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Fruit of the Womb

Drawing based on a painting by unknown artist that hangs in my childhood living room. For those who don’t know Christian prayers, this is a reference to Hail Mary - “Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb”. I tried to incorporate the Fruit of the Loom typography and some of the colors (the green of the tunic, the yellow and red of the halo).
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Evil Never Sleeps

Dumb comic spurred by noticing how absurd my nightly sleep routine has gotten, and how the various things I use (mostly) map to the “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” motif. For those wondering about the mouth tape, it’s an actual thing; I heard about it from the book “Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art” by James Nestor. The idea is, by taping your mouth shut, you force yourself to breathe through your nose, which leads to less dry mouth and other issues.
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Baptism by Fire

Based on the news article “Thousands of baptisms invalidated by priest’s use of one wrong word”. I hope I’m not going to hell for this.
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The Elements of Style

Photo references: MMA image MLM image Thanks to Jon for the idea for the title.
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Writer's Block

I made this for a Reddit tournament, the theme of which was “Writer’s Block”. Unfortunately I didn’t win.
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Read This Comic Before You Die

I got the inspiration for this comic after going to a bookstore and seeing a series of nature books, one of which was “Fifty places to hike before you die”, another “Fifty places to camp before you die” and so on and so forth. References: “Fifty places to hike before you die” is a real book by Chris Santella Candle https://pixabay.com/photos/candle-smoke-wick-flame-burn-mood-4215628/ Nirvana baby album photo by Kirk Weddle, album cover designed by Robert Fisher The Yosemite and food pictures were based off of my own photos
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Tear Duct Tape

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Oops! No Holes Colander

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A Mushroom Person

Prompt: “A mushroom person”
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Old Flames

Prompt: “Old flames”. Maybe not obvious but they’re supposed to be stars aging, shrinking, and ultimately dying.
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