squid arms

sigh

2011-06-22T13:09:00.002-04:00

so awhile back my computer blue-screened and i have yet to probe its guts. with it went my ~~pirated~~ beloved photoshop, so i've been unable to draw anything resembling awesome. tried downloading some freeware today to comic with, but...

anyone got any advice/solutions?

my roommate ben.

2010-10-25T22:39:00.001-04:00

he really is like this. and famously tall.

noogie time

2010-10-23T10:10:00.001-04:00

yeah uh

2010-09-06T12:31:00.001-04:00

but you knew i wasn't reliable when you married me

breaking news: i hate someone

2010-06-23T14:03:00.002-04:00

we take a break from what you missed to bring you something current:

what you missed: december

2010-06-21T12:01:00.001-04:00

what you missed: november

2010-06-18T12:01:00.006-04:00

so, like, after my challenging class got used to one teacher, she decided to leave. (did i mention they were a challenging class?) this threw us into a bit of confusion. (read: fucking nightmare)

and do i smell cigarettes on your clothes?

2010-06-17T14:30:00.002-04:00

co-starring matt, from spinadoo comics, one of my earliest supporters.

drink will flow and blood will spill

2010-06-16T20:24:00.001-04:00

more to come. i'm back.

happy new year to you too

2010-01-15T17:31:00.002-05:00

dear internet moms,

hi guess what

i'm not dead - or sick

i'm just busier than i've ever been in my life

also i have no internet

i still love you

i'll write more, i swear

in fact i'll even write a comic about how busy i am

sorry for being useless

and thank you

love

lauren

p.s. happy 1st birthday squidarms

i kinda can't wait for halloween

2009-10-16T12:01:00.000-04:00

sorry for the late comic

2009-10-14T22:00:00.001-04:00

oh yeah and then i had to go to the conference on top of all this bullshit

hey i think someone stole my password...

2009-10-12T12:01:00.001-04:00

i'm enjoying a four-day weekend

2009-10-09T12:00:00.000-04:00

i think you gave me an acid flashback

2009-10-07T12:01:00.000-04:00

porchlight zine

2009-10-05T16:44:00.004-04:00

sorry about the delay today. busy weekend, etc. no comic. :(

oh, just kidding. go here to download porchlight zine, where one of my comics just got published. haaaaay

also amazing: zombie dinosaurs

2009-10-02T12:01:00.001-04:00

oh duh of course

2009-09-30T12:01:00.001-04:00

sorry about the triple post monday. blogger troubles.

another character appears

2009-09-28T12:01:00.004-04:00

apparently i made brenda talk like southern white trash rather that boston white trash. patrick informs me that she should have said something like "fuckin' 'omo" but i like her better southern.

FUCKING FINALLY

2009-09-26T12:31:00.003-04:00

new roommate! new job (still in pre-k)! new haircut!

sorry for the adjustment period. life got in the way. HOWEVER! i'm back now. to stay.

golly's revenge, part III: the gollying

2009-07-01T21:36:00.004-04:00

it's really hard teaching kids during the summer when it's hot and they don't wanna be there and you don't wanna be there and you come home and your goddamn computer is staring you in the face saying "draw on me bitch" so you pretty much just hit the bottle and tell the internet to fuck off unless you wanna watch bollywood movies

p.s. yeah, i know mom's grey hairs have mysteriously disappeared, and the white of her skirt is gone in panel 6, but i'll fix it. i was tired.

golly's revenge, part II: electric boogaloo

2009-06-10T12:01:00.001-04:00

the top panel comes from a discussion i had with some friends a while back about the afterlife: keep your religious and scientific beliefs to yourself. i personally believe that after death comes color bars.

golly's revenge, part I

2009-06-08T12:01:00.000-04:00

this should explain what happened to me last week.

except that it's not at all what happened.

squirrels to come

2009-05-27T12:01:00.001-04:00

by the by, a hearty thanks to my first donor. you know who you are, and your money will be spent as specified. :D

can't seem to get rid of the arm flub though

2009-05-25T12:01:00.000-04:00

school is out but i'm teaching summer school so i have to plan for that and i'm cleaning the house because i haven't in weeks and also golly tried to kill me a bird but i wouldn't let her and so i had to take care of it for a couple of days and oh yeah and i have an ant problem and i can't leave a morsel of food out for more than two and a half minutes without a swarm of ants descending and

*passes out*

this didn't actually happen

2009-05-22T12:01:00.001-04:00

guest comic by happy pee pee head

2009-05-20T12:01:00.000-04:00

thanks john-paul georgeringo. your comic is one of the best-kept little secrets of the internet.

i made some cute thangs outta t-shirts too

2009-05-18T12:01:00.001-04:00

thanks for putting up with me, carter.

phoning it in

2009-05-15T12:01:00.000-04:00

got paid for a painting yesterday and took a couple friends out to dinner. we took a chance on this place based solely on its name - cozy yum yum - and it ended up being one of the top five meals i've ever had in my life. then we caught the movie "the fountain" on cable, which is one of my top five movies.

see, this could have easily been a comic, but school's almost over and i'm phoning this puppy in.

to understand the "a bloo bloo" reference, see here.

i am a barrel of fun

2009-05-13T12:01:00.001-04:00

oh and i also knitted a lot

2009-05-11T17:48:00.001-04:00

guest starring jess

bonus saturday post

2009-05-09T13:20:00.003-04:00

so yesterday, right after i posted my gross comic, guess who waltzes into my studio with a fucking chipmunk in her mouth?

three guesses, first two don't count.

(un?)luckily, he was still alive, and it looked like she only got him really good under his left eye. since i have a trained cat (yes i effin do) i snapped my fingers a couple of times like cesar millan and she dropped it. he was still too scared to move, so i got to pick him up, thus finally realizing my lifelong dream of holding a chipmunk.

dear diary...

he was still freaked out when i put him in the tree, but he calmed down eventually, at least enough to remember that he should get and stay the hell away from this house.

pictured here: a frozen chipmunk

i turned to apologize to golly, knowing that it was merely her barncat mouser nature to want to provide for me, her helpless kitten, but it was too late.

somebody's pissed.

my screams are the screams of the damned

2009-05-08T15:45:00.002-04:00

sorry for the late comic, all you 11 readers.

g's up ho's down while you motherfuckers bounce to this

2009-05-06T12:01:00.002-04:00

"gin and juice", from the new compliation "songs to end abrubtly upon discovering a dead mole".

oh yeah hey and it's my little brother's birthday. happy 22nd, mister binky boo.

an oversimplification

2009-05-04T12:01:00.001-04:00

but it's pretty much true

shut up shut up shut up

2009-05-01T12:01:00.001-04:00

i am totally fucking done with this week and month. hello may, let's hope you bring me a paycheck that i can do something with besides eat ramen.

in other news, i have officially posted the lamest 50th comic ever. except for those "obama the socialist muslim" stick figure comics somewhere on bill o'reilly's geocities page.

achewood mini-tribute

2009-04-29T12:01:00.002-04:00

ever since i saw this achewood episode, the "yelled at" singsongy dancey thing has become part of me. i use it whenever i can. i may use it again in a comic someday. be prepared.

expect lazy comics this week and maybe next: i've been making logos and pictures for different websites, selling paintings, calling people, planning small group and afterschool lessons, doing full-on literacy assessments of all my students, working on zines, and for some reason i just started knitting my first sweater. y'know, with all that spare time i have.

this is a real band

2009-04-27T12:01:00.000-04:00

they're an all-girl punk band. with dancers. and songs like "slutty ballerina" and "your wedding's fucking boring."

i drew this for them since i have nothing better to do with my wasted life than draw barfing circus peanuts.

if you were here you'd have coffee by now

2009-04-24T12:01:00.000-04:00

what a bitch

2009-04-22T12:01:00.002-04:00

i'm still trying to get the size of these things just right. formatting's not my forte.

super amazing monday comic

2009-04-20T12:01:00.001-04:00

y'all don't forget to check out culturecrisis since he fixed his scanner and is updating basically every day with his radass artwork

i should have saved this comic for november

2009-04-17T12:01:00.001-04:00

they fill you up unexpectedly

2009-04-15T12:01:00.001-04:00

it's true if you think about it

2009-04-13T12:01:00.000-04:00

i kinda want this to be how i make my living

2009-04-10T12:01:00.000-04:00

what to do when you randomly see one of your exes

2009-04-08T12:01:00.003-04:00

is it because i was raised with a survivalist mindset?

2009-04-06T12:01:00.002-04:00

i've got a fan

2009-04-03T12:01:00.000-04:00

i come from a long line of gullible british islanders

2009-04-01T12:01:00.002-04:00

why do i feel fat & pimply?

2009-03-30T12:01:00.002-04:00

it's a fuck you monday

they look nothing alike

2009-03-27T12:01:00.003-04:00

and he actually liked it!

sketchbook

2009-03-25T12:01:00.000-04:00

we'll miss you

2009-03-23T12:01:00.000-04:00

one day this will be my job

2009-03-20T12:38:00.000-04:00

the cycle of abuse

2009-03-18T12:10:00.000-04:00

patent pending

2009-03-16T12:01:00.000-04:00

yes she does

2009-03-13T11:03:00.001-04:00

brie and bread

2009-03-11T10:43:00.002-04:00

my escape plan

2009-03-09T11:59:00.000-04:00

out of the sketch folder

2009-03-06T10:31:00.000-05:00

this one's for hannah

2009-03-04T10:33:00.000-05:00

true life cat stories

2009-03-02T10:29:00.000-05:00

party pooper

2009-02-27T09:50:00.000-05:00

the snot-ometer

2009-02-23T18:46:00.001-05:00

you just wanna squeeze it

2009-02-13T18:58:00.000-05:00

i will probably get all of these at some point

2009-02-11T18:34:00.001-05:00

to make up for my deplorable lack of comics last week

2009-02-09T21:28:00.002-05:00

i've been sick since wednesday

2009-02-07T15:43:00.002-05:00

fifteen years ago comix

2009-02-02T17:39:00.001-05:00

i need an off day

2009-01-30T12:02:00.003-05:00

early comic today.

i had professional learning last night after teaching school

2009-01-29T18:55:00.001-05:00

oh yeah, don't forget, my day job is a teacher

2009-01-28T19:15:00.002-05:00

it's easy - just act excited

2009-01-27T17:25:00.001-05:00

the most scientific way to tell if your dude is a gentleman

2009-01-26T17:26:00.004-05:00

if you try to say "bading" as a one-syllable word, you will pretty much have the sound effect right

2009-01-23T17:19:00.003-05:00

it's a fuck you friday

this actually happened

2009-01-22T18:06:00.002-05:00

fair and balanced

2009-01-21T20:02:00.003-05:00

what i did today

2009-01-21T19:58:00.001-05:00

i have found this diagram to be accurate

2009-01-15T20:46:00.001-05:00

i'm trying to purl

2009-01-12T20:45:00.001-05:00

it was a blustery day

2009-01-07T20:59:00.002-05:00

if you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it

2009-01-05T20:43:00.002-05:00

lauren reviews!

2009-01-04T15:46:00.002-05:00

now, i have a tablet.

2009-01-03T12:48:00.003-05:00

your little girl is a full-grown woman today, for this morning, god gave her a special gift.

by god, i mean some dude on ebay. and by special gift, i mean a wacom graphire tablet. that i bought.

this blog will now become something more, something important. the hero that gotham needs right now.

ladies and gentlemen, i present to you: Squid Arms, the Comic. blog.