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COVID-19 Isolation: Day 28

Me, holding a large stick.

Daughter: NO, you can't use THAT stick to build the trellis! That's Jimmy!!

I stare blankly at her.

Daughter: JIMMY THE STICK!

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April 13, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: covid isolation, diary comic, family, isolation diary, sticks, webcomic Leave a comment

Child: I MADE CANDY GLUE!!!

Me: I don't want to know what that means.

April 8, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: covid diary, covid-19 comic, covid-19 isolation, diary comic, family, humor, webcomic Leave a comment

COVID-19 Isolation By Day

Day 8: Gif illustration of my daughter running around with a bag over her head.

Day 13: Illustration of me asking my reluctant family "Who wants to cut my hair?!"

Day 15: Mike yelling out the window "HEY! Get outta here! That's not for you!"

A squirrel stands motionless at the bird feeder.

Mike: Aww. Now I feel bad.

Mike Yells out the window again: It's okay! You can have it!

The squirrel happily stuffs its cheeks with seeds.

March 31, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: covid-19 comic, cut paper, cute, family, funny, humor, illustration, isolation, webcomic Leave a comment

Working from Home, part 2

Illustration of me singing at my desk at home. (I'd Like to Visit the Moon, from Sesame Street)

Daughter: Mommy, do you sing at your desk at your real work?

Me: No, I don't...

Daughter: JUST ONE MORE BONUS OF WORKING FROM HOME!!

March 25, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: cut paper, family, humor, paper illustration, remote work, webcomic, wfh, working from home Leave a comment

The Governor Says Social Distancing

Me to daughter: Sorry, honey. The governor says no more playdates or slumber parties.

Daughter: HE DIDN'T REALLY SAY THAT! DON'T LIE, MOMMY! Me, showing phone: He did! Look!

Headline on phone: GOVERNOR REALLY SAID THAT

Daughter, shouting to the heavens: WHO EVEN IS THIS GUY?

March 18, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: autobiography comic, covid-19, family, humor, illustration, social distancing, webcomic Leave a comment

Dedicated to the One I Love

We found an old Lennon Sister album on vinyl for $2 at the secondhand store. We took it home and put it on.

And we danced

while our daughter struggled to suppress her gag reflex.

Daughter: UGH, you guys are SO GROSS.

Mike: You know you could go to any other room in the house, right?

Me: Any other room.

January 29, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: auto bio comic, collage, comic, dancing, diary comic, family, illustration, kids, sequential art Leave a comment

Just Feelings

Illustration if father and daughter arguing. Father: Inanimate objects do not have feelings! Daughter: EVERYTHING has feelings!

Father: ...what about the toilet? Daughter: The toilet has Very Big feelings!

Toilet: My feelings are both intense and valid.

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: comic, family, humor, illustration, webcomics 1 Comment

The Plunger

Child: MOMMY! Quick, I need the plunger!

Mom: What??

Child: Don't worry, I just need it to stabilize my fort!

Mom: WHAT??

January 14, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: autobiographical comic, collage, cut paper, diary comic, family, humor, illustration, tiny comic, webcomic Leave a comment

Elememetary

So, what meme did you learn at school today?

I asked my daughter this question one day as a joke and got an earnest answer in reply. Now I ask it every evening at dinnertime.

January 13, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: comic, cut paper, family, funny, illustration, meme, webcomic Leave a comment

Mother knows nothing

Girl: Why aren't you singing? You're just moving your lips.

Mother: I'm lip-syncing

Girl: Mommy, it's called lip-SINGING, not sinking!

Mother: S_Y_N_C, like when two things happen at the same time.

Girl: Sigh... that's called jinxing.

Mother: Ah, when will I learn

😦 I was just trying to lip-jinx Shania Twain in peace

January 8, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: collage, comic, family, humor, illustration, lipsynch, singing, webcomic 1 Comment

Nobody Nose

Illustration of a little girl asking, "Whose nose do I have, yours or my daddy's?

Mother: Hmm, too early to tell. It's starting to look like mine--

Girl: oh, no!

Mother: --but it could still turn out like your father's?

Girl: oh, NO!

Father peeks into an empty frame, looking self-conscious.

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: autobiocomic, collage, diary comic, family, humor, illustration, parenting, webcomic, womenwhodraw Leave a comment

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