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an illustration of a rabbit holding a microphone and doing stand up comedy

Getting sober and drawing rabbits

by Jonah Nink January 23, 2023January 23, 2023

“Since I was a little kid, I’ve been drawing rabbits,” said Whitney Wasson. The Chicago-based comics artist and comedian said that rabbits are cute and easy to draw, which were two ideal qualities for their early childhood doodles. “[The drawing] could be terrible, but as long as you [make] long rabbit ears it reads as […]

an illustration by Megan Kirby of people on a bus looking out the window, each with a word bubble that reads out collectively Look Out More Windows

Inkling

Let us stare out the windows

by Megan Kirby December 16, 2022December 16, 2022

Last month, I had the misfortune of catching the Lunchables bus. Have you seen it yet? The windows and doors are obscured by a full-wrap ad that creates the illusion of a stack of crackers, meat, and cheese moving horizontally along the street. I boarded the Lunchables bus and found my window blocked by a […]

City Life

Home Sweet Alone

by Megan Kirby February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

When I moved into my first studio apartment in 2017, I got obsessed with the 1995 Jewel single “You Were Meant For Me.” In the song, Jewel has recently split with her lover and moved into her own apartment. She’s heartbroken, but she also digs having her own spot. She fries eggs and reads the […]

an art piece with four polaroid photos of artist Tali Halpern dressed in a duck mask surrounded by psychedelic paint

Art Review

A genderqueer Bugs and a very sexy duck

by Micco Caporale January 28, 2022January 28, 2022

Bugs Bunny has a luscious ass. We’ve all seen it—the way he goes from a stretch of fur to curvaceous provocateur with just a few outfit and attitude swaps. It’s one of the things that makes the character so iconic. There’s something so sincere about the way he’s able to embody a range of roles […]