Ozy and Millie
Wisdom for short attention spans.
Over at my home station:
- So I screwed up my PO box December 12, 2018If 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! […]Dana Simpson
- The unicorn of Today July 9, 2018So 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 →Dana Simpson
- I won something! July 8, 2018It 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. […]Dana Simpson
- I’ll be in Spokane July 8, 2018At Auntie’s Bookstore, this Friday (the 13th) at 6. Washington, I wish I knew how to quit you. Read more →Dana Simpson
- Wednesday in West Seattle June 19, 2018I’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 →Dana Simpson
- I am interviewed by children December 1, 2017One 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! […]Dana Simpson
- The Big Sparkly Box of Unicorn Magic October 19, 2017This week has been Magic Storm week, but next week, the first four books are coming out as a boxed set! Read more →Dana Simpson
- Happy Magic Storm release day! October 17, 2017The new book, which is the first one written as a standalone graphic novel, is here! Read more →Dana Simpson
- The gay unicorn agenda July 26, 2017Did 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 […]Dana Simpson
- School Library Journal June 28, 2017SLJ’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 →Dana Simpson
What do you call that grammar error Avery made? I was never one for terminology.
The “and” replacing a “to”, you mean? I don’t know either.
Hey, he’s already getting a head start.
He might be listing two things he is going to do…go down to the show, then humiliate himself.
To my mind, it isn’t a grammatical error, it’s a verbal shorthand — not for “to” since the humiliation is not something he wants to do — rather, he’ll put up with it. The full sentence would be something like, “I’m going down to that show and get myself on air even if I do have to humiliate myself to achieve that.” But he’s already *said* all that in the middle panel! Why repeat himself? And the words inside the balloon are spoken, even though we have to read to “hear” them — rules are laxer for verbal than for written.