In case you didn’t know, that’s the horror-movie reason Cain kills Abel—God likes Abel’s animal sacrifices more than Cain’s vegetable ones. God wants blood, so Cain gives him blood. I forgot all about Seder Cat last week, so it’s a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The story in the middle panel comes to us from Rabbi Bibi bar Abaye, who lived in the second century and got frequent visits from the Angel of Death. His assistant, sent for “Miriam the hairdresser” brought him “Miriam the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nineveh has another ear infection. Her dust allergy causes her delicate tubes to become inflamed, and then they don’t drain properly, and that’s why I’m a war criminal right now.
Sometimes when you play the “translate the scientific name” game you want to translate a bit loosely to get the real character of a binomial, as with the Tazmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, which I like to render as “Harris found[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bats are surprisingly expressive.
No, I don’t know how that’s pronounced. No, I don’t know where he’s supposed to get the blood from. And no, I don’t know how you fit a whole vampire in an ordinary bottle. Vampires are not always portrayed in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another joke that was funnier in my head. Strange how that works. Wow your friends on Sunday with Small Peculiar’s handy guide to the symbolism of St. Patrick and/or a tidbit about his pal St. Benen. Bonus bonus: the Catholic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.
We don’t really do this, but Nineveh does like to sleep with all four of her paws directly under the radiator.
Sorry this one doesn’t look as good as stix usually do, I just upgraded from GraphicConverter 8 to GraphicConverter 10 and I’m still getting the hang of it. What would be great would be if I could get it to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Click to buy my illustrated version of the book of Jonah! I’m super proud of it.