Mike Dawson's Blog, page 75

When I was in eighth grade, I wrote these hilarious captions all...

When I was in eighth grade, I wrote these hilarious captions all over my yearbook.

RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER reviewed at Publisher’s...

RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER reviewed at Publisher’s Weekly

Though it’s billed as “the modern father’s guide to good parenting,” anyone demanding clear answers on parenting will only find more questions in Dawson’s (Troop 142) short comic pieces presenting contemporary issues around raising a child. Some directly relate to the topic, such as the title story. Others take a more philosophical journey covering the larger political and social concerns affecting personal lives. Dawson’s sharp piece refuting the idea that Americans love an underdog was a mild viral hit when it was released on Medium, and rightly so, but that’s just the tip of a sometimes bleak iceberg. Also effective are chapters, all drawn in a loose cartoony style, imagining his own family surviving the climate-change-induced breakdown of civilization and thoughts on guns and Christmas. If he sometimes seems helpless against the universe, Dawson still channels the parental zeitgeist, as shown in his suggestion that the one good choice is to raise thoughtful children who understand reality. (May)

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A short RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER updateIn short, the books...

A short RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER update

In short, the books could arrive back from the printers as early as next week, and I’ll start shipping them as soon as they’re in my hands. Also, check out those sweet back cover blurbs!

Upcoming Talkies

Upcoming Talkies

Jimmy and his Magic Patch

Jimmy and his Magic Patch

Worzel

Worzel

#comics page in progress #jets #football

#comics page in progress #jets #football

page from a #comic about the #Jets in progress, sorry for bad...

page from a #comic about the #Jets in progress, sorry for bad words

Cool books in the mail today #blutch #beano

Cool books in the mail today #blutch #beano