Crustacean Singles: family

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2023-09-11

Sanctions

Two parents stand facing a child. One parents wears glasses and has a supportive arm over the other's shoulder; the other has a high ponytail and folded arms. On the floor in front of the child is a hammer and several nails, most of which are haphazardly driven into the floor. The ponytail parent says, "The Parental League hereby informs you that sanctions on your behavior will begin with a TV embargo and may escalate to suspension of financial aid." The child, frustrated, says, "This paternalistic attitude is... oh, right."

(This is more of a re-run than a remake (though I added a little detail and cleaned up a couple errant lines from the original), but listen. I had to keep Glasses Dad as-is. I can't explain it but maybe you will understand.)

2023-01-26

Office Bird goes home

NB: An earlier draft made it clear that Office Bird is visiting a sibling and niblings back home, not their own neglected children and partner. But there was so much to squeeze into the square that the final version ended up leaving it open to your interpretation.

2022-11-24

Small talk

'Inaudible' wouldn't be going too far.

2022-09-18

Withholding hand

I needed to practice drawing hands, you see, and then suddenly there it was: the closest I've come to being proud of a thing in a very long time. (I shouldn't have to say it, but this one is certainly not autobiographical. I have high-fived my dad and will probably do it again. Also, we look much stranger than these creatures.)

2022-07-08

When you assume

Yup, that's exactly what we say.

2022-06-10

A powerful appetite

It's my fault for not being specific enough.

2022-04-30

Expectations

2022-04-27

Change the things I can

Names have been changed to protect the identities of paintings of great uncles.

2022-02-24

Parenting evaluation

Today's comic is something I actually said to the Crustacean Baby. My wife keeps a list of things she overhears me say to him, and she just posted the second installment today. Read the rest of them at https://twitter.com/sharahmeservy/status/1496891272165920769