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Que Sera Sera? Oh no!

How I want to be: Que sera sera. (Image shows a woman shrugging.)

How I am: Que serAAAAA!!!!! (Image shows a woman screaming and running.)

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April 30, 2021 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: anxiety, autobiocomic, collage, diary comic, humor, illustration, upcycled art, web comic Leave a comment

That Song

Illustration of me saying "AAAAAAAUUUUURGH! Stop. Singing. That. Song!"

Illustration labeled "my brain", saying "no." with hearts.

April 21, 2021 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: humor, illustration, song stuck in my head, tiny diary comic 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: Every Day So Far

Cat: You're home! It's dinner time!

me: No, Bubba. It's 8AM.

Cat: You're home! It's dinner time!

me: No, Bubba. It's 90:30 AM.

Cat: You're home! It's dinner time!

Me: No, Bubba. Not yet.

Cat: YOU'RE HOME! IT'S DINNER TIME!

Me: No, Bubba.

Cat: You're home! It's DINNER TIME!

Me: It's just 3:30, Bubs!

Cat: YOU'RE HOME

Me, running away

April 5, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: auto bio comic, covid-19 isolation, cut paper, diary comic, humor, illustration, webcomic Leave a comment

Rewatching Pride & Prejudice

Mr Darcy looks at Elizabeth Bennet and thinks "I don't understand. Why doesn't she like me?"

Mr Darcy, "I stare at her ALL THE TIME."

We started rewatching the old BBC miniseries of Pride and Prejudice this week with the kid. So far, she loathes Mr. Darcy, but is highly amused by the awkwardness of Mr. Collins.

April 2, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: humor, jane Austen, mr darcy, pride and prejudice, rewatch, webcomic 1 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

Working from Home, part 1

Illustration of me on the phone with IT My chatty cat thinks I'm talking to HIM.

Me, on phone: I tried that, but it says INVALID USER.

Cat: Hello?

Me, on phone: Sorry, this is taking forever to download. I think my kid is watching Netflix.

Cat: I AM DOWN HERE!

Still on the phone, the cat yowling over everything: I SAID I'M DOWN HERE!

My chatty cat does not understand phone conversations.

March 24, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: cat comic, cut paper, humor, sequential art, webcomic, wfh, work from home comic Leave a comment

What a Week

Me, coming home from work every day this week: lying facedown on the floor

The cat peeks out from the corner

The cat approaches curiously

The cat sits on my head, purring

March 19, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: auto bio comic, covid-19, exhaustion, hard week, humor, illustration, webcomic, work 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

Norman Disagrees

Norman the cat scratches at an ottoman. Out of panel, a voice yells "NORMAN!"

Norman pauses. I say: No, Norman. No!

Norman thinks.

Norman returns to his scratching thinking: Norman says yes.

March 10, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: cats, collage illustration, cut paper, humor, illustration, tiny art, tiny comic, webcomic Leave a comment

Introducing Pepper!

We got a pet hamster! Her name is Pepper. She has pockets!

Everyone loves her! Illustration of family loving the hamster. The cat is small and blurry in the distance.

Close-up of cat.

Closer close-up of cat.

Extreme close-up of cat with MURDER in his eyes.

March 8, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: cat comic, collage, cut paper, hamster, humor, pets, webcomic 2 Comments

Smol Frogs

I love the frogs in the pond behind my house.

I keep trying to draw them, but they never look cute.

Illustration of my trying to draw frogs and failing. "Why can't I do this?!"

Me to badly drawn frog: I'm so sorry! Please don't be mad.

Frog: We're not mad.

Two badly drawn frogs: "...just disappointed."

March 5, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: cut paper, drawing, frogs, humor, illustration, sequential art, trying and failing, webcomic Leave a comment

Livin’ the Dream

I was having trouble concentrating during the meeting

Because out the window, just over my boss's shoulder, there was a crow circling

And when it landed, I would see that it was carrying a whole sandwich.

Me, thinking: livin' the dream...

February 5, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: collage, comic, crow, diary comic, humor, illustration, lucky, paper art, sequential art, tiny comic, work Leave a comment

Afoot

Me, coming home from work: HONEY! I'm hooooooooooome!

Mike: Welcome home! Just a heads up, the neighbor girl is afoot.

Neighbor girl, yelling: A FOOT?? A FOOT?!! I'VE NEVER BEEN SO INSULTED IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE!!!

SLAM!

Daughter: DADDY!!

Mike looks alarmed/surprised.

February 3, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: afoot, autobio comic, collage, comic, diary comic, humor, paper art Leave a comment

Taste of Victory

I left the fridge door open while I prepared my cup of coffee this morning.

Seizing the opportunity, the cat raced over and bit into the first thing he saw, which was a head of cabbage.

He didn't care for the cabbage, but he did seem to relish the experience as a whole.

Cat: I have tasted of the box of plenty! *purr* *purr*

January 28, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: cat, comic, funny, humor, illustration, paper art, sequential art, webcomic 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

Stay Hydrated, Bookworms

Illustration of woman ryingover book.

Woman dry sobs

Woman chugs a sports drink

Woman resumes crying over book.

January 21, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: am reading, bookworm, comic, diary comic, humor, reader, shelflife, tiny art Leave a comment

Lucid Dreaming

Whoa! I'm floating!

Usually this only happens to me in dreams...

...but now it's happening to me in really life! FINALLY! (The woman's hair has turned green. She is holding a floating rabbit on a string. Her daughter has turned into a houseplant and is asking to go to the park.)

Image of search bar with the words: lucid dreaming too dumb??

January 20, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: collage, comic, diary comic, dreaming, humor, illustrations, lucid dreaming, paper art, tiny comic Leave a comment

Symptoms

I have the hiccups!

My tooth! Is wiggly!

Gasp! My temperature is a degree lower than it was yesterday! (97.9 degrees)

Oh gawd is this a head cold?

January 17, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: comic, head cold, humor, kids, sequential art, sick day, webcomic Leave a comment

Lil’ Bob Dylan

Toddler singing in the backseat: These mushrooms are glorious and special. We should take them from outside. Maybe we should go to Boston and find a rainbow? Hey, maybe these mushrooms that we've never seen before. Hey, we can do it and this is the end?

Every toddler singing tunelessly to themselves in the backseat sounds just like Bob Dylan.

Or Bob Dylan sounds just like them.

January 16, 2020March 9, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: bob dylan, collage, comic, humor, illustration, paper art, parenting, sequential art, singing, toddlers Leave a 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

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

Good night

Every bedtime since she could talk, my daughter has said these three things:

"Dood night! I wuv you! I wish I would stop going to bed!"

It's been seven years of "Good night! I love you! I wish I would stop going to bed!"

It always made me laugh. But last night I realized she didn't say it. And that she hadn't said it in a while.

Good night. I love you. I would I would stop hurtling forward through time.

January 5, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: autobiocomic, bedtime, comic, diary comic, growing pains, humor, parenting, webcomic Leave a comment

Mouse in the House

There is a mouse in the house.

I have tried everything to keep it out. But I keeps coming back in.

It makes me so angry, I just want to murder it.

Woman worker at hardware store: We actually have a really large selection of poisons in aisle 7. Me: omg, no! I don't want to MURDER murder it!

Hyperbole can be so dangerous!

(Please don’t give me mouse solutions. I already have a mouse solution. I’m planning on stuffing a cat in every crevice. Thank you.)

January 4, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: cut paper, diary comic, humor, illustration, mouse, sequential art, webcomic, women who draw Leave a comment

Happy New Ear!

Woman to little girl: Happy new year! Little girl: Happy new ear!

Woman looks puzzled. Little girl: I hope I get little pointy dog ears!

Illustration of delighted girl with pointy dog ears.

I hope you get earything you desire this year.

January 1, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: autobiocomic, autobiographical comic, cut paper, happy new year, humor, illustration, new year, sequential art, tiny art, webcomic Leave a comment

vegetarian midlife crisis what

Is this related to the freezer fish thing?

For as long as I've know Mike, he's been a vegetarian.

But lately he's been saying things like "I think I want to go hunting."

and "If I killed a goose, would you eat it?"

Search bar with the words: pod person how to know

Search bar with the words: vegetarian midlife crisis what

Search bar with the word: what??!

Goose leaning into image frame saying "whut."

December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: comic, cut paper, goose, humor, hunting, illustration, sequential art, vegetarian, webcomic Leave a comment

Can’t Write

I have loads of free time at the moment. I wish I could write. But I can't. (Illustration of a tiny woman skipping on text on lined paper.)

I'm just a cookie now. (Illustration of a woman who has turned into a giant chocolate chip cookie.)

December 27, 2019March 9, 2020 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: amwriting, comic, cookie, holiday baking, holidays, humor, illustration, sequential art, vacation, webcomic, writing Leave a comment

Me as a Vampire

me as a vampire

"ooo um actually, do you have any carbonated blood?"

December 23, 2019 by Nicole Smeltzer Tags: humor, seltzer, sequential art, vampire, webcomic Leave a comment

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