WTF Wednesday

Is it Wednesday? or Tuesday?
I'm so disoriented after the holiday (even tho I'm a freelancer) and battling a dumb cold, coughing myself awake all night despite having NyQuil (now referred to as NyqWON'T), which resulted in a cruel alchemy of extreme drowsiness and inability to fall asleep.  But enough about me, let's talk about THIS:














A small doodle of a nice animal about to be kidnapped.
To tide you over until I'm back to my regular schedule.


Character Friday: Ashly & Dedna

On Fridays I like to take it easy and introduce you to some of my friends. This is Ashly (l) and Dedna (r).
These girls crawled out of a coffin one day and now they want to hang out all the time. It gets tiring to talk about bats and stuff all day, but they're good peeps.

"Oh my goth - where did you get that purse?"

Fancy Thursday: Lady Sybil

In honor of the return of Downton Abbey, I've dedicated today's post to my favorite look of Season 1: Lady Sybil's pantsuit!
Prom dress seekers, look no further.
Lady Sybil, you're looking smashing in those harem pants!















If I was, like, 7, I would totally be playing 'Downton Abbey' with Barbies. O'Brien and Lady Edith could be played by The Misfits from Jem and the Holograms.

"Oh you're so silent, Jens..."

...And maybe I am, maybe I am"
-Jens Lekman, Black Cab (Swedish songwriter)

Yes indeed, I have been a small, silent, holiday break-taking, technology hide-and-seek player! Alas, all pleasures must come to an end. I return next week with a new bag of tricks!

Until then please enjoy this vignette from my upcoming children's book Percy and TumTum: A Tale of Two Dogs, due out this Spring from RunningPressKids!

This is kind of how I feel about being on vacation, except on vacation I am usually smiling and have a glass of wine and a smörgåsbord in front of me, and am surrounded by nice people who don't want to lock me up in a cage.