Sometimes we mean things quite literally. No matter what your thoughts are on EDM chances are Avicii found his way into your life one way or another. Elle Hunt for the Guardian put it well. “In 2011, whether you were drinking cheap wine out of a mug in someone’s room, or amid a heaving mass…
Hi guys! I’m back! Well, for this comic at least. I don’t know if anyone has noticed my long silence but Izak has given me a break from drawing the comic for a while so that I can work on my mental health. I’ve written about depression before so I won’t go into any details…
It doesn’t matter how earnest you might be, you can’t force someone to feel the same way about you. 13 years ago I played Maplestory. Doing the maths now I must have been 14-15, but I remember acting like a 12 year old while enjoying a solid ADSL connection while eating and drinking an insane amount…
Is that comforting or terrifying? Honestly, I can’t really decide myself. This strip was partly inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, that most beautiful of all apocalypse stories. It’s pretty damned likely that humans will be in this position sooner or later, given our short-sighted approach to species survival. We really only have one shot…
Don’t be that person going chips all in when the other person is just keeping you around for emotional convenience. I drew this last night and shit, it’s the first time in a while I’ve let the deadline to draw the strip sneak up on me. I’m getting into a busy streak for the next…
I’m back! Becky and I were on Waiheke for our annual anniversary. There are rumours of wild anniversaries that aren’t in fact annual such as the One Week anniversary teenagers celebrate. Commitment for one week may as well be a lifetime when you’ve lived less than two decades. There are odd numbered anniversaries as well…
I want to know more about the world that these people (and those in the previous strip) live in: a pastel coloured alpine country where people are really frank about their emotions. It’s definitely taken inspiration from Izak’s Blobby World but with the more realistic art style, the last two comics have also shifted in…
This is roughly based on an old strip that Izak had done up years ago, but as the art evolved, the script ended up shifting to match the mood. I really like the soft/rich colour scheme that’s going on in this strip – we’ve got another coming out on Friday that has the same style,…
Izak and Becky are off and away on their anniversary so I’m manning whatever fort there is at IZS HQ. Izak got a bunch of strips done before he headed off though, so fear not: your funnies and/or existential crises will still be coming out twice a week as per usual. Izak’s alt text for…
Was the stripper in a cake concept ever really a thing? Or did it only happen one time and then spread as this legendary surprise, forever gag material for the New Yorker. In freelance world I’ve been working on art for a kids book. No strippers getting torn in half by birthday cakes in that…