Omg the subtitles kept spelling it "Lol" and I thought it MUST have been a transcription error! "Lol", can you imagine what having that name must be like...

3.9 in North Hollywood!

Literally the "You use big words, what are you, a NERD?" mindset but writ large, with broader consequences 🫠

This also seems to chalk up to A. A continued lack of public understanding (or... publisher acknowledgment) of what it actually takes to make comics and B. A broader cultural sense that writing is a Job For Adults and drawing is a Hobby For Kids

Like, I remember seeing it and thinking "Who turned up the saturation on this bird?". They're so blue! But yeah, turns out the Western Bluebird is one of our native birds.

We've got bluebirds in Burbank! I grew up 30 minutes from here and always saw bluejays but had never seen a bluebird in the wild. I first noticed them in our local park a couple years back and now I see them every spring!

Making a choice that's bad for you because it will also be bad for someone you don't like is ugly. For many Americans, it is also inconceivable to make a choice that benefits someone else more than oneself. That selfish individualism is our undoing.

(LOL wow I'm sorry this format is actually kinda bad, I'll do better this year...or will I???🧐)

I took notes on the day and rough pencilled these a year ago, then VERY hastily drew about 85% of it in the last 48 hours. I don't know that it's a good way to live, but who am I to argue with results 🤡

Bro.

"Sofia"