Monday, September 14, 2026

The Super Amazing Investment: A Begonia the Zombie Secretary Adventure


I wrote a few Begonia comics for German magazine PLOP.  This was in the April 2021 edition, when everyone - even two-dimensional zombies and scam artists - had to wear masks when talking to other people.

An upper echelon executive falls for an investment scam, but he needs to send a fax and he doesn't know how. so he foolishly asks the zombie secretary for help.
Begonia tells the executive he has to go a few blocks down the street to find a fax machine. when Svetlana the coworker asks Begonia why she's so mean, Begonia explains. Later over dinner she tells her sister what she said - look it up in wikipedia - Zombies are beings who wander the earth to torment the living. And then Begonia ate Svetlana's brain.


 

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Friday, September 11, 2026

Annual Goals

A happy vampire CEO sits at their desk telling the miserable employee across from them, "i've added a new goal for your annual review - two pints of blood per quarter!"

 

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Thursday, September 10, 2026

1MCA2


 One Million Cups - Ann Arbor Edition!

thank you, Kauffman Foundation 

 

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Thursday, September 03, 2026

Trusted Advisor

a sheep in a meadow holds a sheaf of papers, and looks up at a very big wolf in a business suit. the wolf holds a briefcase in one paw, and reaches out to shake hands with the sheep, saying, "My qualifications? Why I've had thousands of clients like you."

 

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Saturday, August 15, 2026

Doggy Bag

a dog on a leash holds out a small plastic bag to a woman who is dropping her cigarette butt on the sidewalk. the dog says, "here, clean up after yourself."





 

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Monday, July 27, 2026

Tasseled Wobbegong Shark: Camouflage Expert

Two carpet sharks (called that because they are decorated with a beautiful pattern of colors) are in shallow water. One is lying on the ocean floor looking very much like the pebbles and coral on which it lies. the other swims up to a rock and says, "Hello darling." the one on the floor says, "nope. over here."

 

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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Shark Motivators

A big swimming pool filled with flailing children swimming as fast as possible, pursued by sharks. the big burly coach smiles and says to a horrified parent, "It keeps the li'l nippers motivated."

 

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Saturday, July 18, 2026

Moving Stuff

A man in overalls holds a clipboard. Behind him at the curb sits a moving truck. a woman holds out a fistful of money at the man and says, "on second thought, here's a hundred bucks for you to just make my stuff disappear."

 

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Saturday, July 11, 2026

Extreme Organizing

A couple in a comfy home with a cat and a dog. Everything is labeled - the shoes are labeled his/hers and summer/winter. the photos are divided into groups Kids/Grandkids/Friends. the toybox is labeled toys, the magazine basket is labeled Magazines. the man sits in a lounger labeled "husband" happily reading a paper. the dog sleeps in a bed with "DOG" embroidered on it. the cat sits defiantly on the carpet locked in a staring contest with the woman who is pointing at a wall-mounted basket labeled "Cat"

 

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Sunday, July 05, 2026

Donate or Keep?

two people and a cat survey a room full of boxes. the woman says to the man, "it's easy. just sort everything into the 'keep' or 'donate' boxes." We see that every box has a label. Almost all of them read 'keep' and only one very small one reads 'donate.'

 

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Friday, July 03, 2026

You Are Now Entering Hell

a dark underground area with a stairway leading down to a glowing orange space we can't see. people in white underwear a lined up whining and weeping. a red goat-legged demon grins and points at a trash with a picture of a cellphone taped to it. it's filled with phones and ipads, their screens all dark. and on the wall behind the demon is a huge sign reading "you are now entering hell. please leave all e-devices in the bin/"

 

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Saturday, June 20, 2026

Solstice 2026

a person in white gown and flower/leave headdress, holding a sheaf of plants, looks at a person sitting at a table reading a book, a cat in his lap and a coffee on the table. the guy says, "the ancient druids celebrated the solstice with coffee, books, and cats."

 

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Friday, June 19, 2026

Happy Juneteenth


juneteenth is the commemoration of the end of slavery in the usa. it was first used as a term in the 1890s but celebrations date back to the 1860s. people used to celebrate it outdoors or at church, due to segregation, even today, red food and drink. (such as strawberry juice and red velvet cake) are served to represent joy and resilience.

 

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Friday, May 08, 2026

Cartoon Convention

a large gathering of cartoon characters socializes on a nicely decorated patio, all holding drinks and chatting in small groups. one group has a skinny sunburned fellow who says "Desert island, you?" and a man in business clothing says "Man walks into a bar" while a shark says "shark week". and a woman in a red bathing suit with a large bite out of her leg says with a grin "cool! I'm sharks too!" nearby a cat in suspenders says "Anthropomorphics." next to her is a cat in a trenchcoat and fedora, smoking a pipe. facing them is a dog sitting on the ground with a doggie dish full of wine, and this dog replies, "oh, right. you're the ones who wear clothes." elsewhere a man and woman strangle and hit each other with a frying pan while both saying "Husband-wife cartoons," to a man with no mouth who holds a sign reading "no text." at the bottom in italic serif text it reads, “they cut our budget for speech balloons. all we have now is captions.” “Who said that?” “I dunno.” “Not me.”

 

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Friday, May 01, 2026

Afterlife Entrance Exam

a guy surrounded by lavendar clouds faces a computer terminal. on the screen is written "Afterlife Entrance Exam: please choose one". and the two options he can choose from are "Hell: 3 multiple-choice questions" or "Heaven: 3-page essay." his hand hovers the mouse between the two as he struggles to decide which option to click.

 

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Friday, April 24, 2026

Rich Customer

in the background we see a shop with vases, plates, and cups on the shelves. an enormous bull in a wool overcoat and linen scarf peers through bifocals at a huge vase. in the foreground, a nervous salesman peers into the manager's office and tells her "um, so, the good news is we have a customer who looks rich."

 

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Friday, April 17, 2026

Desert Island where something is a little off

a skinny castaway sits on a tiny desert island talking to an enormous snowman. he says "Do you ever feel like something is...a little off?"

 

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Friday, April 10, 2026

Heaven vs HR

St Peter at the pearly gates is using one hand to cover a phone receiver while he talks to the lady at the front of the line waiting to get in. he says, "It's your HR office. they won't let you go until you submit your final performance review."

 

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Friday, April 03, 2026

Death and the onions

Death is shopping at the grocery store, a basket over his arm. He's humming happily and contemplating a purple onion. Near by two young men look at him over their shoulders, and one says, "Maybe let's skip the onions today."

 

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Saturday, March 28, 2026

Good News and Bad News

Death in the dark robe with a scythe, stands over a woman who is dead in bed. her wraith is sitting up and she stares at Death, who says, "The good news is you're off to heaven. The bad news is they tax you there, too."

 

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