A. is a totally complete incomplete paraplegic and thirty-something hanky-in-the-pocket cartoonist weirdo! They spent the majority of their young life sketching in hospitals, and experienced their first heartbreak at age 8 during game 6 of the ’96 NBA championships.
Complicated feelings around the fact that having a broken relationship come back as a stronger friendship speaks to me SO DEEPLY and yet I have yet to achieve good queer hair. : /
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I love this to bits.
This is soooo awesome!
<3 <3 <3
This is so beautiful
WAY TO MAKE ME CRY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, ALYSSA
I’m not crying, you’re crying
Cheers to The Boss
Wow – what a wonderful comic. Thank you for sharing this story with us so beautifully!
I love these comics so much, especially this one. Thank you!
crying into my salad on lunchbreak <3 Alyssa this so beautiful!
Just curious, what do the dotted lines symbolize?
Hey! The dotted lines are scars. I wear ’em wherever I go! <3
Interesting! Thanks for the reply ?
Complicated feelings around the fact that having a broken relationship come back as a stronger friendship speaks to me SO DEEPLY and yet I have yet to achieve good queer hair. : /
so good and smart and pure
this is so nice (signed up to say this)
I have not stopped thinking about this.
Not sure if I would be tearing up so much at this if I didn’t have a Bruce Springsteen tattoo, but I’m glad I don’t have to answer that question…
This, and all of your work, is very wonderful <3
I love this. Also I get super excited when I see a new “Oh Hey! It’s Alyssa”.
I love this column so freaking much!