Dailies for your Friday! (Patreon)

Happy Friday, folks!

Remember how we had that economic blackout day a week ago? I felt it would be more meaningful to spend cash in my tiny town, so I went over to my pal Mary's shop Dogwood General (the one with the GOOD CARAMELS). She always has just what I need.

I updated my organized-by-height garden diagram accordingly.

(Can you tell I like orange? I like orange.)

Here's the original art if you want it! (Remember the half-off code at the bottom of this post!)

Saturday I joined my dear friend in Harper's Ferry for baby's first protest:

Despite keeping to the edge of the crowd, not wanting to be the center of attention, Luke foretold that somehow we'd end up in the newspaper, and he was right. The upside-down flag caught a LOT of eyes, including the photographer for The Journal. (I gave a few very awkward quotes, which he printed even though I encouraged the reporter to prioritize the gal next to me, who had actual NPS ties. I think they wanted to point out that this wasn't just the usual suspects, and new people were showing up for protests now.)

I was pretty happy with how my sign came out, considering the timeframe! The paint was still wet when I pulled it out of the car.

Smokey's actually RIPPED but he only shows it off when he's pissed off.

For those who don't know, the federal employees who were fired thanks to Musk's "doge" were told they were being fired for "poor performance," even if the employee had outstanding performance records. What's going on is actually criminal.

BUT! You already know that, and you aren't here to think about US news, so here's another comic that's still related to the news but at least a little bit funnier:

Traveling home at night in slush using only my arms and a plastic sled. My brain really knows how to illustrate an emotion!

(From that dream I was transported to the middle of the Arctic Ocean surrounded by glaciers breaking apart during a nonsensical tidal wave. BRAIN, I GET IT. Lay off.)

Here's the original, for all my fellow panic-dreamers!

At Art Night last Monday we talked about BANANAS.

A totally normal thing to discuss without context for out-of-the-loop members, right?

Wednesday morning was SO beautiful. UNTIL...

Ollie was nowhere to be seen. 👀

Here's the original! I'll spare you the photo I took of the tail. 😬

Pip would make a great moon.

Here's the original if you need more Pip in your life! Remember to type in DAILYSMILE50 at checkout for your well-deserved 50% off!

And that's it for now. I'm still plucking away on the long-form gender-related dailies I started a couple weeks ago. For now it's just been a nice release that feels a bit like a journal entry.

By the way, if you're still in the market for a copy of the GWS Compendium, I've been sneaking very old GWS prints into each book order! Plus a coloring book, one of these super-old GWS stickers...

... and, as always, free bookplates for Patreon patrons. :) Just tell me your bookplate preferences at checkout and mention you're a patron.

If you order a set of books and you'd like a particular item or character from this pile, feel free to make requests!

I just added the buttons after unearthing them from a 17-year-old pile of old merch!

And international customers, I was wrong - you CAN buy the GWS Compendium from Iron Circus still! It's still expensive to ship, but they're better equipped so ship overseas than I am. (And if you buy a copy from them, hit me up - I'll send you bookplates separately, free of charge.)

Okay I think that's it. I hope you have a very Sunzilla weekend, and not a Disembodied Squirrel Tail one!