Mumbling Mynah

[mumblingmynah]

I made this for SF Zine Fest’s 15th anniversary zine.

[dumpwta]

Ready to take action? Good! We only have until Dec. 19th when the members of the Electoral College meet to cast their votes. Our Attorneys General need to ACT NOW and we NEED TO MAKE THEM!

WHO TO CALL:

Contact your Attorney General immediately! And daily, if you can. Find their info here: http://www.naag.org/naag/attorneys-general/whos-my-ag.php. That will give you your state’s Attorney General’s name and main number. Call them and leave a message. Then, call some of their local offices! It’ll be easier to talk to actual people that way. Making connections with staff is important! To get those local office numbers, just Google your AG’s name and “offices.” Easy peasy!

WHAT TO SAY:

Hello, my name is __________ and I’m calling to request that Attorney General __________ challenge the ‘winner take all’ rule for allocating electoral votes. The ‘WTA’ system is NOT mandated by the Constitution and it’s time to challenge it. Please stand up to this unconstitutional inequality and represent the millions of voters who disenfranchised or effectively diluted by this unfair state rule. Thank you!

Done?

Good job! You’re the best!!

Next Steps:

We’re planning some actions that involve visiting the AGs offices in person; if you’re interested in getting involved, fill out this quick form!

Share this with everyone you know – via Twitter! Facebook! Email! Messenger pigeon! Just kidding on the last one; that would be bonkers! – and think of creative ways to make the Attorneys General pay attention! Stop by their offices! Organize a gathering! Make it happen!!

***Resources you might need***

What your vote is worth: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/fairvote/pages/199/attachments/original/1450119297/2008votersperelector.pdf?1450119297

The Equal Protection argument against “winner take all” in the Electoral College: https://medium.com/@lessig/the-equal-protection-argument-against-winner-take-all-in-the-electoral-college-b09e8a49d777#.9e8o77u8d

How Electoral votes would be tallied if states awarded them proportionally: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_6JNf-iV7ry9bLbWcH9MfXI71isfETjBbjAqQRk2eek/edit#gid=240256878

Here’s how the Electoral college might die: https://thenib.com/the-electoral-college-isn-t-working-here-s-how-it-might-die?t=recent

How to make call if you have social anxiety: http://echothroughthefog.cordeliadillon.com/post/153393286626/how-to-call-your-reps-when-you-have-social-anxiety

~*~ words: Lauren Davis & Laura Beck; art & design: Jonas Madden-Connor~*~

[mumblingmynah]

I enjoyed Stranger Things!

[jonasmaddenconnor]

Some panels from a WIP

[mumblingmynah]

Hey I made this fan art for Minty Lewis' pilot, Bottom's Butte! Watch it here!

[mumblingmynah]

[jonasmaddenconnor]

Podcast artwork for You’re Gonna Die, Girl.

Check it out here and subscribe in iTunes.

[mumblingmynah]

Hey! I made the artwork for my wife’s cool new podcast!

[mumblingmynah]

[baxterfilms]

"Don’t compel yourself to be a cartoonist. Cartoonists are as thick as locusts in Hollywood, but writers are as rare as virgins."

Carl Barks (via baxterfilms)

[flowermiya]

[agentmlovestacos]

You tell ‘em, She-Hulk!

[givemesftoread]

It seemed to me that a perfect memory couldn’t be a narrative any more than unedited security-cam footage could be a feature film.

[mumblingmynah]

Hey, a new Ted Chiang story!

[press-gang]

This Friday-Saturday-Sunday (there should be a succinct word for that: Long weekend I think indicates Sat-Sun-Mon. Big weekend?) Press Gang will be at the fantastic Emerald City Comicon in our neighbor to the North, Seattle! Come see in Artists’ Alley at table A-08, Zack, Jason, and François will all be in attendance!

[birdcagebottombooks]

New in the Birdcage Bottom Books store:

Jonas Madden-Connor’s “Jellyfish Boner”

A weird funny story of a sexually-frustated couple that solves their problem in an unexpected way.

4.25″ x 5.5″, 16 pages. $2 B&w on color paper cover with b&w interior 

[birdcagebottombooks]

New in the Birdcage Bottom Books store:

Jonas Madden-Connor’s “Ochre Ellipse #3”

If you could go back in time, what would you do? The story of a man who doesn’t want to hunt dinosaurs or assassinate Adolf Hitler, but instead to find the key to his own childhood happiness. A hilarious and heartbreaking science fiction tale with a fantastic twist.

7″ x 3.5″, 36 pages. $4 Color coverstock with hand-stamped elements, b&w interior 

[vegansaurus]

You guys. I am legitimately pretty excited about this book.

The original idea behind this anthology was going to be half vegan cartoonists, half omnis. But it got bigger and started including vegetarians and otherwise. So now it’s just a big, huge, food-themed anthology full of awesome.

The...

[mumblingmynah]

Top Three of February

Being Elmo

Awesome biography of Kevin Clash, puppeteer, that also serves as a decent history of the Muppets as seen through his eyes. The parts where he walks someone through a few puppeteering tips are magical. Watch this if you’re a cartoonist or even if you’re not.

Joost Swarte — Is That All There Is?

I’ve been waiting for this book essentially since about 2000, after I read Swarte’s story in Little Lit, and then started seeing his illustrations in the New Yorker. It was impossible to find any collections of his work, and definitely not any in translation. Here it is finally.

Nirvana — “Milk It”

Not new to me of course, just bubbling up again. In Utero was Nirvana’s best album by far. This song rules.

[mumblingmynah]

Kevin Huizenga fan art of Mr. Yocto.