appears as a warmer place, glowing with sunbeams. The Things smile and flowers appear everywhere. Thing 1: mmm!!! Thing 2: Ahhhh!!!

    Equinox (Comic #766)

    Sep 28, 2024

  • 5 Biases Comic Transcript Boot: I’m going to work on my own biases today. Boot sits in silence. Boot sits in silence. Boot: Because if I don’t, who will?

    Biases (Comic #768)

    Oct 22, 2024

  • 6 Webcomic, see text below for full transcript

    Fancy! (Comic #738)

    Dec 24, 2022

  • 7 Transformative Plans Comic Transcript Little Liz a smiling cartoon talks to us. Little Liz: Making plans is transformative. Little Liz: Not because half the plans happen… Little Liz: But because I know myself better. Little Liz: So I can respond to life in the most meaningful way.

    Transformative Plans (Comic #781)

    Mar 07, 2025

  • 8 Nature Comic Transcript Narrator: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Cheetah: Hmmmm, I hurry sometimes, and I don’t get my quarry. Narrator: But overall… Cheetah: Huh? Narrator: Like… statistically Cheetah: I think, statistically, nature doesn’t care about accomplishments. The cheetah chases a gazelle. Cheetah: And that is a different kind of freedom! Philosophy with a small yellow cheetah.

    Nature aka Philosophy With a Small Yellow Cheetah (Comic #769)

    Nov 08, 2024

  • 9 Angles Transcript Thing one looks up Thing two looks on Thing one looks behind them Thing one turns themselves almost upside down Thing One: it’s nice to see the world from different angles

    Angles (Comic #758)

    Feb 16, 2024

  • 10 Lifestyle Advice From a Small Pink Bunny Bunson Hoppydew (he’s a little pink bunny who likes dancing, friendship and cake) is sitting in Boot. Familiarity Breeds Bunson hugs boot. Contentment. Bunson closes his eyes with happiness and Sock also rests in Boot.

    Familiarity, part 2! (Comic #770)

    Nov 22, 2024

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