Nick St. John, "Tell Me Again Why I Can't Be a Manta Ray"

[octopedingenue.insanejournal.com]

In my flurry of frantic packing and intermittent net access this week, the Best American Non-Required Reading 2009 has brought me much-needed brain-soothing. This comic by Nick St. John makes me particularly giggly-happy.


6 pages below!

















More comicky goodness in BANRR2009: Émile Bravo! Tom Kaczynski! Introduction by Marjane Satrapi!

Comments

[mcbangle.insanejournal.com]

That's awesome. Thanks for the smile!

[gargoylekitty.insanejournal.com]

That was nice and rather cheered me up. Thank you for posting it and for the links.

[jaybee3.insanejournal.com]

This so cute. Thank you.

[damar148.insanejournal.com]

Everyone but the Irwin family

[arilou_skiff.insanejournal.com]

D'aw.

[blakeyrat.insanejournal.com]

He's bigger than Jesus! Someone tell the remaining Beatles.

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

I like this. Thank you for posting.

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

That's... oddly compelling, I must say. If nothing else, the concept is bizarre enough to hold one's attention.

[octopedingenue.insanejournal.com]

It's the tiny suitcase and the tinier hat that does it for me. And of course the reason he cannot stay is because there are no well-fitting pajamas!

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

I just like the way a manta ray is presented flying. I've seen it before - there's a version in the 'Little Nemo' cartoon - but I always find it interesting, because dammit, manta rays LOOK like they ought to be able to fly, don't they? They look like they ought to be able to zoom right out of the water like flying fish and snack upon unwary seagulls. The fact that this is a BENEVOLENT manta ray with a little hat and suitcase who wishes only to travel the world and tell stories to the little children is just icing on the cake.

Amazing.

[(Anonymous)]

That's some rad stuffs right there. I want to be a Manta Ray when I grow up.

-Z-