Crustacean Singles: 2017

2017-12-31

Unresolved

This comic first appeared as "The truth about goals" on 22 January 2017.

2017-12-30

Curse containment

This comic originally appeared as "Curses contained" on 12 November 2016.

2017-12-29

2017-12-28

2017-12-27

2017-12-26

Truly a tree for all seasons

(This is a revised version of "A tree for all seasons", posted 25 December 2016)

2017-12-25

The gift of the present

(This is a remake of a comic first posted on 29 January, 2015)

2017-12-24

Monstrous angst during the holiday season

This is a revision of "The season makes monsters of us all", first posted on 5 December, 2015.

2017-12-23

A mutual gift

This is a remake of "That precious gift", which first appeared on 1 December, 2015.

2017-12-22

Season's greetings from the depths, part II

This a sequel to "Season's greetings from the depths" (24 December, 2016). It turns out that even great carols tend to get old pretty quick.

My then-fiancée/now-wife Sharah came up with a brilliant list of Fishmas carols for me, but my artistic abilities weren't up the task of illustrating most of them:

My drawing skills are still not worthy of her genius, but that didn't stop us from coming up with even more Fishmas carol ideas this year:

We Three King Crabs
A Whale in a Manger / A Ray in a Manger
Shark! Hear the Bells
Little Drummer Koi
Starfish of the East
O Holy Pike
I'm dreaming of a bite Fishmas, by Bing Jawsby (a shark)
As shepherds watch their haddock by night
Let it glow, by an anglerfish
I Wonder as I Flounder
It Came a Prawn a Midnight Clear
Ding Dugong Manatee on High
O Squiddle Town of Bethlehem
O Fishmas Reef
Bring Trout, Wild Bells

Maybe someday I'll be able to give some of these the illustrations they deserve. Or maybe some of you, dear readers, would like to give it a try?

2017-12-21

The reason for our brief season

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2017-12-08

All you get for christmas is me

2017-12-07

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2017-12-04

re: Meta excuses

A week ago today, I made a comic about the difficulty of reaching out to someone you care about but have lost touch with.

I've read what thousands of strangers have written as they shared it with their own friends and loved ones, and I wanted to collect it all into one big composite, a sort of crowd-sourced message of love and compassion.
Today, I made that message into a comic as well.

The universality of human experience

The above comic is a remake of this one from 2015.

In addition to the much-improved presentation and legibility, I've sharpened the wording.

Someday, I hope to do the same for more of these older comics.

2017-12-03

Sisyphean sessility

2017-12-02

Consumer behaviors

2017-12-01

The spruce's suggestion

2017-11-30

Great ideas coming out the nose

2017-11-29

In which the Floating Head of Salvador Dalí perplexes an octopus

This morning's doodle, brought to you by bad camera phone scan quality and lack of a clearly defined joke.
Which, now that I think of it, used to describe everything on this comic.

2017-11-28

Measurable effects

2017-11-27

Meta-excuses

Great news! By popular request, you can now buy this comic as a greeting card.* Click here.

*I'll add some details in the comments below.

2017-11-26

A hair-care product for a niche market

2017-11-25

The captain's catchphrase

The captain had hoped for uproarious laughter, greater camaraderie, an increase in morale. The ensuing disappointment put him in a foul mood that not even Hairy Pete the dancing monkey could brighten.