If you’ve gotten fan mail back, it’s my fault. I failed to keep my PO box paid up, and I know some people got mail back. I’m really sorry! Feel free to send stuff along to the new address: Dana Simpson PO Box 6347 Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6347 Again, I’m really sorry for the inconvenience! […]
So the Today Show had Amazon.com list some summer reading books for young reluctant readers. I’m #8! I’m almost more excited that Breaking Cat News, by my friend Georgia Dunn, is #2. Go Georgia! Go kitties! Read more →
It had been a little while since I actually won an award, though I’ve been nominated a few times. This time, kids did the voting! Phoebe was voted “Bravest Hero” (For The Magic Storm) at the Kids’ Comics Awards, at the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival. (Which, by the way, I should attend some time. […]
I’ll be returning to C&P Coffee Co. in West Seattle, for Words West Literary’s kids’ night. I’ll be reading some selections from various “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” books. It’ll be me and Suzanne Selfors. Last time it was fun! Starts at 6. Read more →
One child, anyway. A little girl named Katy, in Massachussetts. She wrote a letter to her local paper, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, asking them to please pick up ‘Phoebe and Her Unicorn.’ Not only did they, but they let her ask me some interview questions. And she really nailed it. Read about it here! […]
Did you catch the reveal of Max’s parents in this week’s strips? I’ve actually known all along that Max has lesbian parents. I’ve been waiting for years for it to come up organically. And it actually did in the forthcoming Phoebe and Her Unicorn In: The Magic Storm, which is due out in October. So […]
SLJ’s Brigid Alverson interviewed me for a great article about LGBTQ representation in comics. I’m quoted in the article, but I said a lot more, and apparently it was interesting enough that she also published the whole interview. Read more →
Due to my rather sleep-deprived state at the time, I once called my male best friend by my girlfriend’s name. He gave me this really weird, kind of disturbed look, and then promptly forgot about it by the next time I saw him.
And yet, for some stupid reason, it’s haunted me ever since.
Wow. I feel the same way sometimes.
I once called my female teacher “mother”. It’s haunted me ever since.
I once called my teacher “mom”, but then, she was.
oh thats convinient?….
Due to my rather sleep-deprived state at the time, I once called my male best friend by my girlfriend’s name. He gave me this really weird, kind of disturbed look, and then promptly forgot about it by the next time I saw him.
And yet, for some stupid reason, it’s haunted me ever since.
This happens to me with a bunch of things ._. Good to know I’m not alone, at least.
A pro at what? Does someone pay Millie to have embaressing secrets?
I am haunted by stupid things I have done too.
I reserve that for things I have done that inadvertantly hurt others. I remember them so I can try never to do them again!