The Toad Who Fell In A Hole
There once was this Toad, who went for a walk. Along the way, the Toad fell into a hole in the ground. It was a pretty big hole, not too bad, kind of...
Animated Short: "Look" (Gertrude by Trimmo)
(Also! SF East Bay people: I will be at the Livermore Comic Con on Saturday June 27th, come hang out and draw on the table! Also I will be doing an author...
The Leftover Plastic Cups
Sloth and Manatee Get Sloth and Manatee Books at Radiator Comics!! “Hm, what are these plastic cups from?” asked Bunny. “I don’t know, maybe they are from a...
On the Power of Like Three Second-Graders
A quick announcement: Chapter 510 in Oakland, the writing center where I illustrate and make poetry with kids and am sometimes a Grumpy Prime Minister, is...
On Seeing the Sunset Three Times
A reminder to get all your comics at Radiator Comics, including all three Sloth and Manatee books, yes yes! Tell friends! And thank you to everyone who has...
On Subject Lines for Emails
Sloth and Manatee Okay before we start, I have to thank Radiator Comics for agreeing to distribute all three Sloth and Manatee books, please share this fact...
On Downhill Skiing
A thing I do not know how to do Sloth and Manatee Sometimes life resembles the downhill skiing events in the Olympics. There’s this big hill, and there’s...
On This Plus That (plus a new Animation)
Sloth and Manatee At the Chapter 510 writing center in Oakland, we do story writing field trips. Before we get started, we talk about “compromise.” The way...
On Faraway Songs
Sloth and Manatee It’s interesting that we talk about things as being “far” in terms of space, like when we send people around the back of the Moon that is...
On Being an Art Teacher
Sloth and Manatee Sloth and Manatee Page So, I don’t think I really am exactly an art teacher? I teach, and there’s art, but I think as compared to more...
On Looking At Glass
Sloth and Manatee I made this letter for you while looking at a piece of glass, and you probably get to read it by looking at another piece of glass. The...
On The Good Stuff
Sloth and Manatee These days we have lots of People Who Stand To Profit whispering in our ear that we don’t have to wait, we can just get Answers from our...
On Gardening
Sloth and Manatee I was recently reminded of this by a friend who posted a page from Frog and Toad: If you read this funny little letter chances are that you...
Sometimes You Are Just Going Along
Bit of an update - we’ve reworked the schedule for the Sketchbooks and Stories class at Richmond Art Center to accommodate folks better- four Thursday nights...
On The Fish of Infinitude
Sloth and Manatee When my kids were small they had this toy that was made up of two parts: a clear box full of little flakes of metal stuff, and then a big...
On Faraway Animals
Reminder: I am teaching a class in messing about in sketchbooks and telling stories at Richmond Art Center on Thursday nights starting later in March! It...
On Wrongness (Wrong-itude?)
Reminder: I am teaching a class in messing about in sketchbooks and telling stories at Richmond Art Center on Thursday nights starting later in March! It...
On How You Do What You Are Doing
Sloth and Manatee OK a little something different because this happened early one morning this week: The majority of figuring out what you are doing, whether...
On Mud
First: A friend in Minneapolis is coordinating groceries and other needs for about 50 families who are stuck in their homes, no internet no phones, too...
On Toast - plus exciting news!
Sloth and Manatee I have this piece of toast. I mean- you probably have a piece of toast also, but mine is over ten years old. I think it’s twelve, now. I...
