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Sarai says, "I'm just happy not to be a Dildosaurus Rex anymore."

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Foolish Child #87: Dildosaurus Rex

“Actually, I know all 100 species of dinosaur and that is not one of them.”

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Dec 30, 2020

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

Two hand drawn dinosaurs are asking, why are they in fact dinosaurs? A baby Dino sits on one of their backs making cute noises.

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Foolish Child #86: Dinosaurs

This child wouldn’t allow me to draw in peace unless I was drawing dinosaurs. It’s fine — I’ll just say something queer and relatable.

Dickens —

Dec 16, 2020

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happiest season

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Foolish Child #85: Happiest Season

“ARE YOU F*CKING WITH ME AGAIN???”

Dickens —

Dec 2, 2020

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A hand drawn panel of a bright blue sky, with queer people dancing in the street. One has a sign that says "Bye Don 202!" There's a rainbow above. One of Dickens' friends suggests that the group join the dancers. Dickens says, "If you can call that dancing."

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Foolish Child #84: After the Storm

“I’m sorry. The last four years have just… destroyed my optimism.”

Dickens —

Nov 18, 2020

2020 election

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In a two panel hand-drawn comic, Dickens' next-door-neighbor comes over to ask if Dickens has a plan to vote. Dickens quickly shhhhs them, because they are afraid someone else is listening in.

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Foolish Child #83: Election Anxiety

One can never be too careful in 2020…

Dickens —

Oct 21, 2020

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

Dickens and their friends discuss their attraction for a certain child's television star, but who it is remains a mystery... for now.. (Three hand drawn characters of color talking against a green background in a two panel comic)

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Foolish Child #82: It’s the Imaginary Blue Dog for Me

“I know y’all not in here watching Blue’s Clues like it’s porn. Bunch of weirdos.”

Dickens —

Oct 7, 2020

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

In a two-panel drawn comic, Dickens and a friend sit together on a couch against a green background. The friend asks Dickens, "Can I ask you a highly personal question? Do you consider yourself gay? lesbian? queer?" In response, Dickens jokes "Oh, Thank Helena" in reference to the TV show Warehouse 13.

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Foolish Child #81: Labels

“I don’t know. I can’t keep up with all the rules and definitions and the gatekeep-iness.”

Dickens —

Sep 30, 2020

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

In a two panel comic, Dickens child asks if they can play outside again, to which they respond that it is "105 degrees and raining ash in California." In the second panel, Dickens and their partner stand outside and watch the orange skies of Northern California. Their partner says "The movies always made the apocalypse seem... obvious. This is just... Wednesday."

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Foolish Child #80: It Never Ends

Well yes. It turns out the apocalypse creeps on you slowly, starting oh — in about March 2020, who would’ve guessed?

Dickens —

Sep 9, 2020

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Foolish Child #79: Comply

“I really don’t need to be in my house simmering over the racist comments on violence against Black people.”

Dickens —

Aug 26, 2020

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the speakeasy

A hand drawn cartoon of three friends, split into three panels, where two Black friends joke with their non-Black friend about how nervous people get when Black people joke about race.

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Foolish Child #78: We Got Jokes

“You know I can’t tell when you’re making Black people jokes!”

Dickens —

Aug 12, 2020

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Cartoon of the artist, Dickens, discussing Black Lives Matter with two white strangers. The first white stranger makes a joke that the Black t-shirt she's wearing with Black Lives Matter on it is "so slimming" the second stranger erroneously compares statistics of white vs. Black victims of police brutality.

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Foolish Child #77: Black Lives Matter Isn’t a Trend

What’s the point in arguing with a world that will always devalue Black skin?

Dickens —

Jul 29, 2020

death is sad

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Foolish Child #76: You Don’t Need to Justify Your Grief

“What right do I have to feel grief over this? It’s not my loss.”

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Jul 15, 2020

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Foolish Child #123: Black Lives Thriving

Foolish Child #122: Butter Warmer

Foolish Child #121: A Stands For

Foolish Child #120: The Neighbors

Foolish Child #119: Lesbian Visibility

Foolish Child #118: Work Crush

Foolish Child #117: Should I Make It Gay?

Foolish Child #116: Four Hours of Sleep

Foolish Child #115: Exhaustion

Foolish Child #114: Meet Cute

Foolish Child #123: Black Lives Thriving

Foolish Child #122: Butter Warmer

Foolish Child #121: A Stands For

Foolish Child #120: The Neighbors

Foolish Child #119: Lesbian Visibility

Foolish Child #118: Work Crush

Foolish Child #117: Should I Make It Gay?

Foolish Child #116: Four Hours of Sleep

Foolish Child #115: Exhaustion

Foolish Child #114: Meet Cute

Foolish Child #87: Dildosaurus Rex

Foolish Child #86: Dinosaurs

Foolish Child #85: Happiest Season

Foolish Child #84: After the Storm

Foolish Child #83: Election Anxiety

Foolish Child #82: It’s the Imaginary Blue Dog for Me

Foolish Child #81: Labels

Foolish Child #80: It Never Ends

Foolish Child #79: Comply

Foolish Child #78: We Got Jokes

Foolish Child #77: Black Lives Matter Isn’t a Trend

Foolish Child #76: You Don’t Need to Justify Your Grief