tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70978874911463481142024-03-13T03:58:12.680+01:00Clairikine ComicsCross-cultural comicsClairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.comBlogger472125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-83560501656598299262024-02-06T12:05:00.009+01:002024-02-07T18:22:38.987+01:00Hourly Comics Day 2024 minus three<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">I didn't have time on February 1 this year, so I drew these a few days early. Enjoy! </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOrtU9O2xHC-YIISBQXwBCmypV-PFMHotH7BUcmR_0bydBBb4Ep3r8Cmqd_u2re3OWGNss-n4DNwPg4-xhLuDVH5QRji-ovtuFLYtnlfwCMtiJthIgChZDcfPWQa5GfqFrsOLhoYoqXphIsQpg1nKn-pe1_GrLShesB5ZPtEfxJcvf5vp4aZXvNNG/s1461/HCD%202024%20minus%20three%20web%20res_001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A black-and-white comic. First panel: 00:00, Claire scrolls the website "wiewardertatort.de" (how was the Tatort) on their couch. The answer is 4 out of 10, which is fair 00:30 - 1:00 lie awake 8:00 up and scrolling phone on the couch again 9:00 make egg. A soft-boiled egg cooks on the stove while "if you're gonna go then go but go with caution" plays (lyrics are from Alkaline Trio's "Shake With Me" 10:00 breakfast - Claire, in a plaid shirt, eats from a tray on the couch with two glasses on another tray beside them. Dialogue comes from the big-screen television: "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit!" "Giiirrrrl!" 11:00 laundry, Zelda, podcast - Link stands on a large tree root in the dark, with a barrel fused to a stick hanging off his shoulder. Something like a lantern shining off in the distance. A caption says "I live for this shit"" border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOrtU9O2xHC-YIISBQXwBCmypV-PFMHotH7BUcmR_0bydBBb4Ep3r8Cmqd_u2re3OWGNss-n4DNwPg4-xhLuDVH5QRji-ovtuFLYtnlfwCMtiJthIgChZDcfPWQa5GfqFrsOLhoYoqXphIsQpg1nKn-pe1_GrLShesB5ZPtEfxJcvf5vp4aZXvNNG/s16000/HCD%202024%20minus%20three%20web%20res_001.png" /></a></div><p><br /><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnM-KUcDDi2d6X7t0E48N8_rNfOinxkPDagA13bU45zuqzR8gXdd8cy11SPYur_iyae8IwIonjEQD-a_-CovwlXJDGt3HMlQjLSmWuFSYN6xJ3LO8d5p4p3blTRjrCDEpzxsFJ1fm7gQY2xjnExOK1mqhmbx1kiLDTIH2Z1pxRwFBWG-keA7H9Cgl/s1461/HCD%202024%20minus%20three%20web%20res_002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="12:30 Fresh air - Claire walks outside in a coat with a scarf and wind blowing around them, with the caption "getting warmer out there" 13:00 try to fill out dating app profile - Claire sits on a bench frowning as she stares into her phone Claire leans back against the bench in frustration with her eyes squeezed shut and says "Uuuughhh" 13:45 Leftovers lunch: chicken, rice, Kaisergemüse (assorted vegetables) and oikimchi all arranged on a plate Claire is eating. Caption says: Why are birthdays so laden with feelings? (With "We Can Do Hard Things"). A small Bluetooth speaker says "Expectations and comparison and existential dread" (Glennon Doyle) 14:15 Doze on and off for 30 minutes - Claire lies on her back under a blanket on the couch with her glasses on and eyes closed" border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnM-KUcDDi2d6X7t0E48N8_rNfOinxkPDagA13bU45zuqzR8gXdd8cy11SPYur_iyae8IwIonjEQD-a_-CovwlXJDGt3HMlQjLSmWuFSYN6xJ3LO8d5p4p3blTRjrCDEpzxsFJ1fm7gQY2xjnExOK1mqhmbx1kiLDTIH2Z1pxRwFBWG-keA7H9Cgl/s16000/HCD%202024%20minus%20three%20web%20res_002.png" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8sP6500XbS-RhIPJ7K8IHtfHA8PaYJy6GVG1xyqsqbRhE59_Hypiv3bRnqUtToe-S43FrUfs5piqhu6soc1nL4ID9Edmg_jz_FCYY4VC5ODZoWR5eP_4nk59VcRXZcY9fjAEJcT-xuZRlgyLI0kGbXogiTRvjVru4Xze85dzETYY-VL3w0udkw5b/s1461/HCD%202024%20minus%20three%20web%20res_003.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="15:00 email and admin stuff: Claire sits in front of her desk wearing a plaid shirt. A caption points to her desk chair saying "supporting actor in the comic I'm currently drawing" 15:30 stretches: Claire stretches her right arm behind her back while a song plays with the lyrics "I'm only terrified when you're letting go" - it's Alkaline Trio's "Shake With Me" again 15:45 write for 40 mins, bless the daylight that is still around: the panel shows a sheaf of paper with notes, a large screen with a doc open in it, and a keyboard 16:40 time 2 pencil: Claire sits at her desk, which is now in drawing-board mode, with her tongue sticking out and "Depresh Mode" playing from a Bluetooth speaker 18:45 A realization. Claire raises her eyebrows in surprise while staring down at her drawing board and says "Holy shit." Claire pulls up her comics pages to look at them while lines indicate that the pages are shining, and says "I think I leveled up just by reading more comics." A caption says "(and more varied kinds!)" A caption next to the panel says READ MORE COMICS" border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw8sP6500XbS-RhIPJ7K8IHtfHA8PaYJy6GVG1xyqsqbRhE59_Hypiv3bRnqUtToe-S43FrUfs5piqhu6soc1nL4ID9Edmg_jz_FCYY4VC5ODZoWR5eP_4nk59VcRXZcY9fjAEJcT-xuZRlgyLI0kGbXogiTRvjVru4Xze85dzETYY-VL3w0udkw5b/s16000/HCD%202024%20minus%20three%20web%20res_003.png" /></a></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghg6eoXEuOY9G3iAtfY1rbtJHNyCibGlMUOJTPnWB2nULQ-Cur_JMZOLo7is5mk5tJIgh7vsoZ_nhP2PQ3jclmuydDdxoPp80CRVxb-8rlB6yYbzgt_XgyDEaKQrO-holnWplz4ZUJLGtEtH4KGdI9eFk95SizTNwMn49rJ4hENjTpvLs5y9dYozJC/s1461/HCD%202024%20minus%20three%20web%20res_004.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="19:00 watch cat video that Amé sent me - the video is of a cat wooshing down a snowy hill on a snowboard 19:45 microwaved pizza dinner for too long - we see a couple pieces of pizza on a plate with oozing cheese on them and squiggly lines all around the plate. A speech bubble emanating from the pizza says "i have transcended the laws of physics" 20:30 groceries time. Claire is at the store, wearing a mask and listening to the "Stadio" episode on the Jürgen Klopp announcement while holding a container and thinking to themself "why TF are tomatoes, i mean, is everything so [expletive] expensive" 21:30 finish podcast, more TOTK - we see Link standing on a platform in the sky surrounded by tiny islands and a cloud, with OMG SO MUCH SUN written in the sky in large letters 22:00 Dishes and getting ready for bed - Claire does dishes while listening to Kraftklub's "Chemie Chemie Ya", with the lyrics "and no night for anybody, no night for me" showing in German. 22:45 Claire scrolls, scrolls, scrolls her phone some more on the couch. 23:25 draw and reread hourlies - Claire is lying under the blanket in bed, drawing in her notebook with the lyrics "I should be under your spell right now, your spell right now" as an earworm in her head. They are from "Bad Time" by - you guessed it - Alkaline Trio. 23:30 go through notes for comic script - we see Claire from the front, holding a pen over a piece of paper with notes, smiling tiredly at the camera and saying "OK time to read and sleep now goodnite"" border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghg6eoXEuOY9G3iAtfY1rbtJHNyCibGlMUOJTPnWB2nULQ-Cur_JMZOLo7is5mk5tJIgh7vsoZ_nhP2PQ3jclmuydDdxoPp80CRVxb-8rlB6yYbzgt_XgyDEaKQrO-holnWplz4ZUJLGtEtH4KGdI9eFk95SizTNwMn49rJ4hENjTpvLs5y9dYozJC/s16000/HCD%202024%20minus%20three%20web%20res_004.png" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBh6Dnj4EFa3Rowze7-gWSsQg0XfspiBje76A_a9XW9kIPqfA8mo96eS55aMYFitAB1RIKyK6FoLH8dEvbQwltQl-Y5MRNO3WWmC7an2Jz3qzywEQOD-l9r_QJ_DstBggIegQMkFiBJlBmWnNN6C8YgwZUGg1dipvZ-tSV03ESIWLE8TTjA4mIvzb/s900/HCD%202024%20minus%20three%20web%20res_005.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="23:25 draw and reread hourlies - Claire is lying under the blanket in bed, drawing in her notebook with the lyrics "I should be under your spell right now, your spell right now" as an earworm in her head. They are from "Bad Time" by - you guessed it - Alkaline Trio. 23:30 go through notes for comic script - we see Claire from the front, holding a pen over a piece of paper with notes, smiling tiredly at the camera and saying "OK time to read and sleep now goodnite"" border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlBh6Dnj4EFa3Rowze7-gWSsQg0XfspiBje76A_a9XW9kIPqfA8mo96eS55aMYFitAB1RIKyK6FoLH8dEvbQwltQl-Y5MRNO3WWmC7an2Jz3qzywEQOD-l9r_QJ_DstBggIegQMkFiBJlBmWnNN6C8YgwZUGg1dipvZ-tSV03ESIWLE8TTjA4mIvzb/s16000/HCD%202024%20minus%20three%20web%20res_005.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">Appearing in this comic:</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHQ7WF119ao">"Shake With Me" - Alkaline Trio<br /></a><i><a href="https://wecandohardthingspodcast.com/" target="_blank">We Can Do Hard Things</a> </i>podcast<br /><a href="https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/depresh-mode/" target="_blank"><i>Depresh Mode</i></a> podcast<br /><a href="https://www.theringer.com/stadio" target="_blank">Stadio</a> podcast<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/b0lHjeEU3Fg?si=m1Ux4j76NjUso7kb" target="_blank">"Chemie Chemie Ya" - Kraftklub</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/d0hQLVroxWo?si=pDGYXcQ1FHH8ei18" target="_blank">"Bad Time" - Alkaline Trio</a></span><br /></p><br />Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-3679433056614993292024-01-23T12:12:00.005+01:002024-01-23T12:12:37.871+01:00An Indie Cartoonist's Life On The Internet<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpJz77ze_YV98odpVkdXOfcFgn44myqSaoBlubowRuYIQ9DlSEVKNkGu0omGpNSG_UKN2kfBaCkjqdlAnqoqUDMoePrEbYl9HqSFG2M3Oziagi9QfFAPkswNq7QVeFn5NgHQIEx3-eWoJvU3tMyy3mofa7zAuLF8K2TyAjsCxXVofYXvRYHVDZI4a/s1032/20231016%20indie%20artist%202k23%20web%20res.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A black-and-white comic in four panels. In the first panel, we see Claire, wearing a hoodie and looking at their phone, with some foliage off to the side. A caption coming out of their phone with the Twitter logo says "Surprise, you put a decade of work into this platform and some dude just put his foot into it like it was a fucking anthill". Claire thinks to themself "what a novel concept". In the second panel, Claire is sitting at their drawing table wearing a plaid shirt and using their Cintiq, which is connected to a laptop sitting on the top of the table. A caption with a message icon is coming out of the laptop and says "What you do isn't actually work and no one needs you. We'll take your cool pictures though! Claire smiles weakly and says "Heh heh heh, you hear that fellas?" The "fellas" are their brain and their heart sitting on pedestals on either side of them. The brain is emitting lightning bolts and is hooked up to their left arm, and the heart is seeping blood and squirting droplets while hooked up to their right arm. The third panel shows Claire in a hoodie, lying on the couch with a Nintendo Switch controller and their phone sitting next to them. The panel is covered in captions containing a heart symbol and the word "spam", all pointing in the diryection of their phone. The fourth panel shows Claire crouching in front of their fridge with the door open and a frowning face coming out of it. Groceries are sitting on top of the fridge with a caption showing rising prices. A caption from their phone shows a message icon and the words "At last, we've wrested access to creativity from the privileged artistic class!" Claire thinks to themself "you've done what from the what now"" border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpJz77ze_YV98odpVkdXOfcFgn44myqSaoBlubowRuYIQ9DlSEVKNkGu0omGpNSG_UKN2kfBaCkjqdlAnqoqUDMoePrEbYl9HqSFG2M3Oziagi9QfFAPkswNq7QVeFn5NgHQIEx3-eWoJvU3tMyy3mofa7zAuLF8K2TyAjsCxXVofYXvRYHVDZI4a/s16000/20231016%20indie%20artist%202k23%20web%20res.png" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wrote this sometime in the summer of 2023. Nothing new under the sun, tbh.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://youtu.be/NDjtguZG6iw" target="_blank">Green Day - Bobby Sox</a> ] </span><br /></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-3505823392296391182023-08-29T12:14:00.004+02:002023-08-29T12:32:16.723+02:00Walls<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70eWTKgBpcsjtrdTMtvRKFRVlKwv-WEOcFVvU7aXTcpOES2aqAJClkacpXUeZiaWTjlsZjKchq91kCCD0aa0wLExRCqzQg8McQgrHIIFuarNPTDeqMDLOh0cDFDULXJiBV10eOUzW46DHkXRBoO6g1SQEk2TDzUmbuyZC51LgKJk-oFgvY7taBXqd/s950/20220921%20walls%20haha%20-%20web%20res%20wm%20vert.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A two-panel comic in black and white. In the first panel, Claire is standing inside a small circle-shaped wall about as tall as her knees, staring down at it and saying "Hmmmm... Looks like it's safe to lower these walls". In the second panel, the wall shoots up so high that Claire is hidden, making a "woosh" sound. A speech bubble rises out of the top of the circular wall, saying "Just kidding haha."" border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70eWTKgBpcsjtrdTMtvRKFRVlKwv-WEOcFVvU7aXTcpOES2aqAJClkacpXUeZiaWTjlsZjKchq91kCCD0aa0wLExRCqzQg8McQgrHIIFuarNPTDeqMDLOh0cDFDULXJiBV10eOUzW46DHkXRBoO6g1SQEk2TDzUmbuyZC51LgKJk-oFgvY7taBXqd/s16000/20220921%20walls%20haha%20-%20web%20res%20wm%20vert.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">One from the vault! Woosh.</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> [ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPqUcVbAbzw" target="_blank">Oliver Sim - Romance With A Memory</a> ]<br /></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-81122664393817364272023-08-15T11:58:00.004+02:002023-08-15T11:58:46.352+02:00Tuesday Fanart: John-Allison Weiss, "Wait For Me"<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrksa0gFSxay9mgIc9j9P1iHcFOZKAwL8XKQQzyrEkJadXk_b3BUv6BJ7GdA8mDzn7lP0YQdrL6X90Hhz5Zn89btR8BEsMU7iSVeu3z2qFiZp0dr89vXwFgQx8g1Ji2kk541hwaiBv4FGPDuFoGqm0UNalQvjsUafECXYDjlEDtMY5GllN-DYBMZja/s1726/20230328%20jaw%20fanart%20-%20wait%20for%20me%20vert%20web%20res%20600.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A three-panel comic in black and white with lyrics from John-Allison Weiss' "Wait For Me". In the first panel, Claire, a white person with short hair, is sitting in grass overlooking a valley with trees, a small river and mountains in the background with some snow on them. Text over the mountains says "I'm missing out on all the places I could go" The second panel shows a wooden table with two nearly-empty cocktails, two half-eaten bowls of snacks, two smartphones and a couple zines or sheets of paper. The text above says "the people I could know" The third panel shows Claire lying down on an L-shaped couch at night with one arm on their stomach, one behind their head and one knee up. The text above says "the nights I'm not alone"." border="0" data-original-height="1726" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrksa0gFSxay9mgIc9j9P1iHcFOZKAwL8XKQQzyrEkJadXk_b3BUv6BJ7GdA8mDzn7lP0YQdrL6X90Hhz5Zn89btR8BEsMU7iSVeu3z2qFiZp0dr89vXwFgQx8g1Ji2kk541hwaiBv4FGPDuFoGqm0UNalQvjsUafECXYDjlEDtMY5GllN-DYBMZja/s16000/20230328%20jaw%20fanart%20-%20wait%20for%20me%20vert%20web%20res%20600.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">Not waiting for anyone specific, just deemed these lyrics to be a vibe when I drew this.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPYvz6EP0SM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John-Allison Weiss - Wait For Me</a> ]</span><br /></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-10679215380870678822023-04-25T09:35:00.003+02:002023-05-02T12:31:43.821+02:00Clairikine + HX hit ComicInvasion 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRt9oKOoJIF91tgyJwnXGEpBm3LpaLEcoTCKF1P-Md7yQoYdmCHa-3tPAPUiEw8HUhqNqYQdv9SwJQwoxfKvf6th-Nez6qjF5D_yMCZpCOE20VdzPL0hVlic0_W0dREHEfPP5OV7X2gI4XxD5sdqUKnqokvJ4cUN_Z1-TekIF65Yrb3GgIKIYRUQ/s1761/Clairikine%20HX%20do%20comicinvasion%202022%20EDIT_%20001%20web.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A black-and-white comic titled "Clairikine + HX do Comic Invasion 2022". In the first panel, Claire is sitting at their table at Comicinvasion wearing a jeans jacket and a shirt that says "Thrice". Someone next to them says "Hi! I'm Claire" and Claire responds "Me too!" In the second panel, Claire and HX are sitting next to each other at their tables. Claire says " 'HX' table - where group projects go to die' and HX says "Ha ha ha. That's going in the autobiographical comic" In the third panel, a visitor tells Claire "I like your shirt! I really like seeing other queer folks who are into rock music." Claire thinks "Well this has made my entire day." The fourth panel has the caption "Vibing with other SPN fans". Claire is standing next to two people, one of which is wearing a shirt with the words "Carry On" against a ring of fire and above a Chevy Impala. Claire is clasping her hands and saying "OMG your shirt!!", with a caption pointing at her saying "on season 14". The fifth panel has the caption "5:30 vibes" and the text "the lights are on, but nobody's home". It shows Claire sitting at their table with eyes of two different sizes, staring into the void. The sixth panel shows Lara (wearing a "Yay Comics!" shirt), HX and Claire sitting around a table with drinks. HX says "We're doing a bit where we see who the first person to draw it is... it's Claire". Claire is looking at a blank sketchbook page with a pen in her hand. The seventh panel shows Claire drawing into the sketchbook while frowning and saying "This right here is why I never finish any of my long-form projects." Lara asks "The spontaneous stuff?" and Claire says "This spontaneous shit."" border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRt9oKOoJIF91tgyJwnXGEpBm3LpaLEcoTCKF1P-Md7yQoYdmCHa-3tPAPUiEw8HUhqNqYQdv9SwJQwoxfKvf6th-Nez6qjF5D_yMCZpCOE20VdzPL0hVlic0_W0dREHEfPP5OV7X2gI4XxD5sdqUKnqokvJ4cUN_Z1-TekIF65Yrb3GgIKIYRUQ/s16000/Clairikine%20HX%20do%20comicinvasion%202022%20EDIT_%20001%20web.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KgHqQ6eH95aya3sLZqpCjRY97tU8byPw6t8niFIrMwRR9_xdawelsqeIRFcF9tB1HVePer81xR5vo4dMYUUIq1mSsltw-rfSQP0WV5nhxt3uNES_w7yj5-9mbLTOdBTy2Z-tjNPzizgQVHPWEW5f5TBZFo6cmV4uiWa9ATnixNLc2at9QUFGcQ/s888/Clairikine%20HX%20do%20comicinvasion%202022%20EDIT_%20002%20web.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Two comics panels in black and white. In the first panel, Claire is tabling, and a visitor is pointing at their zines and asking "So tell me, which one is your favorite?" Claire responds "Oh! I love all my children equally." The second panel has the caption "5 minutes later" and shows Claire at her table, thinking "I don't care for Gob"" border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="888" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KgHqQ6eH95aya3sLZqpCjRY97tU8byPw6t8niFIrMwRR9_xdawelsqeIRFcF9tB1HVePer81xR5vo4dMYUUIq1mSsltw-rfSQP0WV5nhxt3uNES_w7yj5-9mbLTOdBTy2Z-tjNPzizgQVHPWEW5f5TBZFo6cmV4uiWa9ATnixNLc2at9QUFGcQ/s16000/Clairikine%20HX%20do%20comicinvasion%202022%20EDIT_%20002%20web.png" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjNKwvHgQYehWIdArsScTrADIxII6tyNFMzTehPxTi7ihz0JDs_HXUR-xbP1B-ldELBxhQbYVEirMUCZOoiOlWAMEqDICsYZYl5Tm2JHzAQr092qALot6VA8Nmhi63lFxhSnk37dDhG6n7nsDud-z6HFPC7iNHufK8i6g_hUitWjdmJYyQQjgeA/s943/Clairikine%20HX%20do%20comicinvasion%202022_004%20web.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A four-panel comic in black and white. In the first panel, Claire and Lara are standing around a table that has been placed upside down and only has one leg left on it. Claire says "It's like the sword in the stone!" In the second panel, Lara reaches down to grab the table leg and says "For the honor..." In the third panel, she shouts "...of Grayskull!!" and is holding the table leg up in the air like She-Ra would hold her sword. In the fourth panel, Claire says "Can I put that in a comic" and Lara says "Sure!" as she walks away carrying the table leg." border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjNKwvHgQYehWIdArsScTrADIxII6tyNFMzTehPxTi7ihz0JDs_HXUR-xbP1B-ldELBxhQbYVEirMUCZOoiOlWAMEqDICsYZYl5Tm2JHzAQr092qALot6VA8Nmhi63lFxhSnk37dDhG6n7nsDud-z6HFPC7iNHufK8i6g_hUitWjdmJYyQQjgeA/s16000/Clairikine%20HX%20do%20comicinvasion%202022_004%20web.png" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://comicinvasion.de" target="_blank">ComicInvasion 2023</a> is nigh, so here are some comics chronicling my weekend at CIB22 in the presence of </span>HX<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> and friends! That's kickass festival director Lara demonstrating leadership in action in the final panels.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">I have since then finished the television show <i>Supernatural</i>, be sure to ask for my Thoughts About The Finale at my table on May 6 & 7</span> at the Museum for Communication!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-54475492187079898942023-04-21T08:06:00.012+02:002023-04-21T08:22:41.745+02:00Friday Fanart: "The World Is Ugly" (My Chemical Romance)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46njSa5lPBI9gA_aEHwYuq2dED75REJAuLki6zGT29ZRKcENT1nwmmCrv91Wc5ZtdjkY3lHWyBDMX3Aw48rijtS04juB5hpoYPlGemZtozTfWz8oJmKKjBQ6l84MZxjLDORvT-jrFvk0mwigluYl4oAwxAQcf-LxLUVoKMBxiloi7ALjwwwT2VQ/s1979/20221003%20mcr%20fanart%20-%20the%20world%20is%20ugly%20-%20web%20res%20wm.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIECd-bta3RoMp8vzgJB8fs94rY0UoSxn_THmYQ4bNUmlSMx0HHDSf6772Q_K9rOjtdz8BatQOwF3-NwQxU4HTRJVNA-RkWhZ21Y3O8xSRIi-dDfu-lyltYyB8LrYUfzxQ9XIYKeBFyi9j5Xoq5NQ6kOa-om3tKlXTP_roQZbgrpZsDcjeDO1nmw/s1759/20221003%20mcr%20fanart%20-%20the%20world%20is%20ugly%20-%20web%20res%20wm%20800px.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A black-and white illustration containing lyrics from My Chemical Romance's "The World Is Ugly". A full moon is shown at night next to the words "I just wanted you to know". We then see a reflection of the moon in a lake surrounded by trees, with the words "that the world is ugly". Finally, we see Claire sitting on a bare tree branch, wearing plaid, jeans and Chucks, and looking out over the lake to the moon shining above it, with the text "but you're beautiful to me"." border="0" data-original-height="1759" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIECd-bta3RoMp8vzgJB8fs94rY0UoSxn_THmYQ4bNUmlSMx0HHDSf6772Q_K9rOjtdz8BatQOwF3-NwQxU4HTRJVNA-RkWhZ21Y3O8xSRIi-dDfu-lyltYyB8LrYUfzxQ9XIYKeBFyi9j5Xoq5NQ6kOa-om3tKlXTP_roQZbgrpZsDcjeDO1nmw/s16000/20221003%20mcr%20fanart%20-%20the%20world%20is%20ugly%20-%20web%20res%20wm%20800px.png" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfmzkj5QSto" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Chemical Romance - The World Is Ugly</span></a> ]</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">***</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://comicinvasion.de/" target="_blank">ComicInvasion</a> is fast approaching!! See you there??</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-79379995746271140692023-04-07T12:05:00.001+02:002023-04-07T12:05:47.653+02:00Questions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7Lt_XWOB0NLVFLVG-_RkjZEFOBAzjqzDrfpp8FBwjyF-ze1wml7pkSelXZ4qIJgDu8uCSRD7GYo5WgcQFyE7cZodsuWLOfvQRZTjv-modKh4KWTJfE4GTwIjD-8-3sF9uYUaSiHDul3os7P8ow2EJXbFhr30xtx7PQunb6YeTrjSbiCzAQmWHg/s1180/20220630%20questions%20v2%20web%20res%20600.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A two-panel black and white comic. In the first panel, we see a lakeshore at night, dotted with bare trees and bushes, and a forest in the background. Text in the top left and bottom left corners says "You've answered many of my questions" and "even the ones I didn't want to ask." A two-panel black and white comic. In the first panel, we see a lakeshore at night, dotted with bare trees and bushes, and a forest in the background. Text in the top left and bottom left corners says "You've answered many of my questions" and "even the ones I didn't want to ask." The second panel shows a desert landscape at night, with the caption “So why won’t You answer this one?” In both panels, the "Y" in "you" is capitalized." border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7Lt_XWOB0NLVFLVG-_RkjZEFOBAzjqzDrfpp8FBwjyF-ze1wml7pkSelXZ4qIJgDu8uCSRD7GYo5WgcQFyE7cZodsuWLOfvQRZTjv-modKh4KWTJfE4GTwIjD-8-3sF9uYUaSiHDul3os7P8ow2EJXbFhr30xtx7PQunb6YeTrjSbiCzAQmWHg/s16000/20220630%20questions%20v2%20web%20res%20600.png" /></a></div><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">It is, once more, Good Friday.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNX5f8bwJGs" rel="nofollow">Thrice - Red Sky</a> ]</span><br /></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-30685795417574920832023-03-21T12:04:00.002+01:002023-03-21T12:19:53.810+01:00Status Report<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gRHqBenGgA_gFw6sikT1xJbSqAmwuHmOUpK4HTkYDeuxD1wBmRRe_Gr5YZ6rqq6zekRe9nOLyarAGrgYEhD3l5OttHpWZ5NhF8yTH4aMR0_oli0wGBPK2Hv8KxXrCgKBAVN_oO8jaoG0GNrsGCepdJp3BtfDKMVi20i30v4DK7FZslRRWmyWGg/s800/20221208%20status%20report%20sans%20title%20-%20web%20res.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A four-panel comic in black and white, entitled "2022 Year In Review". The first panel has the caption "smiling wider" and shows Claire as seen in a Zoom call, drawing at their desk and smiling into the camera. The second panel has the caption "crying more" and shows Claire walking down Kaiserdamm street in Berlin wearing a hoodie, jeans jacket and jeans and Chucks, listening to music on her phone and crying. In the third panel, with the caption "laughing deeper", Claire is sitting on the U-Bahn, looking at something on her phone and laughing loudly ("Huh-HA-HA-HA") while someone sitting next to her looks at them. In the fourth panel, with the caption "and crying more", we see Claire sitting on the couch at home, clutching a stuffed IKEA shark, and sobbing." border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gRHqBenGgA_gFw6sikT1xJbSqAmwuHmOUpK4HTkYDeuxD1wBmRRe_Gr5YZ6rqq6zekRe9nOLyarAGrgYEhD3l5OttHpWZ5NhF8yTH4aMR0_oli0wGBPK2Hv8KxXrCgKBAVN_oO8jaoG0GNrsGCepdJp3BtfDKMVi20i30v4DK7FZslRRWmyWGg/s16000/20221208%20status%20report%20sans%20title%20-%20web%20res.png" /></a></div> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yeah girl, access those emotions stored in the body!! Wait, what do you mean they're a package deal 🥲</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-ZzKHzEuiA" target="_blank">John-Allison Weiss - Different Now</a> ]</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you'd like to support my comics, you can <a href="https://patreon.com/clairikine" target="_blank">become a patron</a> or <a href="https://ko-fi.com/clairikine" target="_blank">leave a tip</a>! </span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-57092390620420877642023-02-17T10:00:00.007+01:002023-02-17T12:09:47.035+01:00Friday Fanart: Still Jealous (Tegan and Sara)<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdoxVhd27PDHK2fEDl62DYxD06HKiOIu29TSMWV_KTSbYcBwD85lLVqgT469MEyY56QHAF-gzmsYjbxu5o9RVokllpVp_Y_5GuaaBRu3rlxZJfOw05Hl24tx2rmT3nLwXdYe_evMBA2pT5HiUiWtlcMWjF50zMr22MCv2zFwvevpR6xMYcDyXUQ/s687/20220211-16%20still%20jealous%202%20-%20i%20cant%20take%20it%20web%20wm%20600.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="a black and white cartoon of Claire lying on a bed in the dark, wearing pajamas, looking up at the ceiling, arms folded under her chest. Next to her on the bed is a heart. Placed all around the bed are lyrics from Tegan and Sara's "I Can't Take It": "I can't take it, I can't take it, I can't take it, I can't take it, I can whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, I can whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa"" border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdoxVhd27PDHK2fEDl62DYxD06HKiOIu29TSMWV_KTSbYcBwD85lLVqgT469MEyY56QHAF-gzmsYjbxu5o9RVokllpVp_Y_5GuaaBRu3rlxZJfOw05Hl24tx2rmT3nLwXdYe_evMBA2pT5HiUiWtlcMWjF50zMr22MCv2zFwvevpR6xMYcDyXUQ/s16000/20220211-16%20still%20jealous%202%20-%20i%20cant%20take%20it%20web%20wm%20600.png" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zc0eWEKA5E" target="_blank">Tegan and Sara - I Can't Take It (Tegan's version)</a> ]</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismB62N0loePVADja61NmmR6hodLWa9NKC45clMZcn-1GvkKcHcdf-S_wdenLLbXGO8OSBmhFeKAyp7DoFzLO3acfNCZ85fgXPdv7QmM9cdpmyipTU2cR0scF-eOSBdBlNwT8NOp-1MZKWisq9hZkFRZ9XLqyplcoSu-NpUmu6Nyk8AFJcAYmHsA/s700/20220211-16%20still%20jealous%201%20-%20so%20jealous%20web%20v2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A black-and-white ink drawing of Claire, a white person with messy chin-length hair, wearing a plaid T-shirt, skinny jeans and Chucks, as they are seen from the side standing up, expresssionless, holding a classically shaped heart in one hand. The handwritten captions are lyrics from Tegan and Sara's "So Jealous": "Do you see my problem if I never explain it?"" border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismB62N0loePVADja61NmmR6hodLWa9NKC45clMZcn-1GvkKcHcdf-S_wdenLLbXGO8OSBmhFeKAyp7DoFzLO3acfNCZ85fgXPdv7QmM9cdpmyipTU2cR0scF-eOSBdBlNwT8NOp-1MZKWisq9hZkFRZ9XLqyplcoSu-NpUmu6Nyk8AFJcAYmHsA/s16000/20220211-16%20still%20jealous%201%20-%20so%20jealous%20web%20v2.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVAf1hZ-qQc" target="_blank">Tegan and Sara - So Jealous (Tegan's version)</a> ]</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">A year ago <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-U_sTONR4M&list=PLmlty5IQvAl0BIvwZbII7aDlWEX3713pj" target="_blank"><i>Still Jealous</i></a> was released, a re-recording of Tegan and Sara's classic <i>So Jealous</i> album where each recorded their own own version of the other's songs. I of course made some
fanart for it because these songs still resonated with me like nothing
else does, 15+ years after I heard them for the first time. Also this week I believe there was an international holiday, something to do with hearts?</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">***</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm thrilled to be part of the <b><a href="https://neurotitan.de/Galerie/Archiv/2023/20220218_24_Std_Comic.html" target="_blank">24 Stunden Comic Tag am Wannsee exhibit</a></b> at Berlin's <b>neurotitan galerie</b>
from February 18 to March 11! I will be exhibiting original pages from
my comic written and penciled during the 2019 edition, and selling the brand-new zine of that comic!! If you're in Berlin,
there's a chance I'll see you at the vernissage, <b>Saturday, February 18
from 18:00</b>!</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I must say I am psyched to be exhibiting in a place like this! Aah! Do drop by!<br /></span></span></div>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-84219317142416123402023-02-07T13:51:00.006+01:002023-02-07T15:39:37.624+01:00Hourly Comics Day 2023<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOs3CNG6YHGtwYvcQDjDXpUnwR0cLWf1tK9Tbui9UyqfV5mmS87pxrRKIXA2b81tdMIsCvOYxM2nNAmV46nUcxEiRdLtF5hvwrAAp--wOit2BVNrUAwmAW_OgysED6H8KaWJsXkR1v4zb79DHjjcVPVSf5DP0-LSIpK7dSe2X6IrQ6_n25woSJsA/s1250/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20001%20web%20res.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="00:00 Awake with fox plushie. 00:30 asleep with fox plushie. 7:00 Snooze my phone saying to wake up wake up wake up wake up. 8:00 up, shower listening to Tegan and Sara singing "I should start working on myself again". 8:30 breakfast with toast, lachs and a rapid test for work. Listening to news radio was a mistake." border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOs3CNG6YHGtwYvcQDjDXpUnwR0cLWf1tK9Tbui9UyqfV5mmS87pxrRKIXA2b81tdMIsCvOYxM2nNAmV46nUcxEiRdLtF5hvwrAAp--wOit2BVNrUAwmAW_OgysED6H8KaWJsXkR1v4zb79DHjjcVPVSf5DP0-LSIpK7dSe2X6IrQ6_n25woSJsA/s16000/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20001%20web%20res.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQ4GLW0BIDofe46NozEjNsWm8Z9ve10McY3CsnwTBoajDlS8Z1lcNDq6H2sdCGewArDSziGoIOWkmKStKUmUnSIhoDyOlv_e-umrnUCx_qWzQ2THEzjcXeR5tg5vRKOLlr6yNnI_-l_pa3y2zriBXtWdJ42wgA15W340FgkArsUepjnxjvy9tCw/s1304/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20002%20web%20res.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="9:15 I am ill-equipped for the elements with no umbrella and soaking Chucks that are due to be replaced. Listening to My Chemical Romance singing "Say a prayer" on the subway. 10:00 Work! and asking the coffee machine if it missed me. Check emails + messages with a date stamp set for a new month. 11:00 work continues apace while listening to REM singing "I wore the clothes you wanted, I took your name". 12:30 BEHOLD THE SUN OMG" border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQ4GLW0BIDofe46NozEjNsWm8Z9ve10McY3CsnwTBoajDlS8Z1lcNDq6H2sdCGewArDSziGoIOWkmKStKUmUnSIhoDyOlv_e-umrnUCx_qWzQ2THEzjcXeR5tg5vRKOLlr6yNnI_-l_pa3y2zriBXtWdJ42wgA15W340FgkArsUepjnxjvy9tCw/s16000/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20002%20web%20res.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8yyWgId887J4xhuAIeMvG4-lxm68V3GzVe5reccHzuDlRrciksxLDkGTzJNwlUl_ZTY-vS_jfZeFTuM47gElzjQVvWBhaKMFQ98AcrTeEQctrLdGKsYBMPRq2t7kTyst6Ab7PQf5IMsyY4vw9VqD8Z6rEPgE5avHmWi2C9JsBo_NCaem1dz3kw/s1304/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20003%20web%20res.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="I run into E who waves at me while I am deep in R.E.M.! 13:00 lunch. 13:15 Read Twitter thread about the most fucked-up storylines in each Animorphs book and snort rice up my nose. 13:30 work with espresso. 15:00 I need a bigger backpack for my bag o' chargers, keys, regular journal, sketchbook, work notebook, bullet journal and work machine. And a nap." border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8yyWgId887J4xhuAIeMvG4-lxm68V3GzVe5reccHzuDlRrciksxLDkGTzJNwlUl_ZTY-vS_jfZeFTuM47gElzjQVvWBhaKMFQ98AcrTeEQctrLdGKsYBMPRq2t7kTyst6Ab7PQf5IMsyY4vw9VqD8Z6rEPgE5avHmWi2C9JsBo_NCaem1dz3kw/s16000/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20003%20web%20res.png" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBTn-5qV9qS_QVNg3fluSKX9LR_F0T8bem6hy0HLKNV7xzMim_rH6MJfK8eSLZ-16QPh14b20JNU2YF5-9eTH_6R-k5--QQ11CI5n0NQhj0GpJYyOva5RwQwR-lGFbH_y8hwqHkx0elzNqdI3ILuoDakPYMQ_n-HNDK_6GKu0hYrTBEL28qo2EA/s1293/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20004%20web%20res.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="16:15 phone call! That book I ordered from the Comicladen is finally on the delivery slip. 16:30 Can't sleep, must be the espresso. 17:00 Snack time with totast, juice, lachs, soft-boiled egg. Did u think I'd eat anything else on Hourly Comics Day. FluxFM interviewee says re: the new 49€ ticket that "Clearly not everyone has understood that Germany has some catching up to do in terms of Digitalisierung". (LOL). 17:30 BOTW with podcast, Buddie the blue IKEA shark, and Chris Walla on "Depresh Mode". 18:00 Zine editing during a Zoom call: how do zine cover..." border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBTn-5qV9qS_QVNg3fluSKX9LR_F0T8bem6hy0HLKNV7xzMim_rH6MJfK8eSLZ-16QPh14b20JNU2YF5-9eTH_6R-k5--QQ11CI5n0NQhj0GpJYyOva5RwQwR-lGFbH_y8hwqHkx0elzNqdI3ILuoDakPYMQ_n-HNDK_6GKu0hYrTBEL28qo2EA/s16000/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20004%20web%20res.png" /></a></div></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZ9iiiqMN5Vtc0ofZGk2BOTayEFSFFQXg7Bjz_DffFQulcN25r3u39sOu_hWgXkRJP3BSJcYYs2T_K3IvT5bimNtg1pLKF5HzyMkbmWBSNFYWnrRXCtLOpKZlmdI42kM2PpOfbfT3KNEIQyJrm7FWyXcK3WfPn0cNToYGJSuHGePJwc5zQLQeCA/s1293/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20005%20web%20res.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="19:00 Zoom break! Dance to Cooper singing "Can we go right back to the start". Sit in front of computer and think of brain liquefying. 20:00 "Zoom done" dance to MCR singing "Toooo theeee ennnnnd". More BOTW, with fucken' Octoroks. 21:00 Cook dinner (and tomorrow's lunch). I could have just heated up canned ravioli, but this spaghetti is more fun. Helloooo inflation! Mandatory hourly comics day-ception panel, with Kraftklub singing "Manchmal denk ich nicht nach, mal zu viel"." border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZ9iiiqMN5Vtc0ofZGk2BOTayEFSFFQXg7Bjz_DffFQulcN25r3u39sOu_hWgXkRJP3BSJcYYs2T_K3IvT5bimNtg1pLKF5HzyMkbmWBSNFYWnrRXCtLOpKZlmdI42kM2PpOfbfT3KNEIQyJrm7FWyXcK3WfPn0cNToYGJSuHGePJwc5zQLQeCA/s16000/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20005%20web%20res.png" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7qZZf1S9ZoQP-hgCalKazKyxfqa7G-VNB2yKd3J9zxl14wFMbXIp3E5cI5fMgTL7nnbRTrrRsT4pqXC1oUe_aRNOMkZv3cNkudSoMwffLGhLMp_rrd9oxcNYdpLzYA-kCKaSMxC0gR8TOoP2Ae6bKXglapjDJGDA6w53PAMC6ArkflQuyXYBMg/s1214/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20006%20web%20res.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="21:45 Make myself watch TV to stop checking my phone, with the quote "It's a sloth" from 911: Lone Star. Mandatory HCD texting with @arsduo: Smile! You're in the comic lol. 22:30 Long day tomorrow, so, time for bed. Where... are... my... glasses (in the bathroom) (classic). 23:00 Finishing up comics in bed. G'nite! Books next to my bed say Read Meeee and "And meeee". BONUS: if I got to sleep I get to listen to the Thrice album reedition that just dropped." border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7qZZf1S9ZoQP-hgCalKazKyxfqa7G-VNB2yKd3J9zxl14wFMbXIp3E5cI5fMgTL7nnbRTrrRsT4pqXC1oUe_aRNOMkZv3cNkudSoMwffLGhLMp_rrd9oxcNYdpLzYA-kCKaSMxC0gR8TOoP2Ae6bKXglapjDJGDA6w53PAMC6ArkflQuyXYBMg/s16000/202302%20HCD%202023%20-%20006%20web%20res.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Appearing in this comic:</span><p></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HVDyVEb_Kw" target="_blank">Tegan and Sara, "Under My Control"</a><br />2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShQdOf2zAzc" target="_blank">My Chemical Romance, "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison"</a><br />3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWOJnzW_L4g" target="_blank">R.E.M., "I Took Your Name (Remastered)"</a><br />4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=434AAbH7s7o" target="_blank">Cooper, "This Year"</a><br />5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWwJLm1R1W4" target="_blank">My Chemical Romance, "To The End"</a><br />6. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a7V-rG-Q4Y" target="_blank">Kraftklub, "Ein Song reicht"</a></span><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">*** <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm thrilled to be part of the <b><a href="https://neurotitan.de/Galerie/Archiv/2023/20220218_24_Std_Comic.html" target="_blank">24 Stunden Comic Tag am Wannsee exhibit</a></b> at Berlin's <b>neurotitan gallery</b> from February 18 to March 11! I will be exhibiting original pages from my comic written and penciled during the 2019 edition, and if all goes well, selling the brand-new zine of that comic!! If you're in Berlin, there's a chance I'll see you at the vernissage, Saturday, February 18 from 17:00!</span></p><br />Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-4231033882115278542022-11-04T08:45:00.003+01:002022-11-04T08:48:34.315+01:00An Intro to Berlin Bike Path Typology (Berliner Comic Fenster 2022)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6fURXbYGv8-C_Oa62VfC6GmXVtJUTWwxIF_ndYQM-2RBlhymxmvjSyAxPJeLlVP2eciIUeSCrzV7FCp5L_fpedquMxeEZDCyHIIg4oZZyH2FkePOroFIQpu0Y9WO8A0sX0e5o0G5Dbf-NVPUbZ2yd-vpPNL52aV_ebKyegvglNa5W3Mo6w9bZw/s897/20220217%20Berlin%20Bike%20Path%20Typology%20final%20web%20res%20001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A black-and white comic opening with a title screen that says "An Intro to Berlin Bike Path Typology by Clairikine", with a drawing of a bike path street sign. First panel: a bike path full of puddles, with the caption "Great Lakes". Second panel: a bike path made out of two slabs of concrete with a gap between them, with the caption "Just gonna put a slab of concrete here, that'll work". Third panel: a six-lane street downtown with cars and a bus, but no bike path or cyclists. The caption says "404 bike path not found"." border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="897" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6fURXbYGv8-C_Oa62VfC6GmXVtJUTWwxIF_ndYQM-2RBlhymxmvjSyAxPJeLlVP2eciIUeSCrzV7FCp5L_fpedquMxeEZDCyHIIg4oZZyH2FkePOroFIQpu0Y9WO8A0sX0e5o0G5Dbf-NVPUbZ2yd-vpPNL52aV_ebKyegvglNa5W3Mo6w9bZw/s16000/20220217%20Berlin%20Bike%20Path%20Typology%20final%20web%20res%20001.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEt06qLhWSCLRrGe7NODKnxuOCVlj4ghGhWbhQ88GIGbbO5HuGwEX26zjmuKVBAn0dqpA-LP9WBKM1n0y_vDQ_tg99MwfDWc5uLhh5y9TVRQFehLNEFAvtVOlz1mF12XKibjFrELQBEmcYCxvEA6UCGTigY-VRUE3H-CfcgthkmR_3J0L7uFLng/s908/20220217%20Berlin%20Bike%20Path%20Typology%20final%20web%20res%20002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fourth panel: a bike path at night with a tree next to it and bumps in the path created by the tree's roots, with the caption "Oh no. Oh no no no no no". Fifth panel: a bike path with a bus stop next to it, and the caption "Just gonna put a bus stop here". Sixth panel: Claire biking down a bike path full of ice and sludge and swearing, with the caption "Snow sludge ice nightmare". Seventh panel: a smooth and wide bike path at night, with a tree on one side and buildings in the distance, and the caption "Bliss"." border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="897" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEt06qLhWSCLRrGe7NODKnxuOCVlj4ghGhWbhQ88GIGbbO5HuGwEX26zjmuKVBAn0dqpA-LP9WBKM1n0y_vDQ_tg99MwfDWc5uLhh5y9TVRQFehLNEFAvtVOlz1mF12XKibjFrELQBEmcYCxvEA6UCGTigY-VRUE3H-CfcgthkmR_3J0L7uFLng/s16000/20220217%20Berlin%20Bike%20Path%20Typology%20final%20web%20res%20002.png" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="k31gt"><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>I submitted this comic for this year's season of the <b>Berliner Comic Fenster</b> program, through which local cartoonists get to have their comics aired on Berlin's subway TV in partnership with <a href="https://comicinvasion.de/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Comic Invasion</a>! If you were on the U-Bahn last weekend, you may have seen it aired. </span></span></span></p></div><div class="k31gt"><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>You'll find more recent comics aired by myself and other artists <a href="https//comicinvasion.de/berliner-comic-fenster" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>, including my comic <a href="https://comicinvasion.de/comics/treasure-hunt/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">"Treasure Hunt"</a> (from 2020). You can also read my 2019 entry, "Okay", <a href="https://clairikine.blogspot.com/2019/04/okay.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></p></div><div class="k31gt"><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Also: <b><a href="https://comicinvasion.de/2022/10/berliner-comic-fenster-season-5/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">submissions are currently open for next year!</a></b><b> </b>Deadline is November 7. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qujF1Y3pU9I" target="_blank">Tegan and Sara - Pretty Shitty Time</a> ] </span><br /></span></p></div><p></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-54789388639590838752022-09-27T11:03:00.001+02:002022-09-27T11:03:03.341+02:00A Break<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="A black and white comic in three panels. In the first panel, Claire is sitting at her desk with a brain with eyes and feet standing next to her, and looks down at the brain and says "What should we be doing today, brain?" The brain answers "I need a break!" and Claire says "No." In the second panel, Claire is standing on the subway wearing a mask and a backpack and scrolling their phone. The brain is sitting on the bench next to them and says "I need a break!" Claire says "No." In the third panel, Claire is lying on their back on the couch, wide-eyed and grimacing, with the brain sitting on their chest. The brain says, loudly, "I. Need. A. Break." Claire says, "Oh."" border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XXXBgFrZi6KyAIZpdLRl9XSIJBILg6xSemo3KwaF-2OmQRHx6DvfRrTMFxRykzGj-vWOPhhluQoEJFU-YQk3C_xO9oCE5l6i9MWzh-xhDS-qxl-9sRamxJkov0mQi_qawZigupTmOFY6kl2mj7FeXY5lrj5XYWc4X3R9cOaV9qigE5yE8gJoiQ/s16000/20220811%20brain%20break%20-%20web%20res%20wm.png" /></p></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">When your brain sits on you, you listen 🧠 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #2a3135; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhZTNgAs4Fc" target="_blank">My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay (I Promise)</a> ] </span></span></div>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-1251061619049165812022-08-16T09:48:00.007+02:002022-08-16T09:48:55.858+02:00Signs of Summertime (2022 edition)<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXBlkRLpnzEGBhYuWkMdgH-WhFrxuWgwmyOXoJQLtxZc52h_RteOFXM6-ZT13zvimjJEajvwBGu2EqXLUhA5RcmjuvM30Z7uKWX9LXZ-5kloaBtozike4XTU1j35R5mtHWClfUQr8fDldEOdwHazguhb7WKpch7z1hOSMnNemfehRo0S-FzldMA/s1135/20220811%20signs%20of%20summertime%202022%20edition%20-%20web%20res%20wm.png"><img alt="A four-panel comic in black and white, with the title "Signs of Summertime - 2022 Edition". In the first panel, the caption is "Rise at 6:00 AM to open all the windows." We see Claire from behind in a tank top and shorts as she opens a window and says "aah." A caption says "(Except when it's still 29°C outside)". A fan blows air nearby. Second panel: the caption is "Sweating into the FFP2 mask". Claire is sitting on the subway scrolling her phone, wearing an FFP2 and sweating with a backpack and a tote bag next to them. A tweet on their phone shows the caption "Loire riverbed" over a photo of a wide riverbed with just a trickle of water zig-zagging through it. Third panel: the caption is "10 o'clock Club Mate". Claire is sitting at a desk, next to another fan, working on a laptop, drinking from a bottle and thinking "Caaaaaffffeeeiinne" Fourth panel: the caption is "Screaming brain". Claire is lying on a couch in the dark, with a cartoon brain sitting above her screaming "EVERYTHING IS ON FIRE". Claire thinks to themself, "Can't... really argue with that..."" border="0" data-original-height="1135" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXBlkRLpnzEGBhYuWkMdgH-WhFrxuWgwmyOXoJQLtxZc52h_RteOFXM6-ZT13zvimjJEajvwBGu2EqXLUhA5RcmjuvM30Z7uKWX9LXZ-5kloaBtozike4XTU1j35R5mtHWClfUQr8fDldEOdwHazguhb7WKpch7z1hOSMnNemfehRo0S-FzldMA/s16000/20220811%20signs%20of%20summertime%202022%20edition%20-%20web%20res%20wm.png" /></a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's hot. Not much else to add, really. Or rather, too much to add! Have a comic.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">***</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I am tabling in a few places the next few weeks! Find me online at <a href="https://fanzineist.com/" target="_blank">Fanzineist Vienna</a> from August 11 through September 11, and IRL at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgmRtg0tXxs/" target="_blank">Art Horse Bazar</a> on August 28 and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChM7m_4M-30/" target="_blank">Comics & The Beast</a> on September 3 (both in Berlin). <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekauErew4Bs" target="_blank">Rina Sawayama - This Hell</a> ] <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><br /></p><p></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-42502376140198304722022-07-19T09:00:00.004+02:002022-07-19T09:00:00.201+02:00Haircut Goals<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMu98DghREfpYosgPMSIAvkAFVGs8_LRmrUilGfvIKiS8sv8WzXjgG3pH1Jm7UEKup68Z7Hq9YhF1DyryIiMZTiQzYY30oXspn626_6iBDdWeXEASpsjmpvmJcG_5pCAJ6pdWxN-FMqqbs7uCpJYj4rljZyQ6wNjWCfLY4ce4rg9AaUxA5xBq7Kw/s938/20220714%20haircut%20goals%20web%20res.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A three-panel black and white comic titled "Haircut Goals". Claire is sitting at a table drinking beers with Morgan. In the first panel, Claire says "Yeah, I have a haircut scheduled tomorrow." Morgan raises his eyebrow slightly and says "Ooh..." In the second panel, Morgan says "Your hair is so cute right now though!" Claire says "Thanks!" In the third panel, Morgan says "You look like a singer from a 90's indie band." Claire raises an eyebrow and thinks "Well, those are the magic words."" border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMu98DghREfpYosgPMSIAvkAFVGs8_LRmrUilGfvIKiS8sv8WzXjgG3pH1Jm7UEKup68Z7Hq9YhF1DyryIiMZTiQzYY30oXspn626_6iBDdWeXEASpsjmpvmJcG_5pCAJ6pdWxN-FMqqbs7uCpJYj4rljZyQ6wNjWCfLY4ce4rg9AaUxA5xBq7Kw/s16000/20220714%20haircut%20goals%20web%20res.png" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">And so the longer hair lived to fight another few weeks 🎸</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Also, have you heard <a href="https://www.memeshift.com/" target="_blank">Morgan's stuff</a>? You should <a href="https://youtu.be/fzP6LdjKlwM" target="_blank">listen to Morgan's stuff</a>! 🎧🎹⌨️💽</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><br /></p><p></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-47533000441598072312022-06-28T09:00:00.002+02:002022-06-28T09:00:00.159+02:00How Autobio Cartoonists Socialize <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-AYtrlq8x3omiDYob_TgDGfzucklP-tEUcJPDRsGCWOaeFLWqTcBSa4B1-LEiG5iX2dh9YODMyavcGGtEjBqg4Xio0eL6iN4Ju0jYoNsNKwVHRPPBLSaWF6vGyevOl4MQD9mO8itBA37dtZBtab_vebufXmzqsJ671czN-hfaWVCIvHmUx5wbA/s901/20220616%20rotkappchen%20web%20res.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A four-panel black and white comic. In the first panel, HX and Claire are hanging out outside at night drinking a 0% beer and a glass of Rotkäppchen, respectively. Claire says "The last hangover I had was after I drank 33cl of this." HX says "Haha, Rotkäppchen is the mind-killer." In the second panel, Claire responds with "Rotkäppchen is the little-death" and HX laughs. Claire continues: "Rotkäppchen will pass through me, and I will remain." HX laughs some more. In the third panel, HX says "That's going in a comic." Claire points at them and says "DO it. And if you don't do it in a month, I'll do it." In the fourth panel, Claire says "And if you DO do it, I'll make a comic about THIS exchange" and HX laughs some more. A caption at the bottom says "How autobio cartoonists socialize."" border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-AYtrlq8x3omiDYob_TgDGfzucklP-tEUcJPDRsGCWOaeFLWqTcBSa4B1-LEiG5iX2dh9YODMyavcGGtEjBqg4Xio0eL6iN4Ju0jYoNsNKwVHRPPBLSaWF6vGyevOl4MQD9mO8itBA37dtZBtab_vebufXmzqsJ671czN-hfaWVCIvHmUx5wbA/s16000/20220616%20rotkappchen%20web%20res.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="k31gt"><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I did the comic first lol (my friend <a href="https://href.li/?https://cargocollective.com/hennarasanen/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">HX</a> is rad, check out their stuff!) <br /></span></p></div><p></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-39134196134032279652022-05-31T08:00:00.005+02:002022-10-23T22:27:23.242+02:00Tuesday Fanart: My Chemical Romance, "The Foundations of Decay"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSE9xKm-9L0LKHzN2YqgbJYtB1ksg6Ig6ujDEkJR1npoYw3emdcbMkl2XHzp6Mep3E49NtgyYccKlkAZJUAavxz110HUWC_F_qdoYEHC_fjV9UG4UF857JQUHKVZsPW3w30x8ed3NwJPFAAKEcCG5Q4hjonK18Q08WhYmZlnLaIMB2Fuonv2ccQ/s700/20220517%20mcr%20foundations%20-%20final%20web%20res%20-%20corrected%20lyrics.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A black and white illustration with lyrics from My Chemical Romance's "The Foundations of Decay". It shows Claire wearing a plaid shirt, chin length messy hair and black Chucks, standing with her back to us and staring out onto a dark pool of water filled with ruins. Text in the top left says "You must fix your heart" and in the bottom right says "and build an altar where it swells"." border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSE9xKm-9L0LKHzN2YqgbJYtB1ksg6Ig6ujDEkJR1npoYw3emdcbMkl2XHzp6Mep3E49NtgyYccKlkAZJUAavxz110HUWC_F_qdoYEHC_fjV9UG4UF857JQUHKVZsPW3w30x8ed3NwJPFAAKEcCG5Q4hjonK18Q08WhYmZlnLaIMB2Fuonv2ccQ/s16000/20220517%20mcr%20foundations%20-%20final%20web%20res%20-%20corrected%20lyrics.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">🎶 </span>Let it flood, let it flood, let it wash away 🎶</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Before this song came out I was familiar with a grand total of three MCR songs, a number which has exponentially increased since then. My neighbors are thrilled. <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strike><span style="font-family: georgia;">(I pulled these lyrics from Genius.com, they may or may not be accurate.)</span></strike><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Now that the song has been extensively toured and transcribed, I've updated the lyrics accordingly!<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2kWUJkRvVs" target="_blank">My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay</a> ]</span><br /></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-18836857060232359092022-05-24T10:00:00.002+02:002022-05-24T10:00:00.169+02:00Vessel<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPPlbmpVyzvO8UYeo3QfElCkzVpunfQjLCNsh3s0_Db5CstAUvpPIsa7VHplrhSapM6nnz1FMF7IhDblK6I6rZGR-c9mz9BOkfhmRHfa4YMGx2W-mrV2DgJiIBQuDdbzcxKETCjir0mg9xykE_qiHC_3qTLbWeEZAaDTMf7VvUONV_EzEapArdA/s1082/QFF%20Vessel%20-%20001%20web%20res.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A two-page comic in black and white, captioned throughout with lines from a poem. On the first page, the first panel shows an empty hallway in a small apartment, with windows on the left, a door in the back, and a few doors and a mirror on the right. Text above says "I have learned not to trust that anything will last." The second panel shows Sondra and Lex standing in the hallway and getting ready to leave. Sondra, a short woman with long black curly hair, is wearing a nice black cardigan and a black skirt and holding a purse, and is chatting animatedly while Lex, a taller woman with short red hair, is pulling on a vest and smiling. Caption says "Not the good, not the bad." In the third panel, Lex leans over and kisses Sondra on the cheek; Sondra is delighted. Text says "learned to not get attached". The fourth panel shows Lex and Sondra standing outside, downtown, at night, near a subway, while a few people are walking by. They are both checking something on Lex' phone. Text says "I've learned not to believe those who leave will come back." The fifth panel shows them sitting on a subway next to a person with curly hair and glasses reading a newspaper; Lex is cuddling Sondra, who has her head on her shoulder and is smiling with her eyes closed, while Lex is resting her chin on her head and staring off at something off-panel. Text says "And I've heard otherwise, but those lies never track."" border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPPlbmpVyzvO8UYeo3QfElCkzVpunfQjLCNsh3s0_Db5CstAUvpPIsa7VHplrhSapM6nnz1FMF7IhDblK6I6rZGR-c9mz9BOkfhmRHfa4YMGx2W-mrV2DgJiIBQuDdbzcxKETCjir0mg9xykE_qiHC_3qTLbWeEZAaDTMf7VvUONV_EzEapArdA/s16000/QFF%20Vessel%20-%20001%20web%20res.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-Cle-2Q2QNURJAHpBHXyBKgMs9UFg_7HnAbVn4qMjcFw720AU9OA5ZiFCDkLlV5bdAJxngJrYabHH8G_Yl1jOKGgbtCjSLOvDAJxTpsXUjTZ3WRPQzoHYSw5yXECERoMitlOGeZ2hDL-etBiftnF_siObAlBYSxlDwbpOQeNTwJh-Duj1bBBXg/s1077/QFF%20Vessel%20-%20002%20web%20res.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="On the second page, the first panel shows the sign at the entrance to an outdoor cinema at night, with a movie reel projector and a deer head painted onto it. String lights are hanging off both sides of the sign. Text says "But deep inside your eyes," The text follows into panel 2, where we see Sondra and Lex standing in a line with other people, including a person with a plaid shirt and long black hair, a couple of men smiling at each other (one with short curly hair and the other bald), a woman with an undercut and curly hair and glasses sitting in a wheelchair, a woman with long black hair standing behind her and chatting with a taller woman with broad shoulders and black curly hair, and a small child with curly hair standing in front of them. Sondra is checking her phone and Lex is looking up at the lights. Text says "something turns on the light". In the third panel, Sondra and Lex are saying hi to friends of theirs they've run into: a tall woman with long blonde hair and a striped sweater; a shorter person with glasses and curly hair, holding a drink; and a small blond man with stubble and a plaid shirt. Text says "And it feels like I'm worthy, like I'll be alright". In the fourth panel, Lex and Sondra are holding hands while making their way over to an amphitheater style seating to sit down. Various people are sitting there already. Sondra is pointing to an empty spot. The fifth panel is a close-up of Lex and Sondra's handholding while sitting down. Text says "I have learned that my heart's in a shell made of glass". The final panel shows the amphitheater from behind, with everyone including Lex and Sondra and a couple of men (one wearing a cowboy hat, one wearing a plaid shirt) sitting down to watch the movie on a large screen pitched on the grass in front of a fence, with a handful of stars visible. The screen shows five wavy lines, almost like a rainbow. Text says "And - I know now - it's safe for that vessel to crack."" border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-Cle-2Q2QNURJAHpBHXyBKgMs9UFg_7HnAbVn4qMjcFw720AU9OA5ZiFCDkLlV5bdAJxngJrYabHH8G_Yl1jOKGgbtCjSLOvDAJxTpsXUjTZ3WRPQzoHYSw5yXECERoMitlOGeZ2hDL-etBiftnF_siObAlBYSxlDwbpOQeNTwJh-Duj1bBBXg/s16000/QFF%20Vessel%20-%20002%20web%20res.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://clairikine.blogspot.com/2016/01/pirate-song.html" target="_blank">Lex and Sondra</a> return! I drew this for <a href="http://comicinvasion.de" target="_blank">Comic Invasion Berlin</a>'s Queer Movie Night, featuring a queer comics exhibit and a screening of the documentary <i><a href="https://nostraightlinesthefilm.com/" target="_blank">No Straight Lines</a></i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thanks to everyone who came by and made this a very special evening </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">— and also to everyone at the main festival who stopped by my table, <a href="https://arcane.com/en-us/" target="_blank">asked me what I was fangirling</a>, bought zines and generally made my first IRL Comic Invasion since 2019 a resounding success! Special thanks go to <a href="http://ashpure.com" target="_blank">Ash</a> and <a href="https://cargocollective.com/hennarasanen" target="_blank">Henna aka HX</a> for being such awesome tabling buddies.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My new zines collecting autobio comics from 2016 to 2022 are now all available for purchase in my <a href="http://ko-fi.com/clairikine" target="_blank">store</a>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jek7Wy2VA2s" target="_blank">twenty one pilots - Formidable</a> ]</span><br /></div><p></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-13296180095218652892022-04-15T08:00:00.004+02:002022-04-15T11:09:38.140+02:00(Good) Friday Fanart: Stare At The Sun (Thrice)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxEoyW0CpzUzFFXSCANxtwGXoGPvrjy-BbaOtrIT3TwGXCLNpN6u7kmJt_2o6yIzbRa_EzLccfIjqLexHedhKDCZugqKFpD3WGKXMcjIyzBg261tv5Pg55Zsz1X7V0sLO-2ekivxC5VZmEu7NHGfkrZ0bLRcxHFgGOyzM_vieo1mOu23r0M-RjQ/s1273/20220324%20thrice%20stare%20at%20the%20sun%20fanart%20web%20res%20vert.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A two-panel comic in black and white, with lyrics from "Stare At The Sun" by Thrice. First panel: view of Claire from the side, sitting by the lake and wearing a plaid shirt. Text says "I can't help feeling like I'm due for a miracle" Second panel: Claire sitting on a tree log in front of a bench, arms folded on their knees and looking up to the side. Text says "I'm waiting for a sign"." border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxEoyW0CpzUzFFXSCANxtwGXoGPvrjy-BbaOtrIT3TwGXCLNpN6u7kmJt_2o6yIzbRa_EzLccfIjqLexHedhKDCZugqKFpD3WGKXMcjIyzBg261tv5Pg55Zsz1X7V0sLO-2ekivxC5VZmEu7NHGfkrZ0bLRcxHFgGOyzM_vieo1mOu23r0M-RjQ/s16000/20220324%20thrice%20stare%20at%20the%20sun%20fanart%20web%20res%20vert.png" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A good Karfreitag to all who...celebrate?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pyA_lSJXK4" target="_blank">Thrice - Stare At The Sun</a> ] </span><br /></p><p> </p><p></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-32092226953538887472022-04-12T12:35:00.003+02:002022-04-12T12:50:39.237+02:00Monsters<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNhfq-wl-xwDoY6nunvniwRUut0uPjwQ0wLsqrWKoSCTct2uyApXGVTdGq3S75Q7dlUQ5pL2RATwoaxbAEpdUc8D73sJBryWcae0z_huqgVzruOg6pnBvwcFKDqnljwL4-88jwS_4B49gL7cRT3LulEZtOfh131WSrlG67amGgGNhbNw7kwOewA/s800/20220307%20monsters%20web%20res%20v2%20wm.png"><img alt="A black-and-white comic in four panels. First panel: Claire is sitting on the couch, playing a video game and saying "FINALLY killed all those monsters, onwards we go... tum te dum tum..." Second panel: Claire raises an eyebrow and says "what..." while dust appears to rise from the screen. Third panel: Claire stares with an increasingly concerned look at the TV, from which more dust is rising, and says "... oh no. Oh no no no no no" Fourth panel: A text bubble coming from the screen says "Surprise! All the monsters you killed are back and everything is still a nightmare." Claire grips the controller and yells angrily at the screen: "Dammit, I play this game to ESCAPE"" border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNhfq-wl-xwDoY6nunvniwRUut0uPjwQ0wLsqrWKoSCTct2uyApXGVTdGq3S75Q7dlUQ5pL2RATwoaxbAEpdUc8D73sJBryWcae0z_huqgVzruOg6pnBvwcFKDqnljwL4-88jwS_4B49gL7cRT3LulEZtOfh131WSrlG67amGgGNhbNw7kwOewA/s16000/20220307%20monsters%20web%20res%20v2%20wm.png" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Resurrect <i>this, </i>Blood Moon.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">***</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ami·es basé·es à l'étranger et ailleurs, je ne vais pas pondre un long argumentaire dessus — le 24 avril on reste pas chez nous et on va voter Macron contre la fasciste. Si vous avez des difficultés pour voter sur place à l'étranger, n'hésitez pas à me contacter.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYLFVOY1RI" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Placebo - Happy Birthday in the Sky</span></a> ]</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you would like to support my comics work, you can <a href="https://patreon.com/clairikine" target="_blank">become a patron</a> or <a href="https://ko-fi.com/clairikine" target="_blank">leave a tip</a>! </span></i></span></span></span><br /></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcK3xJ7ja70EBOvWGH4GN1IopF3J3787mrufxVrhbYduZ3TUgcnaHkHjugF1cqa00MexW8nfOrCCTasboBclzk3JZSCsO_6fvyYk2TS8ExLmVUKBwzWGySusbJwB1TuJiJabb_agTcVDVGDlvW3c0H8LabVHrWfFoJ1TqodpsXBPOTFEkOXYaOQ/s400/20220307%20monsters%20load%20screen%20web%20res%20wm.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="One-panel comic: Claire still on the couch playing a game. A text bubble coming from the screen says "Have you tried not dying" and Claire says "STFU, load screen."" border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="400" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcK3xJ7ja70EBOvWGH4GN1IopF3J3787mrufxVrhbYduZ3TUgcnaHkHjugF1cqa00MexW8nfOrCCTasboBclzk3JZSCsO_6fvyYk2TS8ExLmVUKBwzWGySusbJwB1TuJiJabb_agTcVDVGDlvW3c0H8LabVHrWfFoJ1TqodpsXBPOTFEkOXYaOQ/w400-h374/20220307%20monsters%20load%20screen%20web%20res%20wm.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-78635525852157433122022-03-29T09:00:00.003+02:002022-03-29T09:00:00.161+02:00Investment<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguZxuyb3Ysz705RhKVHrQuaEvFJ2v9_gf2EsaHtVF_Gzsn0iOze7ELSsat6kOayaUJlEJI-Qh7qNbN_9dldsZIZnAxuAU8-tVNbWiohE6LkON-hcHR1MouHpqFKaTgCQfyAvA34Vr3w0rlwXZIrDHPrR8xsXGC1gQ2Eki80wZI4tQ_rJVWJJFE1g=s1853" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A black and white comic in three panels. First panel: Claire sitting on a couch next to a small plush dinosaur, typing into a laptop on her lap. Caption says "Paying for in-store pickup: 10€". Second panel: Claire standing in front of a regional train stopped at the station, under a sign that says "BER Terminal 1-2". Caption says: "Round-trip ticket to Brandenburg: 3,60€" Third panel: Claire is happily hugging a giant IKEA plush shark and a little heart is showing next to their head. The shark is saying "too tight, too tight". Caption says "Having a giant shark to hug: priceless"." border="0" data-original-height="1853" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguZxuyb3Ysz705RhKVHrQuaEvFJ2v9_gf2EsaHtVF_Gzsn0iOze7ELSsat6kOayaUJlEJI-Qh7qNbN_9dldsZIZnAxuAU8-tVNbWiohE6LkON-hcHR1MouHpqFKaTgCQfyAvA34Vr3w0rlwXZIrDHPrR8xsXGC1gQ2Eki80wZI4tQ_rJVWJJFE1g=s16000" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">At the time I purchased this Blåhaj there were 6 left in stock for all of Berlin + suburbs. IKEA Schönefeld: far away but worth it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtdtcbuLRe-TK4C8CeGrQjQIlvHYa-jIINPiX1Yb7x5r4tF5w26UcYmlCywB5O5NfI11TOqeX1ilH1tvM0-hvRi2srtjRbuGojsb3gJJ0jeSvTXHl3ay46dnhdGKrwmV4Z2i_UyqnD4f6RuWNn4rp510QSpbGRd3rKVFZxXml98RfZYE72SuKXQw=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A montage of two photos. The first one shows a road sign next to the highway in rural Brandenburg at sunset. The second one shows an empty set of S-Bahn seats and the reflection in the window at night shows Claire with the shark, taking a selfie." border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtdtcbuLRe-TK4C8CeGrQjQIlvHYa-jIINPiX1Yb7x5r4tF5w26UcYmlCywB5O5NfI11TOqeX1ilH1tvM0-hvRi2srtjRbuGojsb3gJJ0jeSvTXHl3ay46dnhdGKrwmV4Z2i_UyqnD4f6RuWNn4rp510QSpbGRd3rKVFZxXml98RfZYE72SuKXQw=s16000" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ04WbgI9rg" target="_blank">Foo Fighters - All My Life</a> ]</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you would like to support my comics work, you can <a href="https://patreon.com/clairikine" target="_blank">become a patron</a> or <a href="https://ko-fi.com/clairikine" target="_blank">leave a tip</a>! </span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-1853218816029562462022-03-22T12:01:00.000+01:002022-03-22T12:01:15.203+01:00Behold<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz1Ycy_LXmb7IMTvg3103DmAsecxln7tWk41p4-UOE7OUPhAET-I5phu8IPG7tZ0u7CjUv_mTie3OpT8gFFLsVI9AXAuzhTFyz-GayzjPqERPMiCes6XWKapDGLIROrV88Jhss1aPg-gL3LEE3CNmn6SbHg0ozntNMuCOIX_4A-m4CM_gSLUDjw/s1209/20220102%20behold%20-%20edit%20-%20web%20res%20vert%20600.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="First panel: Claire walking through the woods at night in winter and looking up, with text at the top thats says "I could tell you about all the hours I spent wandering around in the dark" Second panel: view from behind of Claire sitting on a wooden bench in front of a lake at night. Text on the top left and bottom right says "but those are for me to behold," "not you."" border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz1Ycy_LXmb7IMTvg3103DmAsecxln7tWk41p4-UOE7OUPhAET-I5phu8IPG7tZ0u7CjUv_mTie3OpT8gFFLsVI9AXAuzhTFyz-GayzjPqERPMiCes6XWKapDGLIROrV88Jhss1aPg-gL3LEE3CNmn6SbHg0ozntNMuCOIX_4A-m4CM_gSLUDjw/s16000/20220102%20behold%20-%20edit%20-%20web%20res%20vert%20600.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thus concludes this particular series of nature walks! I have enjoyed them.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqy1jA8-WCQ" target="_blank">Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance</a> ]</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you would like to support my comics work, you can <a href="https://patreon.com/clairikine" target="_blank">become a patron</a> or <a href="https://ko-fi.com/clairikine" target="_blank">leave a tip</a>! </span></i></span></span></span></div>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-83798735458478965842022-03-01T09:44:00.026+01:002022-03-10T13:44:12.807+01:00Boxes<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="First panel: Claire is walking through the woods in the winter at night, frowning, their hands in the pockets of their hoodie, staring at the ground. Text in the top left corner says:"I've thought a lot about the things I wanted to say to you, now that it's likely I won't see you again. / Second panel: Claire stands at the top of a hill and stares down to the road, where there is a stop sign. Text in the road says: "I really liked you." / Third panel: Claire is sliding down a path on the hill towards the road, steadying themself with their arms stretched out. Text in the top left and bottom right corner says: "I rarely say it. But I think you could guess."" border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8U9DtYd1NQgL_nGeYbuRCzt3dIp15-6Pme_YOoCrLplE2-yGmMrjb0RQ2FdH-Z1tbj9ztfdNqS2E-qC6whlKdjdKVMJUJOzUjeh_PoSTTEkrJYY95EDUayLHYihFpoqw5GntfeyTe3NGpcgNR8KMCy5bFdS9AkzX-gRIPXrdtELVgyzPKeIKB8Q=s16000" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="First panel: a wide angle view of a desert, with mountains in the distance. Claire stands by the road at the bus stop while a bus arrives, now in a white T-shirt wearing the hoodie around her waist. The bus looks like the ones that circulate on Seattle public transit. Text in the top left says: "The few times my unspoken prayer was answered, it never turned out the way I wanted it to." Second panel: Claire, puts on a KN95 mask and climbs into the bus. Third panel: sitting by the window with their mask on, Claire stares out the window at the desert, curious. Fourth panel: another wide-angle view of the desert, from above. The bus is taking off into the distance, towards more mountains, these ones covered in pine trees." border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF0a3MoNDKJWOlTDpRbwgBdJfjeOrwOMMMpji4rwcK3kRo9aySk_XZopj3RTkwIsg1EDl5opPFcQwO3v4BZ4FjnQ9sv4YP0WkX8pbMTs_twEhjWeMe76nx-EW9pOq7t295uih92KGzoR3PcxUM31gxBrCruhx9jbpgCgSR_9teXdvqmYQbn_H3fw=s16000" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="First panel: a close-up of Claire staring off to the other side now and frowning, with pine trees visible outside the window to their right. Text in a box says "I used to want to say I was sorry." Second panel: we see the bus from the front, coming up the road in the dark woods. Text in a box above the bus and on the road in front of the bus says "Sorry for wanting you" and "Sorry for wasting your time". Third panel: view from far above as the bus winds up the pine-tree-covered mountain. Text in a box on the bottom right says: "Sorry for not fitting into the boxes that I thought would make me whole"." border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCNXL9p4x-hdAJlEA0o6afZp7BCIuWFplnbdnEE6gjqQb--80wjS_tNHMIkPTne6584oFTxktiINoPvqPOjJhIzwThU3RDWYJF8OkRubVD25C9iUmn0ctY1myWjI76KO6q7siofUobX-kgajb7uDdc_tPdckvPq2Zy_uYkHIsNr-f3A9BcgNDKBA=s16000" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="First panel: Another view of the bus from the front arrives onto flat ground. The woods are completely dark. Second panel: the bus is now parked on the left side of the panel next to the trees, with a couple passengers standing around outside. Claire, on the right side of the panel, is walking away into the woods, wearing their hoodie again and holding their mask in their hand. A text box between Claire and the bus says: "But I don't want to try to fit into those boxes anymore." Third panel: Claire is walking through the woods at night, clutching her right arm with her left hand, looking up with an anxious, frowning, questioning expression on her face. Fourth panel: we see Claire from behind as she has arrived at the edge of the woods and is now looking out onto a beach, with the sun rising in the distance." border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnvimo-FtNVK7Aqzyhri3JBwfqM398pb9bjleoXIln5Bu9wXMXgLFilwYn3_3mGYIoGfOHrdqV9bGny-QKuihkmuR4DWEda5rxA0FqIjbFqFFkeJpYI7l1tq8BQz8Se8PGl0wZsnIQarN9Kr1wmK9pB7GCHRfVrymjLQuYloPNof7JAbfvVymgJw=s16000" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="In a series of three panels, Claire looks back behind her towards the woods with her arms folded across her chest and frowning, then back out towards the beach with wider and curious eyes, and then looks at the beach some more in the other direction with a knowing smile on her face, raising one eyebrow. In a series of two panels, we see Claire from the waist down with her hands in her pockets as she stands at the top of a staircase, then as she takes a step forward. In the final panel, we see a wide angle shot of the beach that Claire is now standing on, with a staircase to the left leading back up to the woods on the top of the hill, a large mountain in the background, and a small boat tethered to a wooden walkway to the right of the panel. Claire has their hands in their pockets still and is staring down the beach. Text in the sky says: "I don't want to say I'm sorry anymore". Text on the bottom of the page says "July 2020 - November 2021"." border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJo_XB6UnGn-mYp5JRCALXLATeYoLd7Q1hECd1xqd0IMn2LyHm-IFZVwJEnryxrf_Zte2HEdhMFgYw7J7r0fTc1zNhJayq6RmtMALiVebbnNvjji-GCHj1O3A1jRHf7m03ogcreBHyK79wVUL6MxJJO0CFVtVLtwssT-37YW27we2ZqU7LCbJexg=s16000" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This comic has been bouncing around in my brain for the last couple of years! Now it is here. Hope you like it. <br /></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> [ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL7szCFuNME" target="_blank">Thrice - The Color of The Sky</a> ]</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">***</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you're looking for places to donate to help in Ukraine, Libereco is a Swiss-German NGO that has created a <a href="https://www.lphr.org/en/ukraine-hilfe/" target="_blank">joint humanitarian fund</a> with their local partner organisation Vostok SOS. They also have a list of <a href="https://www.lphr.org/en/ukraine-hilfe/" target="_blank">ways that you can help</a>, including directly where you live. Even things that can feel small are essential.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Other organizations doing work on the ground that you can donate to are:</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://respondcrisistranslation.org/en/support-translators-refugees" target="_blank">Respond Crisis Translation</a> (link is to a mutual aid fund to support translation and interpretation for refugees in Afghanistan, Haiti and Ukraine)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.eoto-archiv.de/spenden/" target="_blank">Each One Teach One</a> (a community-based organization in Berlin working to promote the interests of Black, African and Afro-diasporic people in Germany and Europe, currently coordinating accommodation and relief for BIPOC fleeing Ukraine)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://berlin.lsvd.de/aktiv-werden/donations/" target="_blank">LSVD Berlin-Brandenburg MILES program</a> (offering psychosocial & legal support for LGBTIQ* refugees in Berlin and Brandenburg)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.moabit-hilft.com/" target="_blank">moabit hilft</a> (coordinating and distributing material donations)</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In general, please also mind what you are reading, what you are sharing, what you are putting on people's feeds, and verify where it is coming from. In times like these it is easy to act impulsively, and this can be used for harm; if you are in a safe place, allow yourself to take a step back to ask yourself what is helpful to those who are not.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><br /></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-4000599163133768312022-02-08T09:00:00.005+01:002022-03-01T10:02:45.652+01:00Hourly Comics Day 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidWUyrqXqHXJd-po5t5LmL1gSVgGFK-oIYyUUVh3nbrViAbKbhZnhZcnsg10RnNYDBQvszc0-hVAobBqb8Fxi2gJJdO-P_GCcmlfofhH5-on3pb6Onk05lButiSLun2Foj4F7dmqZoVXq8rG5JEyYtioDzwzpXqlQoEi7JNFcHPz4TxT6jfrIVMw=s1323" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidWUyrqXqHXJd-po5t5LmL1gSVgGFK-oIYyUUVh3nbrViAbKbhZnhZcnsg10RnNYDBQvszc0-hVAobBqb8Fxi2gJJdO-P_GCcmlfofhH5-on3pb6Onk05lButiSLun2Foj4F7dmqZoVXq8rG5JEyYtioDzwzpXqlQoEi7JNFcHPz4TxT6jfrIVMw=s16000" /></a></div><p></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcX0VSUy7zciE8tdCDMFUeET606LzyFCUzkudwvu2Gvdz94TIUasXgInYrKSo3e1k9hPl_h5D5JCBv6D3PY-OcCqNwlFMEh-HzrbWDYWrhJYOBXG7erVOiAYeI80I1RypdMT-kkUx95_T3vzwFLJxO9hPcWHfF0cI4IsZGwHyrLhPMoxW6gnz6ww=s16000" /></a></div></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgursc632f6sPvbUZBwtFxque8_HnWHssRfaGBXLhYrayYHXjrHzDMMwcN2yTQcd-w12vVJCdJGeuXdypBxudo-ND89UFtS0yVfB5Do5NI27ezgTFnzEzLRP398Fl-Tm_n1Kli4xCwEzquNPrk4wBXVKsvBau8_jgz10xC45fqc5bs7E3KAAk3uRg=s1169" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgursc632f6sPvbUZBwtFxque8_HnWHssRfaGBXLhYrayYHXjrHzDMMwcN2yTQcd-w12vVJCdJGeuXdypBxudo-ND89UFtS0yVfB5Do5NI27ezgTFnzEzLRP398Fl-Tm_n1Kli4xCwEzquNPrk4wBXVKsvBau8_jgz10xC45fqc5bs7E3KAAk3uRg=s16000" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Referenced in this comic:</span><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">The new Tocotronic album was actually released on January 28 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://oesterreich-testet.at/" target="_blank">Austria's SARS-CoV-2 testing programs</a> (as of February 5, 2022) (in German)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">*Gesundheitsämter = local health departments</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.patreon.com/LucyBellwood/" target="_blank">Lucy Bellwood's monthly drawing hangouts</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://kida-mnesia.com/" target="_blank">Kid A Mnesiac Exhibition</a> (has a gift shop)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/" target="_blank">Wordle</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3qLmEfjXfs" target="_blank">Kummer feat. Fred Rabe, "Der Letzte Song (Alles wird gut)"</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0r2Apn7OKA" target="_blank">A, "Nothing"</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCsyXSr7u-Q" target="_blank">The Naked and Famous, "Higher"</a></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Check out my Hourly Comics from previous years <a href="https://clairikine.blogspot.com/search/label/hourly%20comics%20day" target="_blank">here</a>!</span><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you would like to help support my comics work, you can <a href="https://patreon.com/clairikine" target="_blank">become a patron</a> or <a href="https://ko-fi.com/clairikine" target="_blank">leave a tip</a>! </span></i></div><br /><br /><br />Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-66213312113037959662021-10-22T09:00:00.012+02:002022-04-01T12:18:44.542+02:00Fanart Friday: Sad Comics 2021<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Earlier this year a series of bad things and personal upheavals happened. I drew various short comics to process some of them and will be updating this post with them for the next few weeks on Fridays.<br /><br />Content warning: some of these touch on stuff like death, grief, depression and religious trauma, so please be mindful if that is something you aren't up to reading right now.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4CnZlJQ_98E/YWQpkUytkSI/AAAAAAAAJew/uLP99Bhi7Is9RrrFeHOx4W1l1sjlzAzsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1163/20210711%2Bbenched%2B-%2Bindo%2Bweb%2Bres.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A two-panel comic in black and white. In the first panel, Claire is sitting on a bench by a lake at night, looking out onto the water. The edge of the lake is paved and there is a street lantern and a tree. Claire is wearing shoulder length hair and a plaid hoodie. In the top left corner of the panel are the lyrics to a song in French that mean "I don't have much to say to you". In the second panel we see Claire sitting on the bench with their arms crossed, staring off to her left and frowning. Behind her are trees and next to her is a trash can. In the bottom left corner there are lyrics from the same song, translating to "and not much to make you laugh." The song is "J'ai demandé à la lune" by Indochine." border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4CnZlJQ_98E/YWQpkUytkSI/AAAAAAAAJew/uLP99Bhi7Is9RrrFeHOx4W1l1sjlzAzsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/20210711%2Bbenched%2B-%2Bindo%2Bweb%2Bres.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Translation: "I don't have a lot to say to you, and not a lot to make you laugh."</i><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAOmC5qT02w" target="_blank">Indochine - J'ai demandé à la lune</a> ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LdbqXWkCWjU/YXvNg6LUeTI/AAAAAAAAJfk/bl0Af5q4oMQqmeNKWBDrgCxT528zRA7CwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1261/20210116%2Bdethbed%2B-%2Bfanart%2B-%2Bweb%2Bres%2Bwm.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LdbqXWkCWjU/YXvNg6LUeTI/AAAAAAAAJfk/bl0Af5q4oMQqmeNKWBDrgCxT528zRA7CwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/20210116%2Bdethbed%2B-%2Bfanart%2B-%2Bweb%2Bres%2Bwm.png" /></a></div><br /> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJrcOJKC4Pw" target="_blank">Alkaline Trio - Dethbed</a> ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u3C8lLzPcn4/YYQjXn-fdoI/AAAAAAAAJfw/YHsPcQY0Ou8CrhHHjsjgbVnCBBZDondBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1981/20210320%2B-%2Bopen%2Bwater%2Bweb%2Bres.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A three-panel black-and-white comic with lyrics from the song “Open Water” by the band Thrice. The first panel shows a quiet lake at night. At the top are the words “the open water chills me to my bones”, and at the bottom are the words “but it’s the only place that I feel alive”. The second panel shows two bare trees towering overnight, also at night. Between them are the words “i’m starting to believe the ocean’s much like you”. The final panel shows Claire, a person with short hair, standing outside at night, wearing a coat and a scarf, and looking up. Nothing else can be seen around her except the darkness of night, and above their head the words “ ‘cause it gives and it takes away.”" border="0" data-original-height="1981" data-original-width="650" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u3C8lLzPcn4/YYQjXn-fdoI/AAAAAAAAJfw/YHsPcQY0Ou8CrhHHjsjgbVnCBBZDondBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/20210320%2B-%2Bopen%2Bwater%2Bweb%2Bres.png" /></a></div> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I drew this one during Lent of this year. It was a particularly
intense period of my life. I mean, in a year full of intense periods of
my life, it's way up there. <br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVmeEodkaj4" target="_blank">Thrice - Open Water</a> ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L5SPhU94EcU/YY1PRO96YxI/AAAAAAAAJgE/jcV4wEU0ChsscD-IlsMfSmSywNC4NtOSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1217/20210524%2Brelative%2Bfiction%2B-%2Bjulien%2Bbaker%2Bweb%2Bres%2Bvert.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A two-panel comic with lyrics from Julien Baker's "Relative Fiction". The first panel shows part of a lake in the winter, surrounded by shores with trees in the background and tall grass and logs in the foreground, with the lyrics "I've got no business praying / I'm finished being good" at the top and bottom of the panel." The second panel shows Claire standing on the shore, looking out onto the lake, surrounded by tall grass and logs, with woods behind them and a fence between them, and the lyrics "Now I can finally be okay / and not the way I thought I should"." border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L5SPhU94EcU/YY1PRO96YxI/AAAAAAAAJgE/jcV4wEU0ChsscD-IlsMfSmSywNC4NtOSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/20210524%2Brelative%2Bfiction%2B-%2Bjulien%2Bbaker%2Bweb%2Bres%2Bvert.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">[ <a href="https://youtu.be/AWwLUr-h6eY" target="_blank">Julien Baker - Relative Fiction</a> ]<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /> </span></div>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097887491146348114.post-70144683637947108942021-08-02T10:12:00.021+02:002021-08-02T12:48:26.762+02:00Berlin PSA: Shots! Shots!<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjcGkZRt3Xc/YQfNP1A0WeI/AAAAAAAAJdE/V4wEPmi5ObkY6FBOUswjCVT5ZDTIkJlVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/20210721%2Bfriendly%2Blocal%2Bclairikine%2Bvax%2BPSA%2B-%2Bweb%2Bres%2B600.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A drawing of Claire wearing a black tank top, black Converse high-tops and shorts, chin-length hair and an FFP2 mask, staring into the camera with their thumb up and their left hand on their side, showing a large band-aid on their left shoulder. A caption pointing to the band-aid says "got it on the arm I don't sleep on"." border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjcGkZRt3Xc/YQfNP1A0WeI/AAAAAAAAJdE/V4wEPmi5ObkY6FBOUswjCVT5ZDTIkJlVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/20210721%2Bfriendly%2Blocal%2Bclairikine%2Bvax%2BPSA%2B-%2Bweb%2Bres%2B600.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">H<span class="" title="Edited">i folks! Your friendly local
double-vaxxed Clairikine here, with a PSA that there are currently
<a href="https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/thema/corona/beitraege/2021/07/corona-impfen-termin-moderna-johnson-biontech-parkplatz-bvg.html" target="_blank">multiple vaccination offers in Berlin that do not require making an appointment on Doctolib</a>, and are not just at the Impfzentren. Please get vaccinated if you are able, please tell folks
around you where they can get their shots too, and if you can, consider
offering to help with stuff that might make getting them more
difficult! We can do this.</span></span><p></p>Clairikinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602499686025457898noreply@blogger.com0