Socks – Things Without Arms and Without Legs

126: News Travels

Posted on May 27, 2013 by liz

Adding a monocle was Mike’s idea 🙂

Happy 100th Comic – Process Diary

Posted on April 6, 2013 by liz

Here’s the snippet of video that survived Sketchbook crashing twice. I’m sad all the brain storming and mad scribbling got lost.

I guess the drawing isn’t terrible, but it is lacking magic and its composition is made of meh. I think the comic I finally came up with for the day was a better spend of 100th comic celebration. I’m glad this drawing was a disappointment and not good enough!

95: off to adventure!

Posted on March 27, 2013 by liz

Some say Bunson went to Texas, all I know is that he went on an adventure.

Transcript

Bunson is in a teacup sailing boat with a paper pirate hate and sock on his shoulder.

Bunson: Yaaar

84: Beginners’ Minds

Posted on January 29, 2013 by liz

75: The World is an Amazing Place

Posted on November 6, 2012 by liz

SBS – Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service. A hybrid funded public broadcasting radio and television network has done much to create and promote a multicultural Australian identity. And more than anyone else, they have inspired today’s drawing. SBS, for me, has always been living proof, part of the cultural air we breathe, that shows that embracing multiculturalism is much better for assimilation for everyone. An Australia without SBS feels like an arid place to me, limited and stagnant. It shows how awesome things can be when diversity is encouraged and diverse people aren’t just spoken about, they’re given spaces to speak for themselves.

“The World is an Amazing Place” I loved growing up, growing into, that SBS slogan.

6 Billion Stories and Counting is the new slogan, and that’s pretty good too and it was cool to cruise around youtube and find new ways SBS is finding to communicate a diverse and complex world.

But “The world is an amazing place” will always be dear to my heart.

I didn’t mean to turn this into a big rave about how much I like SBS, but they gave me, amongst many things, “The World is an Amazing Place” and that is a message worth repeating. This is something the Things embody. It is a phrase that can get you through many dark days.

The world is an amazing place.

65: Socks

Posted on October 25, 2012 by liz

I felt a little guilty about creating this comic. More bad things for one of the Things? But they only just got over zir last shock! But I also thought, we all know the learn from your mistakes thing – and so often we’re really harsh on ourselves if we make the same mistake or a similar mistake again.

The first time ze licked the electric fence it was just a curious mistake that was shocking – sometimes objects hurt things. This second time they’ve learned something different and shocking, a social shock, not just a physical one.

But even if the mistakes were identical (and often we make the same mistakes because life is tricky and we all have our own strengths and weaknesses) ze still need hugs to recover, still worthy of love and still capable of learning.

Given fear is the mind killer, kindness is even more important to create the space for learning. So hugs to you and hugs to me and hugs to the Things.

Transcript

Thing 1 (with angry eyes): socks

Now they have angry tired eyes

Thing 1 (with sad eyes): socks

Thing 1 (with grumpy eyes): socks

Then they have sad wobbly eyes.

Thing 1 hugs Thing 2 for comfort.
Thing 1: Socks lie

64: Socks don’t fear

Posted on October 24, 2012 by liz

Transcript

Sock balanced on top of an electric fence.

Socks do not fear electric fences

60: Hugs 2

Posted on October 20, 2012 by liz

Sixty Comics!!!!! OMG!!!!! SIXTY COMICS!!!

Also, apologies for not updating the archives. I’m trying to decide whether to put it into a more traditional archive format (rather than the scrolling gallery)… or if I should just say register with Comic Rocket, it really will make your life easier.