asakiyume: (squirrel eye star)
2023-09-24 04:23 pm

Spores, by Joshua Barkman (False Knees)

Joshua Barkman draws four-panel comics under the name False Knees--you've probably seen his images used in memes (like this one).

Some time ago he put a comic called Spores up on social media--it's a really lovely story of what happens when a meteorite crashes to Earth in the northern woods in winter...



And extraterrestrial fungi spread....



And creatures eat them.



It leads to creatures being able to communicate across species, and -- well, it's a really great story. And now you can order it at the creator's website. I got one for myself and one to send to a family member.

asakiyume: (squirrel eye star)
2022-11-04 11:01 am

A beautiful story

Some of you may have seen art by this guy before: he does comics with very realistic birds. This is a story in 31 tweets, and it's just beautiful--funny, profound, and heart-pricking by turns.

Link is to the first tweet.

First image: