Two cartoons, two silly poems and one other thing by David Ellis Dickerson. As scheduled as I can manage.
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DAVE UPDATE: Why I'm Not Popular in Sunday School
(Seen outside a coffee shop on the North Loop:)
I’m getting out of Austin soon with, one hopes, a street-legal car. But this exceptionally long sojourn has given me time to go over my notes thus far, and there are a few things I forgot...
A Brief Account of My Lull (2 Cartoons, 2 Poems)
Allow me to explain my situation in verse:
WHY I’M STILL IN AUSTIN
I’m waiting here for license tags
(I hope my sister sent ’em!)
The worst thing about paperwork:
It screws up your momentum.
—10 Aug 2026
I’ve kept try...
SHORT DAVE UPDATE FROM AUSTIN: 2 CARTOONS, 2 SILLY POEMS
My brief sojourn in Roswell inspired this, and the fact that my whiteboards are packed away somewhere in my car made me rely on a very thin pen…
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…which is weird, because last night my wonderful hosts took me to a summer music festiv...
DAVE UPDATE: TUCSON AND ROSWELL
SNAPPY ANSWERS TO “WOULD YOU LIKE A RECEIPT?”
For years now, whenever a salesperson at a register has asked me, “Would you like a receipt?” my stock answer has been, “Don’t bother. We both know this happened.” It’s good enough to get a pol...
There'll Be a Slight Delay (Because of the Cops)
The worst thing about planning is the arrogance involved. As if I know what’s going to happen and we can agree at a time and place to smugly watch it unfold. This was brought home to me a few days ago as I was just minding my business, driv...
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Autistic Ex-Christian Geek who writes things that are difficult to monetize. Cartoons. Poems. Tabletop RPGs. Culture and politics.
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